Motorola Edge (2022) vs Google Pixel 8a Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Aug 18, 2022	May 07, 2024
Prices (MSRP)
$498	$499 | €549

Design

Dimensions
6.33 x 2.92 x 0.32 inches 160.86 x 74.24 x 8.24 mm	5.99 x 2.84 x 0.35 inches 152.1 x 72.2 x 8.9 mm
Weight
6.00 oz (170.0 g)	6.63 oz (188.0 g)
Materials
	Back: Plastic Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Splash, Dust; IP52	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Mineral Gray	Obsidian, Porcelain, Bay, Aloe

Display

Size
6.6-inch, 88.19% screen-to-body	6.1-inch, 81.28% screen-to-body
Type
OLED, 144Hz, HDR	OLED, 120Hz, HDR, 2000 nits
Resolution
2400x1080px, 399 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 431 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Hardware

System chip
MediaTek Dimensity 1050 (8 nm)	Google Tensor G3 (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core Arm Cortex-A78 @ 2.5GHz and Arm Cortex-A55 @ 2.0GHz	Nona-core 1x3.0GHz Cortex-X3 4x2.45G​Hz Cortex-A715 4x2.1​5GHz Cortex-A510
GPU
Arm Mali-G610 MC3	Immortalis-G715s MC10
Memory
6GB/128GB 6GB/256GB 8GB/128GB	8GB (LPDDR5X)/128GB (UFS 3.1) 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
not expandable	not expandable
OS
Android (12)	Android (15, 14)

Battery

Type
5000 mAh	4492 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Motorola TurboPower Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging	Fast charging Qi wireless charging
Charge speed
Wired: 30.0W Wireless: 15.0W	Wired: 18.0W Wireless: 7.5W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

11h 17min

Video

12h 2min

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

5h 51min

Browsing

13h 53min

Video

8h 34min

Gaming

7h 16min

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Camera

Rear
Triple camera	Dual camera
Main camera
50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Pixel size: 2.0 μm	64 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.73" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
13 MP (Ultra-wide, Macro) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm	13 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
2 MP (Depth information)
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (120 fps), 720p (960 fps)	4K UHD (60 fps)
Front
32 MP	13 MP

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

134

Overall

142

Photo

127

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.2	5.3
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,tri-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.2
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, NavIC, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Dolby Atmos
Screen mirroring
	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
n2, n5, n7, n12, n14, n25, n29, n30, n41, n48, n66, n70, n77, n78	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n48, n66, n71, n77, n78, n260, n261, SA, NSA, Sub-6, mmWave
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 66, 71	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41, 48	38, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8	1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM, eSIM	Nano SIM, eSIM

Alternative variants

Memory	8GB

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

Memory	256GB

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