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| Global Score | |
| 90.8 | 76.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Motorola |
| Android 11, 10 | Android 10 |
| 2020-04-29 | 2020-08-28 |
| 6.26 x 2.90 x 0.34 inches | 6.50 x 2.98 x 0.36 inches |
| 6.60 ounces | 7.05 ounces |
| Prism cube black | Forest green and Sapphire blue |
| Aluminum and Plastic | Plastic and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 339.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.5 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 2400 x 1080 pixels | 1600 x 720 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 405 pixels per inch | 270 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 980 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 SM6115 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A77 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 11 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP5 GPU | Adreno 610 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 15.38 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 32.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (480 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 11.55 | 11.22 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 10.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4500mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.32 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy A51 5G has a score of 90.8, which is better than the Moto G9 Play's 76.7 global score. Both of these devices use Android operating system, but the Samsung Galaxy A51 5G has a more recent 11 version and Moto G9 Play has Android 10, counting with a lot of extra features. The Samsung Galaxy A51 5G is a a little thinner and a little bit lighter phone than Moto G9 Play, although both of them were released with only a couple of months difference.
Galaxy A51 5G has a better looking screen than Motorola Moto G9 Play, and although they both have a display with the same size, the Galaxy A51 5G also has more pixels per display inch and a way higher resolution of 1080 x 2400. Samsung Galaxy A51 5G has a much bigger storage to install games and applications than Moto G9 Play, because it has 64 GB more internal storage capacity and an external memory card slot that admits up to 1000 GB.
Samsung Galaxy A51 5G has a little faster processor than Moto G9 Play, and although they both have the same number of cores, the Samsung Galaxy A51 5G also has more RAM. Galaxy A51 5G takes just a bit better photos and videos than Moto G9 Play, because although it has a tinier back-facing camera sensor capturing lower quality pictures and a tinier camera aperture which is not favorable for shooting photos and/or video in low-light environments, and they both have a 48 megapixels camera in the back, the Galaxy A51 5G also counts with a way higher (4K) video resolution.
The Moto G9 Play counts with just a little bit longer battery lifetime than Galaxy A51 5G, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity instead of 4500mAh.
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