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| Global Score | |
| 73.5 | 76.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Motorola |
| Android 8.1 Oreo | -- |
| 2019-01-15 | 2018-06-29 |
| 6.39 x 3.04 x 0.32 inches | 6.16 x 3.01 x 0.27 inches |
| 6.10 ounces | 5.50 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | 16 777 216 |
| -- | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 500.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.5 inches | 6 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 2160 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 396 pixels per inch | 402 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 710 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 SDM636 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G51 MP4 GPU | Adreno 509 GPU |
| 9.18 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1,95 TB) external memory slot |
| 10.02 | 14.66 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 9.02 | 9.68 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 5.5 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Battery | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| 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 Z3 Play is just a bit better than Huawei Y9 (2019), having a overall score of 76.3 against 73.5. The Moto Z3 Play construction is a little bit lighter and somewhat thinner than the Huawei Y9 (2019), although both of them were released only 7 months apart. Motorola Moto Z3 Play features a screen that is just as good as the display in Huawei Y9 (2019), because although the Motorola Moto Z3 Play has a quite smaller display and a bit lower resolution of 1080 x 2160px, it also counts with a bit greater count of pixels per screen inch.
Motorola Moto Z3 Play has a much bigger memory capacity for games and applications than Huawei Y9 (2019), and although they both have the same internal memory capacity, the Motorola Moto Z3 Play also has an external memory slot that holds up to 1,95 TB. Huawei Y9 (2019) features a bit better processing power than Motorola Moto Z3 Play. They have the same number of cores and the same RAM memory amount.
The Moto Z3 Play counts with a bit better camera than Huawei Y9 (2019), because although it has a back camera with a worse 12 mega pixels resolution, it also counts with a much higher video quality and a larger aperture for better photography and videos in low-light environments. The Huawei Y9 (2019) has superior battery performance than Moto Z3 Play, because it has 4000mAh of battery capacity against 3000mAh.
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