Motorola Moto G4 Play vs Motorola Moto E (2020) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
May 17, 2016	Jun 05, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
	$150

Design

Dimensions
5.69 x 2.83 x 0.39 inches 144.4 x 72 x 9.9 mm	6.29 x 3.01 x 0.34 inches 159.77 x 76.56 x 8.65 mm
Weight
4.83 oz / 137.0 g	6.53 oz / 185.0 g
Materials
	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Resistance
Splash	Splash
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, White	Midnight blue, Champagne pink

Display

Size
5.0-inch, 66.34% screen-to-body	6.2-inch, 78.55% screen-to-body
Type
LCD	IPS LCD
Resolution
1280x720px, 294 PPI	1520x720px, 19:9 ratio, 271 PPI

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
10 (Poor)	Untested

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 410 8916	Snapdragon 632 SDM632 (14 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1200 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1800 MHz Kryo 250
GPU
Adreno 306	Adreno 506
Memory
2GB/16GB	2GB (LPDDR3)/32GB (eMMC 5.1)
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 512 GB
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (10)

Battery

Type
2800 mAh	3550 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charge speed
	Wired: 5.0W

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
8 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.2	13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Sensor size: 1/3.1" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Second camera
	2 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.75 μm
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling	1080p (60 fps) Time-lapse video, Hyperlapse
Front
5 MP	5 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	4.2
WLAN
b,g,n 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

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

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 25, 26	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 25, 26, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
41	38, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 3, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, UMTS	LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
SIM type
Micro SIM	Nano SIM

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Jun 14, 2016 FCC ID value: IHDT56VD4	Date approved: Oct 10, 2020 FCC ID value: IHDT56YQ2
Measured SAR
Head: 0.79 W/kg Body: 1.44 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.57 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.46 W/kg	Head: 0.45 W/kg Body: 1.39 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.39 W/kg

Alternative variants

4G (FDD) Bands	13, 5, 4, 2

for Verizon

4G (FDD) Bands	2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 30, 66

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