Intex Aqua 3G Vs Motorola Moto E: When Budget and KitKat Clash

By Prarthito

| Published: Thursday, June 19, 2014, 14:38 [IST]

There's hardly any chance that you are not accustomed with the growing smartphone market. But if indeed you aren't then let us tell you that the market is effectively divided into three distinct monetary parts: Low range, mid to high range, and the high range.

Concentrating on the Indian smartphone market for the moment, the market has seen a lot of action in recent times with the low and mid ranges basically booming with new smartphones released almost everyday.

Intex Aqua 3G Vs Motorola Moto E: Specs Comparison

While the high range does provide some notable flagships to deal with, and with a definitive price tag placed on it, the Indian market is more inclined on the concept of getting more for paying less. And that has indeed struck a chord with the fans of that category with numerous notable devices gracing it.

Keeping in mid this mid range factor, two companies that are currently looking to boast a strong presence are the new Intex Aqua 3G and the previously released Motorola Moto E.

While the Intex Aqua 3G is yet another attempt to take the lower end of the market by offering notable specifications at the lowest price possible, the Motorola Moto E has already shown the road to how success can be gained by giving the most for the least.

So if both these smartphones are taken into considertion and pitted against each other in a comparison, where do you think both of them will stand? We take a closer look.

Intex Aqua 3G Vs Motorola Moto E: Operating System
There's no comparison in this respect since both the Intex Aqua 3G and the Motorola Moto E comes sporting the Google-based Android operating system. However, the Moto E scores an upper hand with its latest KitKat offering.

Intex Aqua 3G Vs Motorola Moto E: Display and Dimensions
The Intex Aqua 3G adopts a 4-inch form factor, apart from offering a capacitive touchscreen with 480 x 1920 pixels resolution.

The Motorola Moto E, on the other hand, offers dimesions of 124.8 x 64.8 x 12.3 mm, with the device sporting a slightly greater 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen. The device also offers a 540 x 960 pixel resolution.

Intex Aqua 3G Vs Motorola Moto E: Camera
The Intex Aqua 3G, in terms of camera, offers a 2-megapixel primary camera. There's also a secondary 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera for all your selfie needs.

The Motorola Moto E, on the other hand, sports a greater 5-megapixel primary camera, sporting a pixel resolution of 2592 х 1944 pixels. The device, however, doesn't have a front facing snapper.

Intex Aqua 3G Vs Motorola Moto E: Processors
New age devices, as expected, have to be fitted with new and coming processing units, and these devices aren't any different. While the Intex Aqua 3G sports a 1 GHz dual-core processor, the Motorola Moto E comes with a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor.

Intex Aqua 3G Vs Motorola Moto E: Storage and RAM
The Intex Aqua 3G, in this respect, offers quite the less 256 MB of RAM with the devcie arriving in an 512MB internal memory variant. There's also the option to extend the phone's memory up to another 32GB.

The Motorola Moto E, on the other hand, offers 1GB of RAM while offering the device in a 4GB internal memory variant. There's also the option to extend the phone's memory up to another 32GB riding on a microSD support.

Intex Aqua 3G Vs Motorola Moto E: Battery
While the Intex Aqua 3G comes with a 1400 mAh battery, the Motorola Moto E offers a 1980 mAh battery.

Intex Aqua 3G Vs Motorola Moto E: Price
While the Intex Aqua 3G is priced at Rs. 3,555, the Motorola Moto E is available at Rs. 6,999.

Intex Aqua 3G Vs Motorola Moto E: Verdict
Clearly a winner can be chosen from both these phones, provided you don't take the price tags into contention for the moment. For just under 7k, the Moto E is offering specs that are nothing less than impressive. And although the Intex phone has a price that's quite low, it might not be enough to leverage the device over the Moto E in this race.