Table 2 Technology comparison of Vivo V9 and Motorola Droid Turbo.

From: Evaluation of in-service smartphone battery drainage profile for video calling feature in major apps

Category

Feature

Vivo V9

Motorola droid turbo

Comments

Release year

201837

201436

Display

Type

IPS LCD

Super AMOLED

Owing to the presence of a backlight, IPS LCD consumes more energy than SUPER AMOLED. Furthermore, SUPER AMOLED is more expensive than IPS LCD. When it comes to picture and color contrast, people have ambivalent feelings38,39

Size

99.1 cm2

74.5 cm2

A phone with a larger screen is generally preferred, but it can also consume more energy40,41

Resolution

1080 × 2280 pixels (400 ppi)

1440 × 2560 pixels (565 ppi)

A smartphone with a lower resolution display can consume less power than one with a higher resolution display, although at the expense of a slight decrease in display quality42,43

Battery

Type

Lithium polymer

Lithium polymer

The manufacturers did not disclose the chemistry of the lithium-polymer batteries used in both smartphones

Typical capacity

3260 mAh37

3900 mAh36

Platform

Chipset

Qualcomm MSM8953-Pro Snapdragon 626 (14 nm)

Qualcomm APQ8084 Snapdragon 805 (28 nm)

The Vivo V9 platform outperforms the Motorola Droid Turbo platform in terms of performance and energy efficiency. Snapdragon 626, on the other hand, is nearly ten times more expensive than Snapdragon 805, owing to technical development44

CPU

Octa-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A53

Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450

GPU

Adreno 506

Adreno 420