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| Global Score | |
| 85 | 76.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Motorola |
| -- | Android 10 |
| 2017-09-22 | 2020-08-28 |
| 5.45 x 2.65 x 0.29 inches | 6.50 x 2.98 x 0.36 inches |
| 5.22 ounces | 7.05 ounces |
| Gold, Red, Silver and Space gray | Forest green and Sapphire blue |
| Aluminum and Glass | Plastic and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 849.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.7 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 1334 x 750 pixels | 1600 x 720 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 326 pixels per inch | 270 pixels per inch |
| 625 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A11 Bionic APL1W72 (10 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 SM6115 chipset |
| 64-bit Monsoon and Mistral, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2390 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 11 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Apple 3-core GPU GPU | Adreno 610 GPU |
| 10.08 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.3 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 28.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 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 | -- |
| 10.12 | 11.22 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1821mAh Li - Ion Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 3.68 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
IPhone 8 is much better than Motorola Moto G9 Play, with a global score of 85 against 76.7. IPhone 8 is an incredibly older cellphone than Motorola Moto G9 Play, but it is extremely lighter and somewhat thinner anyway. The iPhone 8 features a more vivid display than Motorola Moto G9 Play, because although it has a lot smaller display and a bit worse 750 x 1334 resolution, it also counts with a little bit better pixels quantity in each inch of screen.
IPhone 8 features a quite bigger memory to install games and applications than Moto G9 Play, because although it has no slot for external memory cards, it also counts with 192 GB more internal storage. The iPhone 8 features a more powerful processing unit than Moto G9 Play, because although it has an inferior number of cores (but faster) and a lower amount of RAM, it also counts with a 64 bits processor.
The Motorola Moto G9 Play has a much better battery lifetime than iPhone 8, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity. The Motorola Moto G9 Play features a much better camera than iPhone 8, and although they both have the same 1920x1080 video definition and the same video frame rates, the Motorola Moto G9 Play also has a bigger diafragm aperture for better captures in low-light environments, a way more mega-pixels back facing camera and a much larger back camera sensor which gives a way better image and video quality.
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