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| Global Score | |
| 76.4 | 85.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Motorola | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4 | -- |
| 2014-10-28 | 2018-11-15 |
| 5.65 x 2.89 x 0.44 inches | 6.40 x 3.03 x 0.31 inches |
| 6.21 ounces | 6.46 ounces |
| Black and Blue | Bubblegum pink, Caviar black and Lemonade blue |
| -- | Glass and Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 179.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.2 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 1440 x 2560 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 565 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.7 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| Krait 450 (Quad-Core 2700 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 420 (500 MHz) GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 9.54 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 20.70 MP + 2.00 MP | 24.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (24 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.9 | 10.45 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.6 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3900mAh Battery | 3800mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.84 | 5.76 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A9 (2018) has an overall score of 85.2, which is much better than the Motorola Droid Turbo's score of 76.4. Although Galaxy A9 (2018) is a bit heavier than the Motorola Droid Turbo, it's notably thinner and a lot newer. The Motorola Droid Turbo has a bit more powerful CPU than Galaxy A9 (2018), because although it has 4 lesser processing cores and less RAM memory, it also counts with a graphics co-processor.
The Motorola Droid Turbo counts with a lot better display than Galaxy A9 (2018), because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a higher resolution of 2560 x 1440px and a higher pixels count in each screen inch. Galaxy A9 (2018) features a bit better camera than Motorola Droid Turbo, and although they both have the same video definition, the Galaxy A9 (2018) also has a camera with more mega-pixels, a bigger camera aperture to capture better photos and videos in poorly lited situations and faster video frame rate.
The Galaxy A9 (2018) has a very superior storage capacity for applications and games than Motorola Droid Turbo, because it has a SD memory card expansion slot that admits a maximum of 512 GB and 96 GB more internal memory. The Motorola Droid Turbo has just a little better battery life than Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018), because it has 3900mAh of battery capacity against 3800mAh.
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