Motorola Moto G5 Plus vs Motorola Moto G42 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 26, 2017	Jun 14, 2022
Prices (MSRP)
$229

Design

Dimensions
5.91 x 2.91 x 0.38 inches 150.2 x 74 x 9.7 mm	6.32 x 2.89 x 0.33 inches 160.61 x 73.47 x 8.26 mm
Weight
5.47 oz (155.0 g)	6.19 oz (175.5 g)
Materials
Back: Aluminum Frame: Plastic	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Resistance
Splash	Yes; IP52
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 67.18% screen-to-body	6.4-inch, 83.92% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	AMOLED, 60Hz
Resolution
1920x1080px, 424 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 411 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 625 8953	Snapdragon 680 4G SM6225
Processor
Octa-core 2000 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 4x2.4GHz Kryo 265 Gold 4x1.9GHz Kryo 265 Silve
GPU
Adreno 506	Adreno 610
Memory
4GB (LPDDR3)/64GB 2GB/32GB 3GB/32GB	4GB/64GB 6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (8.1 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat)	Android (12)

Battery

Type
3000 mAh, Li - Ion	5000 mAh
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 18.0W

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Gaming

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Browsing

14h 24min

Video

9h 31min

Gaming

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
12 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/2.5" Pixel size: 1.4 μm	50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Pixel size: 0.64 μm
Second camera
	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps) EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	Yes
Front
5 MP (Wide Angle)	16 MP

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, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
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

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	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	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, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 41	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, UMTS	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Dual Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes

Alternative variants

Memory	2GB/32GB

With 6GB RAM and 128GB internal storage

Memory	6GB/128GB

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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