Motorola Moto Z Play vs Sony Xperia 5 III Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Aug 31, 2016	Apr 14, 2021

Design

Dimensions
6.16 x 3.01 x 0.28 inches 156.4 x 76.4 x 6.99 mm	6.18 x 2.68 x 0.32 inches 157 x 68 x 8.2 mm
Weight
5.82 oz / 165.0 g	5.96 oz / 169.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Metal	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 6) Frame: Metal
Resistance
Splash	Water, Dust; IP65/68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Left: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Camera shutter, Lock/Unlock key, Other
Colors
Black, Gold, Gray, White	Black, Green, Pink

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 69.71% screen-to-body	6.1-inch, 81.34% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	OLED, 120Hz, HDR
Resolution
1920x1080px, 401 PPI	2520x1080px, 21:9 ratio, 449 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3	Corning Gorilla Glass 6

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	3.3 (Poor)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 625 8953	Snapdragon 888 SM8350 (5 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2000 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core Kryo 680
GPU
Adreno 506	Adreno 660
Memory
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB	8GB (LPDDR4)/256GB (UFS)
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 2000 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (13, 12, 11)

Battery

Type
3510 mAh	4500 mAh
Charging
Motorola TurboPowe	USB Power Delivery

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 22min

Browsing

10h 16min

Video

11h 26min

Gaming

9h 55min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
16 MP (Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Pixel size: 1.3 μm	12 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 1.8 μm
Second camera
	12 MP (Ultra-wide, PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/2.5"
Third camera
	12 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF) Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F2.3 Focal Length: 70 mm Sensor size: 1/2.9"
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (30 fps), 720p (120 fps) EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (120 fps), 1080p (240 fps) OIS, HDR, Object tracking, Picture-taking during video recording, EIS
Front
5 MP (Wide Angle, Flash)	8 MP (HDR)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.0	5.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,dual-band Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n	b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

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

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n28, n38, n40, n41, n77, n78, n79
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, 17, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40, 41	34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 19
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSPA	LTE-A, HSPA
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

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