Motorola Moto G6 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy A51 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Apr 19, 2018	Dec 12, 2019
Prices (MSRP)
	$400

Design

Dimensions
6.30 x 2.97 x 0.31 inches 160 x 75.5 x 8 mm	6.24 x 2.90 x 0.31 inches 158.5 x 73.6 x 7.9 mm
Weight
5.89 oz / 167.0 g	6.07 oz / 172.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3) Frame: Metal	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Resistance
Splash
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gray, Blue	Prism Crush black, Prism Crush white, Prism Crush pink, Prism Crush blue

Display

Size
5.9-inch, 75.17% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 87.37% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED, 60Hz
Resolution
2160x1080px, 18:9 ratio, 407 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 405 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
5 (Poor)	1.7 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 630 SDM630 (14 nm)	Samsung Exynos 9611 (10 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2200 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2300 MHz 4x2.3GHz Cortex-A73 4x1.7G​Hz Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 508	Mali-G72 MP3
Memory
6GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 4GB/64GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/128GB 6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 512 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo)	Android (11, 10)

Battery

Type
3200 mAh, Li - Ion	4000 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Motorola TurboPowe	Fast charging

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

5h 22min

Browsing

11h 35min

Video

8h 35min

Gaming

6h 40min

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Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Quad camera
Main camera
12 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Sensor size: 1/2.6" Pixel size: 1.4 μm	48 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/2" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.2	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 13 mm Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4 Focal Length: 40 mm
Fourth camera
	5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/5" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps) Time-lapse video, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (120 fps), 720p (240 fps) Hyperlapse, EIS
Front
8 MP (Flash) Video capture: 1080p	32 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C	Type-C, 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, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, ANT+

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Dolby Atmos
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, 12, 13, 14, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
38	38, 39, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE, HSPA, HSUPA	LTE-A, 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: Nov 28, 2019 FCC ID value: A3LSMA515FN
Measured SAR
	Head: 0.89 W/kg Body: 1.18 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.56 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.12 W/kg Phablet: 2.76 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 4 GB RAM

Memory	4GB

with 128GB storage

Memory	6GB/128GB

for Verizon

4G (FDD) Bands	2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 13, 20, 28, 66
3G Bands	5, 8, 2, 1

for AT&T

4G (FDD) Bands	2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 25, 26, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands	41

for Sprint

4G (FDD) Bands	2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 25, 26, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands	41

for Europe

4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20, 26, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands	38, 40, 41
Dual SIM	Yes

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