Motorola Moto M vs Google Pixel 4a 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Nov 08, 2016	Sep 30, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
	$500

Design

Dimensions
5.96 x 2.97 x 0.31 inches 151.35 x 75.35 x 7.85 mm	6.06 x 2.91 x 0.32 inches 153.9 x 74.0 x 8.2 mm
Weight
5.75 oz / 163.0 g	5.93 oz / 168.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Plastic
Resistance
Splash
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray, Silver	Just black, Clearly white

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 73.02% screen-to-body	6.2-inch, 82.94% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	OLED, 60Hz, HDR
Resolution
1920x1080px, 401 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 416 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 4	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

PhoneArena Display Test

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

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Hardware

System chip
MediaTek Helio P15	Snapdragon 765G SM7250-AB (7 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2200 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2400 MHz Kryo 475
GPU
Mali-T860 MP2	Adreno 620
Memory
4GB (LPDDR3)/32GB	6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB (UFS 2.1)
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (12, 11)

Battery

Type
3050 mAh, Li - Polymer	3885 mAh
Charging
Fast charging	USB Power Delivery
Charge speed
	Wired: 18.0W

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
16 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Pixel size: 1 μm	12.2 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 28 mm Sensor size: 1/2.55" Pixel size: 1.4 μm
Second camera
	16 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1 μm
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
1080p Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps) OIS, Time-lapse video, EIS
Front
8 MP	8 MP (Dual-Camera, Time-of-Flight (ToF)) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band MIMO 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
	M3/T4
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

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Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Dolby Atmos, Album art cover, Background playback	aptX, aptX-HD
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Yes	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n5, n12, n25, n28, n41, n66, n71, n78, Sub-6
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40, 41	38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM
HD Voice
	Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Sep 01, 2020 FCC ID value: A4RG025E
Measured SAR
	Head: 1.20 W/kg Body: 1.20 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.57 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.00 W/kg

Alternative variants

for Verizon

Weight	6.03 oz / 171.0 g
5G Bands	n2, n5, n12, n25, n66, n71, n260, n261, Sub-6, mmWave
Prices (MSRP)	$600