The Motorola Moto X Pure 2015, or Moto X Style, was released recently, promising flagship looks and great specs for a lower unlocked price than most rivals. But one of the Moto X Style's chief rivals is Motorola's own Nexus 6, made in partnership with Google and released late last year.

Let's compare the two so you can figure you with is best for you.

Moto X Style vs Nexus 6:

Design

 Both Motorola phones have similar designs, with ergonomically curved backs, small side bezels, and front-facing speakers. But if you're looking for the larger phone it's the Nexus 6, which comes in with a 6.0-inch screen.

The Moto X Style has a screen close to that size, at 5.7-inches, and also comes in a little under the Nexus 6's weight, and is slightly shorter and much less wide than the bigger Google phone. It's easier to hold in one hand while using the screen, even though it is a little thicker than the wide-bodied Nexus 6.

Hardware Specs

Display

Both of these phones pack a lot of pixels into their screens, with Quad HD resolutions of 1440 x 2560p on each. However, you'll get a denser resolution on the slightly smaller Moto X Style, which gets about 520 pixels per inch, while the Nexus 6 hits just under 500ppi.

The Moto X has an IPS touchscreen, which is a lot more vivid, though you'll get a hint of blue light on the edges of the screen from time to time, while the Nexus 6 has an AMOLED touchscreen with deep, dark blacks. Either way, you're looking at a super high resolution on a couple of large screens. Both are covered in Gorilla Glass 3.

Performance

The Nexus 6, being Google's flagship phone from 2014, is unquestionably powerful. It packs a Quad-core Snapdragon 805 running at 2.7GHz with Adreno 420 graphics, along with 3GB of RAM. However, the Moto X Style is plenty snappy with its later-generation hexa-core Snapdragon 808 with 3GB of RAM.

Both feature dual-band WiFi and LTE for the fastest loading times, and both run the latest version of Android 5.1 Lollipop out of the box. Both receive Android updates towards the front of the line, though the Nexus 6 gets the very front of the line.

When it comes to powering the handsets, the Nexus 6 has a slightly larger juice pack, with a 3220 mAh capacity battery, but it actually isn't as good as the Moto X Style, with its 3000 mAh pack.

That's because the Moto X Style -- which Motorola billed "the fastest charging smartphone in the world" during its unveiling -- can charge up to 34 percent capacity in just 15 minutes. The Nexus 6 has Qi-enabled wireless charging built in, which is nice, but it definitely won't charge faster than the 2015 Moto X.

Camera & Storage

When it was introduced, the Nexus 6 packed one of the best cameras Motorola had ever included on a phone, with a critically acclaimed 13-megapixel shooter that featured optical image stabilization, autofocus, and dual-LED flash. It's capable of recording 4K video and has a 2-megapixel shooter on the front as well.

The Moto X Style, meanwhile, comes with an update 21-megapixel shooter with phase detection autofocus, which is just a touch slower than the Nexus 6. However, it also has a dual-LED flash and can record 4K video with HDR. And on the front, as if to blow the Nexus 6 out of the water, the Moto X Style comes equipped with a 5-megapixel wide angle lens with a dedicated front-facing LED flash.

When it comes to storage, the Moto X Style probably has the Nexus 6 beat as well, simply because Motorola decided to include a microSD shot that offers up to 128GB of expansion. The expansion-less Motorola Nexus 6 gives you either 32GB or 64GB of storage, and that's it.

Price and Availability

Now that the Nexus 6P and 5X are imminent and the Nexus 6 is almost a year old, Google is offering some discounts on the Nexus 6. However, it still is a flagship and it will cost at least $500 to start for a brand new device, unlocked. As far as availability, you can get a Nexus 6 that works on any major carrier, along with Google's own plan, called Project Fi.

The Moto X Style, meanwhile, starts at just $400 (for the 16GB option, unfortunately) and is almost a year younger than the Nexus 6. It features universal LTE banding, so it should work on any carrier in the U.S. if you have a microSIM card to put in. Google hasn't said yet, but it may be included in Project Fi at some point in the future.