Motorola Moto G4 Plus vs Motorola Moto G8 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
May 17, 2016	Mar 05, 2020

Design

Dimensions
6.02 x 3.02 x 0.39 inches 153 x 76.6 x 9.8 mm	6.35 x 2.98 x 0.35 inches 161.27 x 75.8 x 8.95 mm
Weight
5.47 oz / 155.0 g	6.64 oz / 188.3 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic	Back: Plastic
Resistance
Splash	Splash
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Interchangeable covers
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, White	Neon blue, Pearl white

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 71.10% screen-to-body	6.4-inch, 82.36% screen-to-body
Type
	IPS LCD
Resolution
1920x1080px, 401 PPI	1560x720px, 19:9 ratio, 268 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
2 (Good)	4.3 (Poor)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 617 8952	Snapdragon 665 SM6125 (11 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1500 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2000 MHz Kryo 260
GPU
Adreno 405	Adreno 610
Memory
4GB (LPDDR3)/64GB 2GB/16GB 3GB/32GB	4GB/64GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 512 GB
OS
Android (8.1 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (10)

Battery

Type
3000 mAh	4000 mAh
Charging
Fast charging	Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0
Charge speed
	Wired: 10.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

9h 14min

Gaming

7h 4min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
16 MP (Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Pixel size: 1.3 μm	16 MP (Laser autofocus) Aperture size: F1.7 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Second camera
	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.75 μm
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) EIS, Video calling	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps), 720p Time-lapse video, Hyperlapse, EIS
Front
5 MP Video capture: 1080p	8 MP (HDR, Slow-motion videos)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,dual-band 802.11 a, b, g, n	b,g,n Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, 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	FM, Stereo, RDS
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, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
41	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, UMTS	LTE-A Cat 12/13 (600/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Micro SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: May 20, 2016 FCC ID value: IHDT56VA5	Date approved: Jun 10, 2020 FCC ID value: IHDT56YT3
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: 0.41 W/kg Body: 1.34 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.45 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.39 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 16 GB storage

Memory	2GB/16GB

with 32 GB storage

Memory	3GB/32GB

Dual SIM version

Dual SIM	Yes

Links

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