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| Global Score | |
| 86.5 | 76.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Motorola |
| Android 11, 10 | Android 10 |
| 2020-03-05 | 2020-08-28 |
| 6.27 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches | 6.50 x 2.98 x 0.36 inches |
| 6.74 ounces | 7.05 ounces |
| Black, Blue and Red | Forest green and Sapphire blue |
| Plastic and Plastic | Plastic and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.4 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 1600 x 720 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 403 pixels per inch | 270 pixels per inch |
| 420 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.4 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| Exynos 9611 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 SM6115 chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A73 and Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 11 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G72 MP3 GPU | Adreno 610 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 11.74 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 64.00 MP + 32.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") 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 |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 12.1 | 11.22 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 6000mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 7.52 | 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
Galaxy M31 is better than Moto G9 Play, having a general score of 86.5 against 76.7. Both of these phones use Android operating system, but the Galaxy M31 has the newer 11 version and Moto G9 Play has Android 10 version. The Galaxy M31 is a a little bit lighter and just a bit thinner phone than the Moto G9 Play, although both were released with only a couple months difference.
Galaxy M31 features a much better looking display than Motorola Moto G9 Play, because although it has a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a way better 1080 x 2340 resolution and a better quantity of pixels per inch of screen. Samsung Galaxy M31 has a little bit better hardware performance than Motorola Moto G9 Play, and although they both have the same number of cores, the Samsung Galaxy M31 also has a greater amount of RAM memory.
The Galaxy M31 takes slightly better photos and videos than Motorola Moto G9 Play, because although it has a smaller camera aperture, and they both have the same back-facing camera sensor size, the Galaxy M31 also counts with a back camera with lot more mega-pixels and a much better video definition.
Motorola Moto G9 Play's memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos is just as good as Samsung Galaxy M31's one, both have exactly the same internal storage capacity and a slot for an SD memory card that supports up to 512 GB. The Galaxy M31 has longer battery lifetime than Moto G9 Play, because it has a 20 percent larger battery capacity.
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