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| Global Score | |
| 88.7 | 80.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Motorola |
| iOS 15.x, 14.x | Android 10 |
| 2020-10-23 | 2020-09-07 |
| 5.78 x 2.81 x 0.29 inches | 6.69 x 3.07 x 0.38 inches |
| 5.78 ounces | 7.88 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Green, Purple, Red and White | Blush gold and Navy blue |
| Aluminum and Glass | Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 829.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.1 inches | 6.8 inches |
| 2532 x 1170 pixels | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | IPS LCD |
| 457 pixels per inch | 387 pixels per inch |
| 1200 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 9.4 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 SM7150-AA chipset |
| 64-bit 64-bit (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | Kryo 470, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Adreno 618 GPU |
| 10.62 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 64.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.60 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 10.01 | 11.99 |
| 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 | -- |
| -- | 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 has an overall score of 88.7, which is better than Moto G9 Plus's 80.5 overall score. Apple iPhone 12 comes with iOS 15.x OS, while Moto G9 Plus counts with Android 10 OS. The Apple iPhone 12 body is notably thinner and much lighter than the Moto G9 Plus, although both were released only 2 months apart.
Apple iPhone 12 has a better display than Motorola Moto G9 Plus, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a quite higher display density and a bit higher resolution of 1170 x 2532 pixels. The iPhone 12 features a more powerful CPU than Moto G9 Plus, because although it has an inferior number of cores (but faster), and they both have the same RAM memory amount, the iPhone 12 also counts with a 64 bits CPU.
Moto G9 Plus counts with a way bigger memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Apple iPhone 12, because it has 128 GB internal memory capacity and a SD memory slot that supports up to 512 GB. The Motorola Moto G9 Plus has a much better camera than iPhone 12, because although it has lower 30 frames per second video frame rate and a smaller diafragm aperture which is not recommended for low-light photos and videos, and they both have the same 3840x2160 video resolution, the Motorola Moto G9 Plus also counts with a lot higher resolution back-facing camera.
The Moto G9 Plus has a really longer battery performance than iPhone 12, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity instead of 2815mAh.
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