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Motorola Moto G4 Play

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Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900; CDMA 800, 1900

CDMA 800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100

CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G network

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 25(1900), 26(850), 41(2500)

LTE 700 MHz Class 13, 1700, 2100
HSDPA speed

42.2 Mbps

HSDPA
HSUPA speed

5.76 Mbps

HSUPA
EV-DO speed

3.1 Mbps

3.1 Mbps
LTE speed

LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload

LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Availability
Oficially announced

2016-5

2014-2
Status

2014-4

Design
SIM

Micro-SIM

Micro-SIM
Height

144.4 mm

142 mm
Width

72 mm

72.4 mm
Thickness

9.9 mm

7.9 mm
Weight

137 g

144.9 g
Colors

Black, White

Charcoal Black, Shimmery White

Display
Display type

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

5.0 inches

5.1 inches
Resolution

720 x 1280 pixels

1080 x 1920 pixels
Pixel density

294 ppi

432 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Multitouch

Yes

-

Hardware
CPU

Quad-core 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A53

Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400
Chipset

Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410

Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801
GPU

Adreno 306

Adreno 330
Memory RAM

1, 2 GB

2 GB
Internal storage

8, 16 GB

16 GB
Memory card

microSD

microSD
Memory card max

256 GB

128 GB

OS
OS

Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)

Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)

Main camera
Main camera

8 MP, f/2.2

16 MP
Primary camera resolution

-

5312 x 2988 pixels
Primary camera video

1080p@30fps

2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps
Primary camera Autofocus

autofocus

-
Primary camera flash

LED flash

LED flash
Primary camera phase detection autofocus

-

phase detection autofocus
Primary camera video dual video

-

dual-video record
Primary camera video hdr

-

HDR
Camera features

Geo-tagging, HDR, face detection, panorama, touch focus

-

Selfie camera
Selfie camera

5 MP, f/2.2

2 MP
Secondary camera dual video call

-

dual video call
Selfie camera video

-

1080p@30fps

Sound
3.5mm jack

Yes

Yes
Loudspeaker

Yes

Yes
Notifications

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Multimedia
Radio

-

No
Radio FM

FM radio

-

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

-

Yes
WLAN DLNA

-

Yes
USB

microUSB 2.0

microUSB 3.0
USB On-The-Go

-

Yes
USB host

-

Yes
Bluetooth

v4.1

v4.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
Bluetooth EDR

-

Yes
Infrared

-

Yes
NFC

Yes

-
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes
BDS

Yes

-

Features
Messaging SMS

SMS(threaded view)

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

MMS

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

IM

IM
Messaging Push Email

Push Email

Push Mail
Java

No

Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Sensors

Accelerometer, proximity

-

Browser
HTML

HTML5

HTML5

Battery
Battery type

Li-Ion

Li-Ion
Battery capacity

2800 mAh

2800 mAh
Battery removable

Non-removable

-
Talk time

-

27 h
Standby time

-

480 h

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