Motorola Moto G4 Plus vs Motorola Moto G9 Play Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
May 17, 2016	Aug 24, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
	€170

Design

Dimensions
6.02 x 3.02 x 0.39 inches 153 x 76.6 x 9.8 mm	6.50 x 2.98 x 0.36 inches 165.21 x 75.73 x 9.18 mm
Weight
5.47 oz / 155.0 g	7.05 oz / 200.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Resistance
Splash	Splash
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Interchangeable covers
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, White	Forest green, Sapphire blue

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 71.10% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 81.63% screen-to-body
Type
	IPS LCD
Resolution
1920x1080px, 401 PPI	1600x720px, 20:9 ratio, 270 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
2 (Good)	3.2 (Poor)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 617 8952	Snapdragon 662 SM6115 (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 4GB/128GB
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	5000 mAh
Charging
Fast charging	Motorola TurboPowe
Charge speed
	Wired: 15.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

10h 58min

Gaming

6h 24min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
16 MP (Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Pixel size: 1.3 μm	48 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4 Pixel size: 1.75 μm
Third camera
	2 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4 Pixel size: 1.75 μm
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) EIS, Video calling	1080p (60 fps) Time-lapse video, Hyperlapse
Front
5 MP Video capture: 1080p	8 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,dual-band 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	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	NFC

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
4G (TDD) Bands
41
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, UMTS	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
SIM type
Micro SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: May 20, 2016 FCC ID value: IHDT56VA5
Measured SAR
Head: 1.23 W/kg Body: 1.10 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.56 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.10 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 16 GB storage

Memory	2GB/16GB

with 128GB storage

Memory	128GB

with 32 GB storage

Memory	3GB/32GB

Dual SIM

Dual SIM	Yes

Dual SIM version

Dual SIM	Yes

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