Motorola Moto G4 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy A42 Specs Comparison

Design

Dimensions
6.02 x 3.02 x 0.39 inches 153 x 76.6 x 9.8 mm	6.47 x 2.99 x 0.34 inches 164.4 x 75.9 x 8.6 mm
Weight
5.47 oz (155.0 g)	6.81 oz (193.0 g)
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Resistance
Splash
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Features
Interchangeable covers
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, White	Prism Dot black, Prism Dot white, Prism Dot grey

Display

Size
5.5-inch	6.6-inch
Resolution
1920x1080px, 401 PPI	1600x720px, 20:9 ratio, 266 PPI
Technology
	Super AMOLED
Refresh rate
	60Hz
Screen-to-body
71.10 %	84.26 %
Features
Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware

System chip
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 8952	Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G SM7225 (8 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1500 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x 2.2GHz Kryo 570 + 6x 1.8GHz Kryo 570
GPU
Adreno 405	Adreno 619
RAM
4GB (LPDDR3)	4GB (LPDDR4)
Internal storage
64GB	128GB, available to use: 106 GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 1000 GB
OS
Android (8.1 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (12, 11, 10), Samsung One UI

Battery

Capacity
3000 mAh	5000 mAh
Charging
Fast charging	Samsung Adaptive Fast Charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 15.0W

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Quad camera
Main camera
16 MP (Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Pixel size: 1.3 μm	48 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Fourth camera
	5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
1920x1080 (Full HD) (30 fps) EIS, Video calling	3840x2160 (4K UHD) (30 fps), 1280x720 (HD) (480 fps)
Front
5 MP, Video capture: 1920x1080 (Full HD)	20 MP (Autofocus)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	5.0
WLAN
802.11 a,b,g,n,dual-band	802.11 a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass
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

Cellular

5G
	Bands n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n28, Sub-6
4G (FDD)
Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700 a), 13(700 c), 17(700 b), 25(1900+), 26(850+)	Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700 a), 17(700 b), 20(800 DD), 28(700 APT)
4G (TDD)
Bands 41(2600+)	Bands 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2600+)
3G
Bands 5(850), 8(900), 4(1700/2100), 2(1900), 1(2100)	Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 8(900)
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, UMTS	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
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: Apr 08, 2021 FCC ID value: A3LSMA426U
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: 1.11 W/kg Body: 1.25 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.06 W/kg Phablet: 3.81 W/kg

Buyers information

MSRP
	€ 340

Availability

Officially announced
May 17, 2016	Sep 02, 2020

Alternative variants

with 16 GB storage

RAM	2GB
Internal storage	16GB

with 32 GB storage

RAM	3GB
Internal storage	32GB

Dual SIM version

Dual SIM	Yes

Links

Full specifications
Motorola Moto G4 Plus Specs	Samsung Galaxy A42 Specs
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