Motorola Moto G Play (2024) vs Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jan 16, 2024	Feb 25, 2026
Prices (MSRP)
	12GB/256GB - $1300 12GB/512GB - $1500 16GB/1TB - $1800

Design

Dimensions
6.45 x 2.95 x 0.33 inches 163.82 x 74.96 x 8.29 mm	6.44 x 3.07 x 0.31 inches (~0.39 inches with camera bump) 163.6 x 78.1 x 7.9 mm (~10 mm with camera bump)
Weight
6.53 oz / 185.0 g	7.55 oz / 214.0 g
Materials
	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass Armor 2) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint
Features
	Stylus
Keys
	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Sapphire Blue	Cobalt Violet, Sky Blue, Black, White, Silver Shadow, Pink Gold

Display

Size
6.5-inch, 83.09% screen-to-body	6.9-inch, 90.30% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 90Hz	Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR10+, 2600 nits
Resolution
1600x720px, 20:9 ratio, 270 PPI	3120x1440px, 19.5:9 ratio, 498 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3	Corning Gorilla Glass Armor 2

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	2420 (Excellent)
Bright Min
Untested	0.8 (Excellent)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 680 4G SM6225 (6 nm)	Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy SM8850-1-AD (3 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 4x2.4GHz Cortex-A73 4x1.9G​Hz Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x4.74GHz Oryon V3 Phoenix L 6x3.63GHz Oryon V3 Phoenix M
GPU
Adreno 610	Adreno 840
Memory
4GB/64GB	12GB (LPDDR5X)/256GB (UFS 4.0) 12GB/512GB 16GB/1024GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 1024 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (13)	Android (16), up to 7 OS updates

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	3753
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	11259
3D Mark High
Untested	7801
3D Mark Low
Untested	3741

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Battery

Type
5000 mAh	5000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
	USB Power Delivery Qi2 wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Charge speed
Wired: 15.0W	Wired: 60.0W Wireless: 15.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

7h 35min

Browsing

20h 10min

Video

9h 54min

Gaming

9h 17min

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Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Quad camera
Main camera
50 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Pixel size: 1.28 μm	200 MP (OIS, PDAF) Sensor name: Samsung ISOCELL HP2 Aperture size: F1.4 Focal length: 23 mm Sensor size: 1/1.3" Pixel size: 0.6 μm
Second camera
	50 MP (Ultra-wide, PDAF) Sensor name: Samsung JN3 Aperture size: F1.9 Sensor size: 1/2.5" Pixel size: 0.7 μm
Third camera
	10 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF) Sensor name: Sony IMX754 Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F2.4 Sensor size: 1/3.94" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Fourth camera
	50 MP (Telephoto, Periscope, OIS, PDAF) Sensor name: Sony IMX854 Optical zoom: 5.0x Aperture size: F2.9 Focal Length: 115 mm Sensor size: 1/2.52" Pixel size: 0.7 μm
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
Yes	8K UHD (30 fps), 4K UHD (120 fps), 1080p (240 fps) HDR, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording
Front
8 MP	12 MP (PDAF, HDR) Video capture: 4K UHD (60 fps)

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

157

Overall

165

Photo

149

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.1	6.0
WLAN
Yes Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E,Wi-Fi 7 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C	Type-C, USB 3.2
Sensors
Accelerometer, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
	M3/T4
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
	NFC, Ultra Wideband (UWB)

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
	32-Bit DAC, aptX, aptX-HD
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n5, n7, n25, n28, n41, n66, n71, n77, n78, n257, n258, n260, n261, SA, NSA, Sub-6, mmWave
LTE Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 25, 26, 28, 66, 71	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66, 71
TDD Bands
38, 41	38, 39, 40, 41, 48
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
	LTE-A Pro Cat 20 (2000/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM

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