Motorola Moto G6 Play vs Motorola Moto G72 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Apr 19, 2018	Sep 29, 2022

Design

Dimensions
6.12 x 2.84 x 0.36 inches 155.4 x 72.2 x 9.1 mm	6.32 x 2.93 x 0.31 inches 160.5 x 74.4 x 7.9 mm
Weight
6.35 oz / 180.0 g	5.86 oz / 166.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Resistance
Splash
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gray, Blue

Display

Size
5.7-inch, 74.77% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 85.28% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	P-OLED, 120Hz, HDR
Resolution
1440x720px, 18:9 ratio, 282 PPI	2460x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 410 PPI

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

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 427 MSM8920 (28 nm)	MediaTek Helio G99 MT8781 (6 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.2GHz Cortex-A76 6x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Adreno 308	Mali-G57 MC2
Memory
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB 2GB/16GB	6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo)	Android (12)

Battery

Type
4000 mAh, Li - Ion	5000 mAh
Charging
Motorola TurboPowe	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 33.0W

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0	108 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Pixel size: 0.64 μm
Second camera
	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (60 fps)
Front
5 MP (Flash) Video capture: 1080p	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 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, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
ANT+, VoIP, 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
Radio
FM	FM, Stereo, RDS
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 25, 26, 29, 30, 66	1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 41	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8	1, 2, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Alternative variants

with 16 GB storage

Memory	2GB/16GB

International version

Other	NFC

with Dual SIM

Dual SIM	Yes

Links

Full specifications
Motorola Moto G6 Play Specs	Motorola Moto G72 Specs
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