Motorola Moto G6 Play vs Samsung Galaxy XCover 5 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Apr 19, 2018	Mar 04, 2021

Design

Dimensions
6.12 x 2.84 x 0.36 inches 155.4 x 72.2 x 9.1 mm	5.79 x 2.82 x 0.36 inches 147.1 x 71.6 x 9.2 mm
Weight
6.35 oz / 180.0 g	6.07 oz / 172.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Resistance
Splash	Water, Dust; IP68; MIL-STD-810 certified
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Left: Other; Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gray, Blue	Black

Display

Size
5.7-inch, 74.77% screen-to-body	5.3-inch, 67.68% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	LCD, 60Hz
Resolution
1440x720px, 18:9 ratio, 282 PPI	1480x720px, 18.5:9 ratio, 311 PPI

PhoneArena Display Test

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

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 427 MSM8920 (28 nm)	Samsung Exynos 850 S5E3830 (8 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 8x2.0GHz Cortex-A55
GPU
Adreno 308	Mali-G52 MP1
Memory
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB 2GB/16GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo)	Android (11)

Battery

Type
4000 mAh, Li - Ion	3000 mAh
Charging
Motorola TurboPowe	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 15.0W

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0	16 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.8
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps)
Front
5 MP (Flash) Video capture: 1080p	5 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	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, Compass, 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
ANT+, 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
Screen mirroring
	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, 14, 17, 25, 26, 29, 30, 66	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 41	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Jan 27, 2021 FCC ID value: A3LSMG525F
Measured SAR
	Head: 0.76 W/kg Body: 0.76 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.05 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.82 W/kg

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	Samsung Galaxy XCover 5 Specs
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