Samsung Galaxy J7 (2018) vs Motorola Moto G (2025) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jun 07, 2018	Jan 14, 2025
Prices (MSRP)
$230	$199

Design

Dimensions
6.03 x 3 x 0.34 inches 153.2 x 76.2 x 8.6 mm	6.58 x 3.00 x 0.32 inches 167.1 x 76.3 x 8.2 mm
Weight
6.38 oz / 181.0 g	6.81 oz / 193.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic	Back: Vegan Leather Frame: Plastic
Resistance
	Yes
Biometrics
2D Face unlock	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black	Forest Gray, Sapphire Blue

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 71.45% screen-to-body	6.7-inch, 84.96% screen-to-body
Type
TFT	IPS LCD, 120Hz
Resolution
1280x720px, 16:9 ratio, 267 PPI	1604x720px, 20:9 ratio, 262 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	976 (Poor)
Bright Min
5 (Poor)	2.7 (Average)

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Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 (14 nm)	MediaTek Dimensity 6300 (6 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1600 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.4GHz Cortex-A76 6x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-T830 MP1	Mali-G57 MC2
Memory
2GB (LPDDR3)/32GB 2GB/16GB	4GB/64GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 400 GB	microSDXC
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo)	Android (15)

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GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	790
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	2067
3D Mark High
Untested	384
3D Mark Low
Untested	383

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Battery

Type
3300 mAh	5000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 30.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

8h 15min

Browsing

22h 3min

Video

10h 3min

Gaming

11h 42min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 28 mm Sensor size: 1/3.06" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	50 MP Aperture size: F1.8 Pixel size: 0.61 μm
Second camera
	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps)
Front
13 MP	16 MP Video capture: 1080p

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N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

101

Overall

117

Photo

85

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	Yes
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
M3/T3
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
ANT+, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), VoIP, 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
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n5, n7, n12, n14, n25, n29, n30, n41, n48, n66, n70, n71, n77, n78
4G (FDD) Bands
2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 14	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 39, 40, 41, 48
3G Bands
5, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE, HSPA, HSUPA	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM
HD Voice
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Apr 24, 2018 FCC ID value: A3LSMJ737A
Measured SAR
Head: 1.03 W/kg Body: 0.76 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.58 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.98 W/kg Phablet: 3.58 W/kg

Alternative variants

for TracFone Wireless

Memory	16GB

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