Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 77.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Motorola |
| Android 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow | -- |
| 2016-04-20 | 2019-10-24 |
| 6.00 x 2.96 x 0.27 inches | 6.23 x 2.99 x 0.36 inches |
| 5.71 ounces | 6.63 ounces |
| Gold, Gray and White | Cosmic blue and Crystal pink |
| Aluminum | Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.5 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2280 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 401 pixels per inch | 400 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 955 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 SM6125 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2500 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 11 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-T880 MP4 GPU | Adreno 610 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.78 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 25.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 14.00mm focal length |
| 0.34 inches (1/2.9") sensor | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 9.24 | 11.55 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3400mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 4000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.36 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Moto G8 Plus is just a bit better than Huawei P9 Plus, with a 77.6 score against 75.5. Moto G8 Plus's construction is newer than Huawei P9 Plus's, although it's a lot thicker and somewhat heavier. Huawei P9 Plus counts with a bit more vivid screen than Moto G8 Plus, because although it has a little smaller display and a little bit lower 1080 x 1920px resolution, it also counts with a little better pixel density.
The Moto G8 Plus counts with a bit bigger storage to store more games and applications than Huawei P9 Plus, and although they both have equal 64 GB internal memory capacity, the Moto G8 Plus also has a slot for external memory cards that allows up to 512 GB. Huawei P9 Plus features a bit superior CPU than Moto G8 Plus. Both of them have 8 processing cores and 4 GB of RAM memory.
Moto G8 Plus has a lot better camera than Huawei P9 Plus, because it has a way better 3840x2160 video resolution, a much bigger aperture, a back-facing camera with a lot better resolution and a way bigger camera sensor which gives a way better image and video quality. Moto G8 Plus has better battery lifetime than Huawei P9 Plus, because it has 4000mAh of battery capacity.
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