Motorola Moto G5 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 26, 2017	Jun 06, 2017
Prices (MSRP)
$229

Design

Dimensions
5.91 x 2.91 x 0.38 inches 150.2 x 74 x 9.7 mm	5.76 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches 146.3 x 71.3 x 7.9 mm
Weight
5.47 oz / 155.0 g	5.64 oz / 160.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum Frame: Plastic	Back: Metal
Resistance
Splash
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
	Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray	Black, Gold, Silver, Pink

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 67.18% screen-to-body	5.2-inch, 71.39% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED
Resolution
1920x1080px, 424 PPI	1280x720px, 282 PPI
Colors
	16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
6 (Poor)	3 (Average)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 625 8953	Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 (14 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2000 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1600 MHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 506	Mali-T830 MP2
Memory
4GB (LPDDR3)/64GB 2GB/32GB 3GB/32GB	2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (8.1 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat)	Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat)

Battery

Type
3000 mAh, Li - Ion	3000 mAh
Charging
Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
12 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/2.5" Pixel size: 1.4 μm	13 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.7
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps) EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing
Front
5 MP (Wide Angle)	13 MP (Flash) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	4.1
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	microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Other
UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, ANT+, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM	FM
Additional microphone(s)
Yes

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 25, 26	1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 41	40
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1	5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, UMTS	LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
	Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
	Haptic feedback
Other features
	Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: May 03, 2017 FCC ID value: A3LSMJ530F
Measured SAR
	Head: 0.12 W/kg Body: 0.89 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.58 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.01 W/kg

Alternative variants

Memory	2GB/32GB

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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