Motorola Moto E Vs Xolo A600: A Mid-Range Battle for the Coming Days

By Prarthito

| Published: Saturday, May 17, 2014, 12:58 [IST]

As far as the Indian market is concerned, the mid-range segment of it tends to do quite well. That of course owes to the fact that users in India turn quite sceptical when it comes to shelling out more than 10k on a device.

The mid-range market, as expected, has a host of different smartphones to offer in a host of different price ranges. And that also suits the requirement of a number of users looking to invest as less as possible but get a workable device in return.

Motorola Moto E Vs Xolo A600: Specs Comparison

Recently, keeping that mid-range segment in mind, two companies two different companies came to the market with their own offering of smartphones -- the Motorola Moto E and the Xolo A600.

The new Moto E from Motorola has a lot going for it at the moment. Not only is the device a perfect example of what you can achieve even by investing as less as possible, but also with a price tag that's made for everyone.

To compete with that, Xolo's A600 handset also boasts quite the specification to match the pockets of users. However, if we were to keep both the devices side by side, which one do you think would have the advantage over the other?

We take a closer look at detailed specs comparison betweem the Motorola Moto E and the Xolo A600.

Motorola Moto E Vs Xolo A600: Operating System
Not much to choose from here since both the devices coming running the Google-based Android operating system. However, the Moto E has an advantage as it dishes out the latest Android KitKat.

Motorola Moto E Vs Xolo A600: Display and Dimensions
The Motorola Moto E sports a 4.3-inch capacitive touch screen, while rendering 540 x 960 pixels resolution. Also, the device's overall dimensions measure up to 124.8 x 64.8 x 12.3 mm. The device weighs in at 142 grams.

The Xolo A600, on the other hand, sports a slightly greater 4.5-inch IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, while rendering 540 x 960 pixels resolution. The device's overall dimensions measure up to 136 x 67 x 9 mm.

Motorola Moto E Vs Xolo A600: Camera
The Motorola Moto E, in the camera department, offers a 5-megapixel primary camera, sporting a pixel resolution of 2592 х 1944 pixels, with touch focus. The device, however, doesn't come with a front-facing snapper and that's quite the bad news.

The Xolo A600, on the other hand, sports a similar 5-megapixel primary camera, sporting a pixel resolution of 2592 х 1944 pixels. The device, unlike the E, offers a front-facing secondary VGA shooter.

Motorola Moto E Vs Xolo A600: Processors
Decent, if not great, engines, as expected, have been fitted into both the devices in order to carry out operations smoothly. While the Motorola Moto E is equipped with a dual core 1.2 GHz Cortex A7 processor, the Xolo A600 comes equipped with a slightly greater 1.3GHz dual core processor and Mediatek chipset.

Motorola Moto E Vs Xolo A600: Storage and RAM
The Motorola Moto E offers 1GB of RAM to users while offering the device in a 4GB internal memory variant. Moreover, there's the option to expand the device's memory up to 32GB as an external microSD slot for additional memory is also present.

The Xolo A600 smartphone, however, offers a lesser 512MB of RAM while offering the device in 4 GB internal memory variant. Again, there's the option to expand the device's memory up to 32GB as an external microSD slot for additional memory is present.

Motorola Moto E Vs Xolo A600: Battery
While the Moto E juices up the KitKat-powered device via a decent 1980 mAh battery, the Xolo A600 comes fitted with a 1900 mAh battery.

Motorola Moto E Vs Xolo A600: Price
While the Moto E is currently available at Rs. 6,999 exclusively via Flipkart, the Xolo A600 has also been put up with an equally competitive price tag of Rs. 6,999.

Motorola Moto E Vs Xolo A600: Verdict
This one can be a major tussle since both of them not only offer more or less the similar kind of specifications, but are also offered in the same price tag. However, it can be guessed here that the Moto E will still remain as the favorite since no other device will offer the new Android KitKat at that price tag. And the presence of KitKat is enugh to push the E over the finish line.