Motorola Moto G5 Plus vs Apple iPhone 8 Plus Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 26, 2017	Sep 12, 2017
Prices (MSRP)
$229	$949

Design

Dimensions
5.91 x 2.91 x 0.38 inches 150.2 x 74 x 9.7 mm	6.24 x 3.07 x 0.30 inches 158.4 x 78.1 x 7.5 mm
Weight
5.47 oz / 155.0 g	7.13 oz / 202.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum Frame: Plastic	Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Splash	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control, Other; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray	Gold, Silver, Red, Space gray

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 67.18% screen-to-body	5.5-inch, 67.47% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	IPS LCD, 625 nits
Resolution
1920x1080px, 424 PPI	1920x1080px, 16:9 ratio, 401 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Features
	Pressure-sensitive, Oleophobic coating, Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

PhoneArena Display Test

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

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 625 8953	Apple A11 Bionic APL1W72 (10 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2000 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Hexa-core 2390 MHz Monsoon and Mistral
GPU
Adreno 506	Apple 3-core GPU
Memory
4GB (LPDDR3)/64GB 2GB/32GB 3GB/32GB	3GB (LPDDR4)/256GB 3GB/64GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (8.1 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat)	iOS (15.x, 14.x, 13.x, 12.x, 11.x)

Battery

Type
3000 mAh, Li - Ion	2691 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Fast charging	USB Power Delivery Qi wireless charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 15.0W Wireless: 7.5W

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
12 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/2.5" Pixel size: 1.4 μm	12 MP (Sapphire crystal lens cover, OIS, PDAF, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 28 mm Sensor size: 1/3" Pixel size: 1.22 μm
Second camera
	12 MP (Telephoto, Sapphire crystal lens cover, PDAF, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor) Optical zoom: 2.0x Aperture size: F2.8 Focal Length: 56 mm Sensor size: 1/3.4" Pixel size: 1 μm
Flash
Dual LED	Quad LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps) EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps), 720p OIS, Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording, Video light, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
5 MP (Wide Angle)	7 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Lightning
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
	M3/T4
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling)

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
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	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 41	38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1	4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, UMTS	LTE-A Cat 12/13 (600/150 Mbit/s), LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes	Yes
VoLTE
	Yes

Alternative variants

Memory	2GB/32GB

with 64 GB storage

Memory	64GB
Prices (MSRP)	$799

no compass

Memory	3GB/32GB
4G (FDD) Bands	1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 19, 20, 29
4G (TDD) Bands	38, 41
3G Bands	5, 8, 2, 1
Other	NFC

A1864

Dual SIM	Yes

with 128 GB storage

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