Motorola Moto G6 Plus vs Motorola Moto G8 Play Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Apr 19, 2018	Oct 24, 2019

Design

Dimensions
6.30 x 2.97 x 0.31 inches 160 x 75.5 x 8 mm	6.20 x 2.97 x 0.35 inches 157.6 x 75.41 x 8.99 mm
Weight
5.89 oz / 167.0 g	6.60 oz / 187.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3) Frame: Metal	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Resistance
Splash	Splash; IPX2
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gray, Blue	Knight grey, Royal magenta

Display

Size
5.9-inch, 75.17% screen-to-body	6.2-inch, 80.76% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	IPS LCD, 60Hz
Resolution
2160x1080px, 18:9 ratio, 407 PPI	1520x720px, 19:9 ratio, 271 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3

PhoneArena Display Test

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

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 630 SDM630 (14 nm)	MediaTek Helio P70 (12 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2200 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2000 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 508	Mali G72 MP3
Memory
6GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 4GB/64GB	2GB (LPDDR4)/32GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 512 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo)	Android (10, 9.0 Pie)

Battery

Type
3200 mAh, Li - Ion	4000 mAh
Charging
Motorola TurboPower	Motorola TurboPower

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Triple camera
Main camera
12 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Sensor size: 1/2.6" Pixel size: 1.4 μm	13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Pixel size: 1.122 μm
Second camera
5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.2	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	2 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.75 μm
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps) Time-lapse video, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps), 720p (120 fps) Time-lapse video, Hyperlapse, EIS
Front
8 MP (Flash) Video capture: 1080p	25 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	4.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	b,g,n Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n
USB
Type-C	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, 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
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM	FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE, HSPA, HSUPA	LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Alternative variants

with 4 GB RAM

Memory	4GB

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