Motorola Moto Z Play vs Motorola Moto G6 Play Specs Comparison

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Motorola Moto G6 Play
Motorola Moto Z Play Motorola Moto G6 Play
Released · Oct 04, 2016
Released · Apr 19, 2018
5.5-inch · 1920x1080px
5.7-inch · 1440x720px
Single camera
Single camera
3GB · 32GB
3GB · 32GB
3510 mAh
4000 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
Aug 31, 2016 Apr 19, 2018

Design

Dimensions
6.16 x 3.01 x 0.28 inches
156.4 x 76.4 x 6.99 mm
6.12 x 2.84 x 0.36 inches
155.4 x 72.2 x 9.1 mm
Weight
5.82 oz / 165.0 g 6.35 oz / 180.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass
Frame: Metal
Back: Plastic
Frame: Plastic
Resistance
Splash Splash
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch) Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Left: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Gray, White Gray, Blue

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 69.71% screen-to-body 5.7-inch, 74.77% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED IPS LCD
Resolution
1920x1080px, 401 PPI 1440x720px, 18:9 ratio, 282 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested Untested
Bright Min
Untested 3 (Average)

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 625 8953 Snapdragon 427 MSM8920 (28 nm)
Processor
Octa-core
2000 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
Quad-core
1400 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 506 Adreno 308
Memory
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB 3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB
2GB/16GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 2000 GB microSDXC up to 128 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow) Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo)

Battery

Type
3510 mAh 4000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Motorola TurboPower Motorola TurboPower

Camera

Rear
Single camera Single camera
Main camera
16 MP (Laser and PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.0
Pixel size: 1.3 μm
13 MP (PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.0
Flash
Dual LED LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (30 fps), 720p (120 fps)
EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
1080p (30 fps)
Video calling, Video sharing
Front
5 MP (Wide Angle, Flash) 5 MP (Flash)
Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.0 4.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,dual-band
Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n
a,b,g,n,dual-band
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0 microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Other
NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync ANT+, 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 Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
Yes Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 19, 20, 25, 28 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 25, 26, 29, 30, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40, 41 38, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1 1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSPA LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Alternative variants

with 16 GB storage
Memory 2GB/16GB
International version
Other NFC
with Dual SIM
Dual SIM Yes
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