Moto G6 vs Moto X4

[Dhanu]

I have narrowed down my search to G6 and X4. Amazon has a deal on X4 for $200. So price-wise both the phones are the same, around $200. I assume both the phones have all the necessary bands needed for the USA.

I'm leaning towards X4 since it has a better processor. SDM630 vs SDM450. (Same ram & capacity 3GB/32GB) I don't play games on the phone. Just email, calendar, FaceBook, GMaps, Waze, CoPilot, for photos and videos. Some light web browsing. That's it.

G6 is just splash-resistant whereas X4 is IP68.

But then again G6 was released in 2018 and X4 was in 2017.

What phone would you recommend?
Thanks in advance!

PS: I apologize if this is not the correct location to the thread.

 

[jacewt]

I have narrowed down my search to G6 and X4. Amazon has a deal on X4 for $200. So price-wise both the phones are the same, around $200. I assume both the phones have all the necessary bands needed for the USA.

I'm leaning towards X4 since it has a better processor. SDM630 vs SDM450. (Same ram & capacity 3GB/32GB) I don't play games on the phone. Just email, calendar, FaceBook, GMaps, Waze, CoPilot, for photos and videos. Some light web browsing. That's it.

G6 is just splash-resistant whereas X4 is IP68.

But then again G6 was released in 2018 and X4 was in 2017.

What phone would you recommend?
Thanks in advance!

PS: I apologize if this is not the correct location to the thread.

I got both Amazon versions of both phones. I also had the G5 previously. The x4 was by far the worst of them. It's not as water resistant as it claimed and there was damage on the edges of the screen. The biggest problem though was the space. You could not have apps on SD on the x4, and it's not very long before you run out of space. I got the 64gb G6 and it's pretty awesome and you can write apps to SD.

 

[Dhanu]

I got both Amazon versions of both phones. I also had the G5 previously. The x4 was by far the worst of them. It's not as water resistant as it claimed and there was damage on the edges of the screen. The biggest problem though was the space. You could not have apps on SD on the x4, and it's not very long before you run out of space. I got the 64gb G6 and it's pretty awesome and you can write apps to SD.

Thanks for the reply.
So G6 internal memory can be expanded with an SD card, while in X4 SD card is just an external memory in which apps cannot be installed, right?
With my budget, I'm looking at the 32GB G6 and I have a 64GB SD card. So that should technically extend the memory. How much memory is used out of the box for the OS and default apps? If I get the 32GB will it have atleast 20GBs empty space?

Other than not being water-resistant, any other issues with the X4?

 

[Bluemgt06]

Thanks for the reply.
So G6 internal memory can be expanded with an SD card, while in X4 SD card is just an external memory in which apps cannot be installed, right?
With my budget, I'm looking at the 32GB G6 and I have a 64GB SD card. So that should technically extend the memory. How much memory is used out of the box for the OS and default apps? If I get the 32GB will it have atleast 20GBs empty space?

Other than not being water-resistant, any other issues with the X4?

My system says that it uses 7.2gb for the system, but that maybe including installed/updated system software.