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| Global Score | |
| 71.6 | 80.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Motorola | Motorola |
| -- | Android 10 |
| 2016-11-11 | 2020-09-07 |
| 5.96 x 2.97 x 0.31 inches | 6.69 x 3.07 x 0.38 inches |
| 5.75 ounces | 7.88 ounces |
| Gold, Gray and Silver | Blush gold and Navy blue |
| Metal | Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.5 inches | 6.8 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 401 pixels per inch | 387 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| MediaTek Helio P15 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 SM7150-AA chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor | Kryo 470, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-T860 MP2 GPU | Adreno 618 GPU |
| 9.18 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 8.12 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 64.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 8.14 | 11.99 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 5.5 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3050mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.04 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Moto G9 Plus has a general score of 80.5, which is much better than the Moto M's score of 71.6. Moto G9 Plus is a notably newer cellphone than the Moto M, although it's thicker and way heavier. The Motorola Moto G9 Plus's processor is very similar to Motorola Moto M's processing unit, both of them have the same number of cores and 4 GB of RAM memory.
Moto G9 Plus features a display that's very similar to the display in Moto M, because although the Moto G9 Plus has a quite worse display density, it also counts with a little bit higher resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels and a bigger display. Moto G9 Plus has a much better camera than Motorola Moto M, because it has a larger camera aperture, a back-facing camera with a much better 64 megapixels resolution and a lot better (4K) video quality.
The Moto G9 Plus features much more storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Moto M, because it has a SD memory slot that supports up to 512 GB and 96 GB more internal storage capacity. Moto G9 Plus features a much better battery performance than Motorola Moto M, because it has a 64 percent bigger battery capacity.
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