Motorola Moto Z Force vs Samsung Galaxy A12 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jun 09, 2016	Nov 24, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
	€179

Design

Dimensions
6.14 x 2.98 x 0.28 inches 155.9 x 75.8 x 6.99 mm	6.46 x 2.98 x 0.35 inches 164 x 75.8 x 8.9 mm
Weight
5.75 oz / 163.0 g	7.23 oz / 205.0 g
Materials
	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Resistance
Splash
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Gray	Black, White, Blue, Red

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 71.77% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 85.80% screen-to-body
Type
AMOLED	LCD
Resolution
2560x1440px, 534 PPI	1600x720px, 20:9 ratio, 270 PPI
Features
ShatterShield

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	4.2 (Poor)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 820 MSM8996	Mediatek Helio P35 MT6765 (12 nm)
Processor
Quad-core Kryo	Octa-core 4x2.3GHz Cortex-A53 4x1.8G​Hz Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 530	PowerVR GE8320
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 4GB/32GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB (eMMC 5.1) 3GB/32GB 6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 2000 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (10)

Battery

Type
3500 mAh	5000 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging	Samsung Adaptive Fast Charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 15.0W

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Quad camera
Main camera
21 MP (OIS, Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Pixel size: 1.12 μm	48 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal length: 26 mm
Second camera
	5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Fourth camera
	2 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps) OIS, HDR, Video calling	1080p (30 fps)
Front
5 MP (Flash)	8 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Multiple antennas, MIMO 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, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
	Wireless screen share,MirrorLink

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 13	1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 5, 8	1, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 9 (450/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, UMTS	LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
	No
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Mar 11, 2021 FCC ID value: A3LSMA125U
Measured SAR
	Head: 1.14 W/kg Body: 1.20 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.34 W/kg

Alternative variants

Memory	32GB

With 32GB storage

Memory	3GB/32GB

With 128GB storage

Memory	6GB/128GB

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