Motorola Moto G4 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy A42 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
May 17, 2016	Sep 02, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
	€340

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, 71.10% screen-to-body	6.6-inch, 84.26% screen-to-body
Type
	Super AMOLED, 60Hz
Resolution
1920x1080px, 401 PPI	1600x720px, 20:9 ratio, 266 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3

PhoneArena Display Test

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

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 617 8952	Snapdragon 750G SM7225 (8 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1500 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.2GHz Kryo 570 6x1.8GHz Kryo 570
GPU
Adreno 405	Adreno 619
Memory
4GB (LPDDR3)/64GB 2GB/16GB 3GB/32GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/128GB
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)

Battery

Type
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
1080p (30 fps) EIS, Video calling	4K UHD (30 fps), 720p (480 fps)
Front
5 MP Video capture: 1080p	20 MP (Autofocus)

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, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, 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

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n28, Sub-6
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 25, 26	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 28
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, 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

Alternative variants

with 16 GB storage

Memory	2GB/16GB

with 32 GB storage

Memory	3GB/32GB

Dual SIM version

Dual SIM	Yes

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