Motorola Moto E5 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy A6 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Apr 19, 2018	May 02, 2018
Prices (MSRP)
	$360

Design

Dimensions
6.37 x 2.96 x 0.37 inches 161.9 x 75.3 x 9.35 mm	5.90 x 2.79 x 0.30 inches 149.9 x 70.8 x 7.7 mm
Weight
7.05 oz (200.0 g)	5.71 oz (162.0 g)
Materials
Back: Plastic	Back: Metal
Resistance
Splash
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Gray, Blue	Black, Gold, Lavender, Blue

Display

Size
6.0-inch, 76.37% screen-to-body	5.6-inch, 74.94% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED
Resolution
1440x720px, 18:9 ratio, 268 PPI	1480x720px, 18.5:9 ratio, 294 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass	Corning Gorilla Glass 5

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 435 MSM8940 (28 nm)	Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7884 (14 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1600 MHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 505	Mali-T830 MP1
Memory
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB 2GB/16GB	3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB 4GB/64GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 400 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo)	Android (10, 8.0 Oreo)

Battery

Type
5000 mAh, Li - Ion	3000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Motorola TurboPowe

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
12 MP (Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Sensor size: 1/2.9" Pixel size: 1.25 μm	16 MP (PDAF, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/2.8" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps), 720p (30 fps), DVD (30 fps) EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing
Front
8 MP (Flash) Video capture: 1080p	16 MP (Flash) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
	M3/T3
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Other
VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, ANT+, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Dolby Atmos, Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM	FM, Recording option
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

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

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Aug 01, 2018 FCC ID value: A3LSMA600A
Measured SAR
	Head: 0.36 W/kg Body: 1.40 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.57 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.40 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 5 MP front camera

Front	5 MP

with 64 GB storage

Memory	4GB/64GB

with 16 GB storage

Memory	2GB/16GB

International version

4G (FDD) Bands	1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands	38, 40
3G Bands	5, 8, 2, 1
Bluetooth	4.2

with Dual SIM

Dual SIM	Yes

Links

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