Apple iPhone 8 Plus vs Motorola Moto E5 Plus Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Sep 12, 2017	Apr 19, 2018
Prices (MSRP)
3GB/64GB - $949

Design

Dimensions
6.24 x 3.07 x 0.30 inches 158.4 x 78.1 x 7.5 mm	6.37 x 2.96 x 0.37 inches 161.9 x 75.3 x 9.35 mm
Weight
7.13 oz / 202.0 g	7.05 oz / 200.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum	Back: Plastic
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP67	Splash
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Left: Volume control, Other; Right: Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Silver, Red, Space gray	Black, Gold, Gray, Blue

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 67.47% screen-to-body	6.0-inch, 76.37% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 625 nits	IPS LCD
Resolution
1920x1080px, 16:9 ratio, 401 PPI	1440x720px, 18:9 ratio, 268 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass
Features
Pressure-sensitive, Oleophobic coating, Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
2 (Good)	7 (Poor)

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Hardware

System chip
Apple A11 Bionic APL1W72 (10 nm)	Snapdragon 435 MSM8940 (28 nm)
Processor
Hexa-core Monsoon and Mistral	Octa-core 1400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Apple 3-core GPU	Adreno 505
Memory
3GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 3GB/128GB 3GB/256GB	3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB 2GB/16GB
Storage expansion
not expandable	microSDXC up to 128 GB
OS
iOS (15.x, 14.x, 13.x, 12.x, 11.x)	Android (8.0 Oreo)

Battery

Type
2691 mAh, Li - Ion	5000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
USB Power Delivery Qi wireless charging	Motorola TurboPowe
Charge speed
Wired: 15.0W Wireless: 7.5W

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Single camera
Main camera
12 MP (Sapphire crystal lens cover, OIS, PDAF, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 28 mm Sensor size: 1/3" Pixel size: 1.22 μm	12 MP (Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Sensor size: 1/2.9" Pixel size: 1.25 μm
Second camera
12 MP (Telephoto, Sapphire crystal lens cover, PDAF, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor) Optical zoom: 2.0x Aperture size: F2.8 Focal Length: 56 mm Sensor size: 1/3.4" Pixel size: 1 μm
Flash
Quad LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps), 720p OIS, Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording, Video light, Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps), 720p (30 fps), DVD (30 fps) EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
7 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p	8 MP (Flash) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	4.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n
USB
Lightning	microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
M3/T4
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Other
NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling)	VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Multiple speakers	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
	Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
	Wireless screen share
Radio
	FM
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 25, 26, 29, 30
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41	38, 41
3G Bands
4, 5, 8	5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 12/13 (600/150 Mbit/s), LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, HSUPA, UMTS
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Alternative variants

with 64 GB storage

Memory	64GB
Prices (MSRP)	$799

with 5 MP front camera

Front	5 MP

A1864

with 16 GB storage

Memory	2GB/16GB

with 128 GB storage

with Dual SIM

Dual SIM	Yes

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