Motorola Moto G6 Play vs Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Apr 19, 2018	Jan 02, 2017

Design

Dimensions
6.12 x 2.84 x 0.36 inches 155.4 x 72.2 x 9.1 mm	5.33 x 2.61 x 0.31 inches 135.4 x 66.2 x 7.9 mm
Weight
6.35 oz / 180.0 g	4.87 oz / 138.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic	Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Splash	Water, Dust; IP68
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
Gray, Blue	Black sky, Gold sand, Peach cloud, Blue mist

Display

Size
5.7-inch, 74.77% screen-to-body	4.7-inch, 67.85% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED
Resolution
1440x720px, 18:9 ratio, 282 PPI	1280x720px, 312 PPI

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
3 (Average)	1 (Excellent)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 427 MSM8920 (28 nm)	Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 (14 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1600 MHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 308	Mali-T830 MP2
Memory
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB 2GB/16GB	2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo)	Android (7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)

Battery

Type
4000 mAh, Li - Ion	2350 mAh
Charging
Motorola TurboPowe

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0	13 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing
Front
5 MP (Flash) Video capture: 1080p	8 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	4.2
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
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Other
ANT+, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, ANT+, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), 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
Radio
FM	FM
Additional microphone(s)
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, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 41	40
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8	5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Dec 21, 2016 FCC ID value: A3LSMA320F
Measured SAR
	Head: 0.45 W/kg Body: 0.74 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.56 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.94 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 16 GB storage

Memory	2GB/16GB

Dual SIM	Yes

International version

Other	NFC

with Dual SIM

Dual SIM	Yes

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