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Apple Watch Series 3 Aluminum

Compare Apple Watch Series 3 Aluminum and Motorola Moto G 4G (2nd gen)

Apple Watch Series 3 Aluminum vs Motorola Moto G 4G (2nd gen)

Apple Watch Series 3 Aluminum

Apple Watch Series 3 Aluminum

Motorola Moto G 4G (2nd gen)

Motorola Moto G 4G (2nd gen)

Apple Watch Series 3 Aluminum

Motorola Moto G 4G (2nd gen)

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 900, 2100, 800 - Europe, Australia; HSDPA 850, 1700(AWS), 1900, 800 - USA, LATAM, Canada; HSDPA 2100 - China

HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100
4G network

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850) - Europe, Australia; LTE frequency band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 41(2500) - USA, LATAM, Canada; LTE frequency band 1(2100), 3(1800), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - China

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HSDPA speed

-

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

-

5.76 Mbps
HSPA speed

HSPA

-
LTE speed

LTE

LTE, Cat3, 100 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Availability
Oficially announced

2017-9

2015-3
Status

2017-9

2015-3

Design
Build

Aluminum/Ceramic back

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SIM

Electronic SIM card (Apple e-SIM)

Micro-SIM
Height

42.5 mm

141.5 mm
Width

36.4 mm

70.7 mm
Thickness

11.4 mm

11 mm
Weight

34.9 g

155 g
Waterproof

50m

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Colors

Gold, Silver, Space Gray

Black

Display
Display type

AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

1.65 inches

5.0 inches
Resolution

390 x 312 pixels

720 x 1280 pixels
Pixel density

303 ppi

294 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

Ion-X strengthened glass

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Multitouch

Yes

-
Display features

3D Touch display, 1000 nits

-

Hardware
CPU

Dual-core

Quad-core 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A7
Chipset

Apple S3

Qualcomm MSM8926 Snapdragon 400
GPU

PowerVR

Adreno 305
Memory RAM

768 MB

1 GB
Internal storage

8, 16 GB

8 GB
Memory card

microSD
Memory card max

-

32 GB

OS
OS

watchOS 4.0

Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)

Sound
3.5mm jack

No

Yes
Loudspeaker

Yes

Yes, with stereo speakers
Notifications

Vibration; Ringtones

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Multimedia
Radio

No

-
Radio FM

-

FM radio

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

Wi-Fi 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

-

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

-

Yes
USB

microUSB 2.0
USB host

-

Yes
Bluetooth

v4.2

v4.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
NFC

Yes

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GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

-

Features
Messaging SMS

SMS(threaded view)

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

-

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

IM

IM
Messaging Push Email

-

Push Email
Messaging Push Mail

Push Mail

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Java

No

No
Sensors

Accelerometer, barometer, gyro, heart rate

Accelerometer, compass, gyro, proximity

Browser
HTML

-

HTML5
Browser

No

-

Battery
Battery type

Li-Ion

Li-Ion
Battery capacity

273 mAh

2390 mAh
Battery removable

Non-removable

Non-removable
Talk time

-

-
Standby time

18 h

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Main camera
Main camera

8 MP
Primary camera resolution

-

3264 x 2448 pixels
Primary camera video

-

720p@30fps
Primary camera Autofocus

-

autofocus
Primary camera flash

-

LED flash
Primary camera video hdr

-

HDR
Primary camera video stereo sound record

-

stereo sound record
Camera features

-

Geo-tagging, HDR, face detection, panorama, touch focus

Selfie camera
Selfie camera

2 MP

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