Micromax Unite 2 A106 Vs Motorola Moto E: Which Budget Buy takes the Cake

| Updated: Saturday, May 24, 2014, 15:16 [IST]

With the current domestic market being one of the most open and exciting of all time, it's only natural to see a boaltoad of smartphones manufacturers flooding the market with their own offerings.

The smartphone business, itself, comprises of three major segments -- The High-end, the low-to-mid range and the low range. And as expected with the Indian market, most of the noise is here is made by the low-to-mid range and the low range segment.

Micromax Unite 2 A106 Vs Motorola Moto E: Specs Comparison

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Needless to say, a number of smartphones are there that are currently featured in both these segments. While there are companies such as Samsung, HTC and Sony currently making rounds in the Market with their own affordable offerings, there are other India-based vendors who are also trying hard to get into the act.

And two companies that are currently battling it out both on the field and on papers are the new Motorola-made Moto E and the new Unite 2 handset from Micromax. As expected, both the devices are features in the low-to-mid range segment and are expected to sell better than most others in the segment.

So if were to take both the devices together and try to seek a comparison, who do you think will emerge as the eventual winner? Here's a specs comparison between the Motorola Moto E and Micromax Unite 2 A106.

Micromax Unite 2 A106 Vs Motorola Moto E: Operating System
This will the biggest selling point for both the devices, if at all they catch up with the users. Both the Micromax Unite 2 A106 and the Motorola Moto E come running the latest Android KitKat OS.

Micromax Unite 2 A106 Vs Motorola Moto E: 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 Micromax Unite 2 A106, on the other hand, sports a slightly greater 4.7-inch IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, while rendering 480 x 800 pixels resolution.

Micromax Unite 2 A106 Vs Motorola Moto E: 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.

The Micromax Unite 2 A106, 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 2-megapixel shooter.

Micromax Unite 2 A106 Vs Motorola Moto E: Processors
Workable, if not "awesome," engines 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 Micromax Unite 2 A106 comes equipped with a greater quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 processor.

Micromax Unite 2 A106 Vs Motorola Moto E: 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 Micromax Unite 2 A106 smartphone, however, offers a similar 1GB 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.

Micromax Unite 2 A106 Vs Motorola Moto E: Battery
While the Moto E juices up the KitKat-powered device via a decent 1980 mAh battery, the Micromax Unite 2 A106 comes fitted with a more massive 2000 mAh battery.

Micromax Unite 2 A106 Vs Motorola Moto E: Price
While the Moto E is currently available at Rs. 6,999 exclusively via Flipkart, the Unite 2 is set to be available at a similar price tag of Rs. 6,999.

Micromax Unite 2 A106 Vs Motorola Moto E: Verdict
It's quite needless to say at this point that this will be on of the most agressive marketing ploys of all time. There's nothing really that will separate both the devices from each other, apart from the fact that the Unite 2 comes with a front-facing camera.

However, if indeed we are to pick a winner out of the two, we don't see any reason why the Unite 2 cannot climb over the Moto E. And if we are to see from an entirely neutral point of view, we think the Micromax Unite 2 A106 will do better than the Moto E.