Motorola Moto G100 vs. POCO F3: Which Budget Smartphone is Better?

Urian B., Tech Times 16 March 2021, 03:03 am

There's an ongoing debate about which phone would win in a Motorola Moto G100 vs POCO F3 in an all-out war to find out the best budget smartphone. The big question still hasn't been settled and people are still wondering which is better. In order to compare, it is first important to know the difference.

A video by BeYops uploaded on YouTube perfectly lays down how the two differ in so many ways and how one phone trumps the other phone in a specific area. Learn the ups and downs and what one phone is good at and the other lacks.

Motorola Moto G100 vs. POCO F3 specs

Dimensions

Length

The Motorola Moto G100 is 6.63 inches while the POCO F3 is 6.44 inches. The difference is still really small but it does attest to how it fits better in one's wallet.

Width

The Motorola Moto G100 is slightly thinner at 2.91 inches and the POCO F3 is just at 3.01 inches.

Thickness

Interestingly enough, the Motorola Moto G100 is slightly thicker at .38 inches while the POCO F3 is slimmer at .31 inches.

Weight

Last but not least, the Motorola Moto G100 is actually heavier at 215 grams than the POCO F3 at just 196 grams.

The Motorola Moto G100 is a bit slimmer and longer than the POCO F3 but the latter is also lighter.

Display

Display Type

The Motorola Moto G100 uses the IPS display while the POCO F3 uses the Super Amoled display.

Display Aspect Ratio

The Motorola Moto G100 display aspect ratio is at 21:9 while the POCO F3 aspect ratio is at 20:9.

Display Size

The Motorola Moto G100 is 6.7 inches while the POCO F3 lags behind at just 6.67 inches.

Display Resolution

The Motorola Moto G100 can go up to 1080 x 2520 while the POCO F3 can go up to 1080 x 2400.

Display PPI Density

The Motorola Moto G100 is at 409 PPI while the POCO F3 is at 395 PPI.

Screen to body ratio

The Motorola Moto G100 is at 84.1% while the POCO F3 is at 85.9%.

While the Motorola Moto G100 might be larger, the POCO F3 is technically more optimized.

Camera

Motorola Moto G100

Wide at 64mp, f/1.7, Ultra Wide at 13 mp, Depth at 2 mp, TOF 3D, Panorama LED Flash. Selfie camera at 16mp, 8mp, HDR, 1080p at 30fps. Video capable of 6K at 30fps.

POCO F3

Wide at 48mp, f/1.8, Ultra Wide at 8 mp, f/2.2, Macro 5mp, 50mm, Panorama LED Flash. Selfie camera at 20 mp, HDR, 1080p at 30fps. Video capable of 4K at 30fps.

The Motorola Moto G100 has more mp on back cameras while POCO F3 has more mp on selfie cameras.

Hardware

Both CPUs are 3.2GHz-1.80GHz
Both GPUs are Adreno 650
Both use chipset Snapdragon 870(5G) 7nm
Both have 6 and 8 RAM options but POCO F3 can go up to 12
Both have memory options of 128GB or 256GB
While both have Android 11, POCO F3 has MIUI 12
Motorola Moto G100 has 5000mAh and charges at 20W while POCO F3 has 4520mAh and charges at 33W

Generally, both have their strengths and weaknesses and it is hard to compare both based on face value so it really depends on what the buyer is looking for. GSMArena offers more insights to the Motorola Moto G100 and the POCO F3.