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| Global Score | |
| 88.7 | 76.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Motorola |
| iOS 15.x, 14.x | Android 10 |
| 2020-10-23 | 2020-08-28 |
| 5.78 x 2.81 x 0.29 inches | 6.50 x 2.98 x 0.36 inches |
| 5.78 ounces | 7.05 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Green, Purple, Red and White | Forest green and Sapphire blue |
| Aluminum and Glass | Plastic and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 829.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.1 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 2532 x 1170 pixels | 1600 x 720 pixels |
| OLED | IPS LCD |
| 457 pixels per inch | 270 pixels per inch |
| 1200 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 9.4 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 SM6115 chipset |
| 64-bit 64-bit (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 11 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Adreno 610 GPU |
| 10.62 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.60 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | -- |
| -- | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 10.01 | 11.22 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 10.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2815mAh Li - Ion Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 4.8 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPhone 12 is much better than the Motorola Moto G9 Play, having an 88.7 score against 76.7. The Apple iPhone 12 is a lighter and thinner device than Motorola Moto G9 Play, even when they were only released with a few months difference. The Apple iPhone 12 comes with iOS 15.x operating system, while Motorola Moto G9 Play counts with Android 10 operating system.
IPhone 12 counts with an incredibly better screen than Motorola Moto G9 Play, because although it has a little bit smaller display, it also counts with a lot better resolution of 1170 x 2532 and a way higher pixels quantity per screen inch. IPhone 12 counts with a quite superior hardware performance than Moto G9 Play, because although it has a lower number of cores , and they both have the same RAM memory amount, the iPhone 12 also counts with a 64-bit CPU.
Motorola Moto G9 Play has a way bigger storage for applications, games, photos and videos than iPhone 12, and although they both have exactly the same 64 GB internal memory capacity, the Motorola Moto G9 Play also has a slot for an SD memory card that allows up to 512 GB. The Moto G9 Play counts with a really longer battery duration than iPhone 12, because it has a 78% bigger battery size.
Motorola Moto G9 Play captures much better pictures and videos than iPhone 12, because although it has a smaller aperture which is not nice for shooting photographs in low-light environments, and they both have the same 60 frames per second video frame rates and the same (Full HD) video resolution, the Motorola Moto G9 Play also counts with a lot more mega pixels back facing camera.
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