Motorola Moto G4 Plus vs Motorola Moto G4 Play Specs Comparison

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Motorola Moto G4 Plus
7.0
Motorola Moto G4 Play
Motorola Moto G4 Plus Motorola Moto G4 Play
Released · May 18, 2016
Released · Sep 15, 2016
5.5-inch · 1920x1080px
5.0-inch · 1280x720px
Single camera
Single camera
4GB · 64GB
2GB · 16GB
3000 mAh
2800 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
May 17, 2016 May 17, 2016

Design

Dimensions
6.02 x 3.02 x 0.39 inches
153 x 76.6 x 9.8 mm
5.69 x 2.83 x 0.39 inches
144.4 x 72 x 9.9 mm
Weight
5.47 oz / 155.0 g 4.83 oz / 137.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic
Frame: Plastic
Resistance
Splash Splash
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Interchangeable covers
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, White Black, White

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 71.10% screen-to-body 5.0-inch, 66.34% screen-to-body
Type
LCD
Resolution
1920x1080px, 401 PPI 1280x720px, 294 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested Untested
Bright Min
2 (Good) 10 (Poor)

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 617 8952 Snapdragon 410 8916
Processor
Octa-core
1500 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
Quad-core
1200 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 405 Adreno 306
Memory
4GB (LPDDR3)/64GB
2GB/16GB
3GB/32GB
2GB/16GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB microSDXC up to 128 GB
OS
Android (8.1 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow) Android (7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)

Battery

Type
3000 mAh 2800 mAh
Charging
Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Single camera Single camera
Main camera
16 MP (Laser and PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.0
Pixel size: 1.3 μm
8 MP (Autofocus)
Aperture size: F2.2
Flash
Dual LED LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps)
EIS, Video calling
1080p (30 fps)
Video calling
Front
5 MP
Video capture: 1080p
5 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1 4.1
WLAN
a,b,g,n,dual-band
802.11 a, b, g, n
b,g,n
802.11 b, g, n
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0 microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS GPS, A-GPS
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

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

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
4G (TDD) Bands
41 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1 5, 8, 4, 3, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, UMTS LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, UMTS
SIM type
Micro SIM Micro SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: May 20, 2016
FCC ID value: IHDT56VA5
Date approved: Jun 14, 2016
FCC ID value: IHDT56VD4
Measured SAR
Head: 1.23 W/kg
Body: 1.10 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.56 W/kg
Wireless Router: 1.10 W/kg
Head: 0.79 W/kg
Body: 1.44 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.57 W/kg
Wireless Router: 1.46 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 16 GB storage
Memory 2GB/16GB
4G (FDD) Bands 13, 5, 4, 2
with 32 GB storage
Memory 3GB/32GB
Dual SIM version
Dual SIM Yes
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