Motorola Moto G5 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy A52 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 26, 2017	Mar 17, 2021
Prices (MSRP)
$229	€429

Design

Dimensions
5.91 x 2.91 x 0.38 inches 150.2 x 74 x 9.7 mm	6.30 x 2.96 x 0.33 inches 159.9 x 75.1 x 8.4 mm
Weight
5.47 oz / 155.0 g	6.67 oz / 189.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum Frame: Plastic	Back: Plastic
Resistance
Splash	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray	Awesome Black, Awesome White, Awesome Violet, Awesome Blue

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 67.18% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 84.79% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED, 90Hz, 800 nits
Resolution
1920x1080px, 424 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 405 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
6 (Poor)	1.4 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 625 8953	Snapdragon 720G SM7125 (8 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2000 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.3GHz Kryo 465 6x1.8GHz Kryo 465
GPU
Adreno 506	Adreno 618
Memory
4GB (LPDDR3)/64GB 2GB/32GB 3GB/32GB	6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (8.1 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat)	Android (14, 13, 12, 11)

Battery

Type
3000 mAh, Li - Ion	4500 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging	Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

5h 53min

Browsing

12h 36min

Video

8h 30min

Gaming

9h 42min

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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	64 MP (OIS, Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Fourth camera
	5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps) EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps) Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording
Front
5 MP (Wide Angle)	32 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)

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 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, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
	M3/T3
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, 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	Dolby Atmos
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, 17, 20, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 41	38, 40, 41
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, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes

Alternative variants

Memory	2GB/32GB

with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage

Memory	8GB/256GB

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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