Motorola Moto G5S Plus vs Samsung Galaxy M31 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Aug 01, 2017	Feb 25, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
	€240

Design

Dimensions
6.04 x 3.00 x 0.37 inches 153.5 x 76.2 x 9.5 mm	6.27 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches 159.2 x 75.1 x 8.9 mm
Weight
5.93 oz / 168.0 g	6.74 oz / 191.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Resistance
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, White	Blue, Black, Red

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 71.33% screen-to-body	6.4-inch, 83.97% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED, 420 nits
Resolution
1920x1080px, 16:9 ratio, 401 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 403 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

PhoneArena Display Test

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

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 625 8953 (14 nm)	Exynos 9611 (10 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2000 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 4x2.3GHz Cortex-A73 4x1.7G​Hz Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 506	Mali-G72 MP3
Memory
4GB (LPDDR3)/64GB 3GB/32GB	6GB (LPDDR4)/64GB (UFS 2.1) 6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 512 GB
OS
Android (8.1 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat)	Android (11, 10)

Battery

Type
3000 mAh, Li - Ion	6000 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 15.0W

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Quad camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.0	64 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
13 MP (Depth information)	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 12 mm Sensor size: 1/4" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 25 mm Sensor size: 1/5" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Fourth camera
	5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.2
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps) EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p, 720p (240 fps) Hyperlapse, EIS
Front
8 MP (Wide Angle, Flash)	32 MP (HDR, Slow-motion videos) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2, Yes	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, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
VoIP, 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)
Noise cancellation	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, 20, 26, 28, 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 7 (300/100 Mbit/s), HSPA, UMTS	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
	Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Aug 10, 2017 FCC ID value: IHDT56WH1	Date approved: Feb 07, 2020 FCC ID value: A3LSMM315F
Measured SAR
Head: 0.42 W/kg Body: 0.99 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.50 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.17 W/kg Phablet: 3.41 W/kg	Head: 0.42 W/kg Body: 0.41 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.54 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.74 W/kg

Alternative variants

International version

Memory	3GB/32GB
4G (FDD) Bands	1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28
4G (TDD) Bands	38, 40
3G Bands	5, 8, 2, 1
Other	NFC

with 128GB storage

Memory	128GB

with 32GB storage

Memory	3GB/32GB

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