Motorola Moto G8 Play vs Motorola Moto G7 Plus Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Oct 24, 2019	Feb 07, 2019

Design

Dimensions
6.20 x 2.97 x 0.35 inches 157.6 x 75.41 x 8.99 mm	6.18 x 2.96 x 0.33 inches 157 x 75.3 x 8.3 mm
Weight
6.60 oz / 187.0 g	6.21 oz / 176.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Splash; IPX2	Splash
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Knight grey, Royal magenta	Blue, Red

Display

Size
6.2-inch, 80.76% screen-to-body	6.2-inch, 81.52% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 60Hz	IPS LCD
Resolution
1520x720px, 19:9 ratio, 271 PPI	2270x1080px, 19:9 ratio, 405 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	2 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
MediaTek Helio P70 (12 nm)	Snapdragon 636 SDM636 (14 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2000 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1800 MHz Kryo 260
GPU
Mali G72 MP3	Adreno 509
Memory
2GB (LPDDR4)/32GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 512 GB	microSDXC up to 512 GB
OS
Android (10, 9.0 Pie)	Android (10, 9.0 Pie)

Battery

Type
4000 mAh	3000 mAh
Charging
Motorola TurboPower	Qualcomm Quick Charge 4, USB Power Delivery, Motorola TurboPower

Camera

Rear
Triple camera	Dual camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Pixel size: 1.122 μm	16 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/2.6" Pixel size: 1.22 μm
Second camera
8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm	5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
2 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.75 μm
Flash
LED	Dual LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps), 720p (120 fps) Time-lapse video, Hyperlapse, EIS	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (120 fps), 720p (240 fps) Time-lapse video, Hyperlapse, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
25 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p	12 MP (HDR) Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
b,g,n Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
	Dolby Mobile
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM	FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 28, 66	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8	6, 5, 8, 4, 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 13/5 (400/75 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Alternative variants

Dual SIM

Dual SIM	Yes

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