Motorola Moto G5 Plus vs Motorola Moto G 5G Plus Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 26, 2017	Jul 07, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
$229	€349

Design

Dimensions
5.91 x 2.91 x 0.38 inches 150.2 x 74 x 9.7 mm	6.61 x 2.91 x 0.35 inches 168 x 74 x 9 mm
Weight
5.47 oz (155.0 g)	7.30 oz (207.0 g)
Materials
Back: Aluminum Frame: Plastic	Back: Plastic
Resistance
Splash	Splash
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray	Surfing blue

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 67.18% screen-to-body	6.7-inch, 84.50% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	LCD, 90Hz, HDR
Resolution
1920x1080px, 424 PPI	2520x1080px, 21:9 ratio, 409 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 625 8953	Snapdragon 765 SM7250-AA (7 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2000 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2300 MHz Kryo 475
GPU
Adreno 506	Adreno 620
Memory
4GB (LPDDR3)/64GB 2GB/32GB 3GB/32GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB (UFS 2.1) 6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 1000 GB
OS
Android (8.1 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat)	Android (11, 10)

Battery

Type
3000 mAh, Li - Ion	5000 mAh
Charging
Fast charging	Motorola TurboPowe
Charge speed
	Wired: 20.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

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Browsing

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Video

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Gaming

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Browsing

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Video

10h 2min

Gaming

6h 23min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Quad camera
Main camera
12 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/2.5" Pixel size: 1.4 μm	48 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/2" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Fourth camera
	2 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.75 μm
Flash
Dual LED	Dual LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps) EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps) HDR, Time-lapse video, Hyperlapse, Picture-taking during video recording, EIS
Front
5 MP (Wide Angle)	16 MP (Dual-Camera, EIS, HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.1
WLAN
a,b,g,n,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 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, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Pedometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Dual-band positioning, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), 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	FM
Additional microphone(s)
Yes	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n7, n8, n28, n38, n41, n77, n78, SA, NSA, 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, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 41	38, 39, 40, 41, 42
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, UMTS	LTE-A Pro Cat 18 (1200/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes

Alternative variants

Memory	2GB/32GB

with 128GB storage

Memory	6GB/128GB
Prices (MSRP)	€399

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

Dual SIM	Yes

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