Motorola returned to India with its powerful mid range Smart phone – Moto G with a bang. The exclusive seller of the device in India is Flipkart, which has run out of stock due to the high demand of the device. Flipkart is having difficulty in meeting the demand of this device in India and many of the Moto G Smart phone lovers are disappointed due to lack of stock and they have to wait for another couple of weeks to order this device. (Check status).
If you can’t wait till then, we would recommend you few Smartphones from the market which are good enough to compete with the Moto G but not better than it. This is just in-case if you are in a hurry to get a new device but if you want only Moto G or can wait a bit longer, Flipkart will provide you the device in few days and for people eager to buy a new device, here are 4 devices we would like to suggest and all there are running on Android Jelly Bean Operating System and Moto G will be running on KitKat.
We aren’t arguing that these smartphones are any better than the Moto G, but sometimes there are reasons why you would opt to go for something other than the one from Motorola, and that’s where these phones come into the scene.
- Karbonn Titanium S5 Plus
- Sony Xperia M
- Xolo Q1100
- Lenovo A850
1. Karbonn Titanium S5 Plus
Karbonn Titanium S5 Plus is a budget friendly Smart Phone with good performance. This device flaunts a 5 inch 540 x 960 p display with qHD resolution, but on the Moto G we find the HD resolution which is sharper. Other than the display all other specification are similar. The Titanium S5 Plus is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad core MediaTek processor coupled with 1 GB of RAM.
This device also has an 8 MP shooter at its rear where you will find a 5 MP camera in Moto G. In terms of the memory Moto G has 8 GB as well as 16 GB variants which cannot be expandable, where as Titanium S5 Plus has 4 GB internal memory that can be expandable using micro SD card slot and both the devices are Dual SIM variants. Moreover this device will be available for Rs. 10,250 on Flipkart.
2. Sony Xperia M
Sony Xperia M is a good enough device for a price tag of Rs. 11,699 and more over it comes from Sony with a 4 inch display. The handset is powered by a 1 GHz dual core Snapdragon S4 processor, coupled with 1 GB of RAM and Adreno 305 GPU (same RAM and GPU in Moto G).The camera on both the devices is same at 5 MP. The internal memory on the Sony Xperia M is 4 GB that can be extended up to 32 GB via micro SD card. This device is available on Flipkart for Rs. 11,699.
3. Xolo Q1100
The Q1100 is a Smart Phone Xolo that can stand along the Moto G with similar kind of specifications. The Xolo Q1100 has a 5 inch display with 720 x 1280 p resolutions and is powered by a quad core Snapdragon 400 processor clocking at 1.4 GHz coupled with 1 GB RAM and Adreno 305 GPS as in Moto G. The on board memory on the device is 8 GB that can be extended via micro SD card slot and the camera on it is 8 MP that is better than the Moto G’s 5 MP. The device is priced at Rs. 14999 on Flipkart and is a pretty good competitor to the Moto G.
4. Lenovo A850
Lenovo A850 is another device in the line that can give good competition to the Moto G which has a 5.5 inch capacitive touch screen display and a Dual SIM variant running on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Operating System. The device is powered by a quad core MTK 658M processor and has the 1 GB of RAM with a 5 MP shooter at its back. The internal storage of the Lenovo A850 is 4 GB that can extendable up to 32 GB via micro SD card and the cost of the device is at Rs. 12149 on Flipkart.
Comparison between Moto G and the Alternative Devices
| Model | Motorola Moto G | Karbonn Titanium S5 Plus | Sony Xperia M | Xolo Q1100 | Lenovo A850 |
| Processor | 1.2GHz quad core Snapdragon 400 | 1.3 GHz quad core MediaTek 6582 | 1GHz dual core Snapdragon S4 | 1.4GHz quad core Snapdragon 400 | Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex A7 |
| RAM | 1GB | 1GB | 1GB | 1GB | 1GB |
| GPU | Adreno 305 | Mali 400 | Adreno 305 | Adreno 305 | Mali 400 |
| Display | 4.5 inches HD (720×1280) | 5.0 inches(540×960) | 4.0 inches(480×854) | 5.0 inches(720×1280) | 5.5 inches(720×1280) |
| OS | Android v4.4.2 Kitkat | Android v4.2.2 Jelly Bean | Android v4.1 Jelly Bean | Android v4.3 Jelly Bean | Android v4.2.2 Jelly Bean |
| Camera | 5MP | 8MP | 5MP | 8MP | 5MP |
| Storage | 8GB/16GB | 4GB with expandable storage | 4GB with expandable storage | 8GB with expandable storage | 4 GB with expandable storage |
