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| Global Score | |
| 75.8 | 80.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Motorola |
| -- | Android 13 |
| 2017-01-13 | 2023-09-14 |
| 5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches | 6.30 x 2.93 x 0.30 inches |
| 5.61 ounces | -- |
| Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud | Marshmallow Blue, Midnight Blue and Viva Magenta |
| Glass and Metal | Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.2 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | P-OLED |
| 424 pixels per inch | 405 pixels per inch |
| -- | 1300 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 9 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G SM6375 (6 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor | processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 12 GB RAM |
| Mali-T830 MP3 GPU | Adreno 619 GPU |
| 9 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 8.88 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 50.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | -- |
| -- | 0.67 inches (1/1.5") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.24 | 11.33 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | -- |
| 5.5 | 10.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 4.96 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Moto G84 is a bit better than the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), with a overall score of 80.9 against 75.8. The Moto G84 body is incredibly newer, just a bit thinner and extremely lighter than the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017). Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) counts with a lot better hardware performance than Moto G84, although it has lesser RAM memory, they both have 8 cores.
Moto G84 features a much better looking screen than Galaxy A5 (2017), because although it has a bit worse pixel count in each inch in the display, it also counts with a larger display and a little higher 1080 x 2400 resolution. The Moto G84 has a much bigger memory capacity for games and applications than Galaxy A5 (2017), because although it has no SD extension slot, it also counts with 224 GB more internal storage capacity.
The Moto G84 has a much better battery lifetime than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has a 67 percent more battery size. The Moto G84 captures much better photographs and videos than Galaxy A5 (2017), and although they both have the same diafragm aperture and the same 1920x1080 (Full HD) video quality, the Moto G84 also has a back facing camera with way more mega-pixels and better video frame rates.
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