Motorola Moto G6 Play vs Samsung Galaxy A6+ Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Apr 19, 2018	May 02, 2018

Design

Dimensions
6.12 x 2.84 x 0.36 inches 155.4 x 72.2 x 9.1 mm	6.31 x 2.98 x 0.31 inches 160.2 x 75.7 x 7.9 mm
Weight
6.35 oz / 180.0 g	6.74 oz / 191.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic	Back: Metal
Resistance
Splash
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gray, Blue	Black, Gold, Lavender, Blue

Display

Size
5.7-inch, 74.77% screen-to-body	6.0-inch, 75.31% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED
Resolution
1440x720px, 18:9 ratio, 282 PPI	2220x1080px, 18.5:9 ratio, 411 PPI

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
3 (Average)	1.7 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 427 MSM8920 (28 nm)	Snapdragon 450 SDM450 (14 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1800 MHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 308	Adreno 506
Memory
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB 2GB/16GB	3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB 4GB/64GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo)	Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo)

Battery

Type
4000 mAh, Li - Ion	3500 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Motorola TurboPowe

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0	16 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/2.8" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Second camera
	5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal Length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/5" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
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	24 MP (Flash) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	4.2, Yes
WLAN
a,b,g,n,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n	a,b,g,n,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n
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
ANT+, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, ANT+, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Dolby Atmos, Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM	FM, RDS, Recording option
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, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 41	38, 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), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Apr 07, 2018 FCC ID value: A3LSMA605F
Measured SAR
	Head: 0.24 W/kg Body: 0.97 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.33 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.05 W/kg Phablet: 1.96 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 16 GB storage

Memory	2GB/16GB

with 64 GB storage

Memory	4GB/64GB

International version

Other	NFC

with Dual SIM

Dual SIM	Yes

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