Motorola Moto G6 Play vs Samsung Galaxy S9

Motorola Moto G6 Play

Samsung Galaxy S9

Network
2G network

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

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100 - Europe, Brazil; HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100 - USA; CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - USA

HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100
4G network

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600) - Europe; LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 25(1900), 26(850), 29(700), 30(2300), 66(1700/2100) - USA; LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 28(700) - Brazil

LTE
HSDPA speed

42.2 Mbps

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

5.76 Mbps

5.76 Mbps
LTE speed

LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload

-
LTE-A speed

-

LTE-A, (6CA) Cat18, 1200 Mbps download, 200 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Design
Build

Glass, aluminium alloy

Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
SIM

Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Height

154.4 mm

147.7 mm
Width

72.2 mm

68.7 mm
Thickness

9 mm

8.5 mm
Weight

175 g

163 g
Payment

-

Samsung Pay(Visa, Mastercard certified)
Waterproof

-

IP68, 1.5m and 30 minutes
Dust proof

-

Yes, IP68
Colors

Deep Indigo, Flash Gray, Gold, Silver

Coral Blue, Lilac Purple, Midnight Black, Titanium Gray

Display
Display type

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

5.7 inches

5.8 inches
Resolution

720 x 1440 pixels

1440 x 2960 pixels
Pixel density

282 ppi

570 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass

Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Multitouch

Yes

Yes
Display features

-

HDR10 compliant, 3D Touch, Always-on display

Hardware
CPU

-

Octa-core
CPU

Octa-core 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A53

Quad-core 2.7 GHz Mongoose M3
CPU(second)

quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A55
Chipset

Qualcomm MSM8937 Snapdragon 430

Exynos 9810 Octa / Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845
GPU

Adreno 505

Mali-G72 MP18 / Adreno 630
Memory RAM

2, 3 GB

4 GB
Internal storage

16, 32 GB

64, 128, 256 GB
Memory card

microSD

microSD(uses second SIM slot)
Memory card max

256 GB

400 GB

Main camera
Camera type

-

Photo / Video
Main camera

13 MP, f/2.0 , 1.12 µm

12 MP, f/1.5-2.4 , 1.4 µm, 26 mm, 1/2.5"
Primary camera resolution

4160 x 3120 pixels

4032 x 3024 pixels
Primary camera video

1080p@30fps

2160p@60fps, 1080p@240fps, 720p@960fps
Primary camera Autofocus

autofocus

dual pixel phase detection autofocus
Primary camera flash

LED flash

LED flash
Primary camera optical image stabilization

-

optical image stabilization
Primary camera video dual video

-

dual-video record
Primary camera video hdr

-

HDR
Camera features

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

Auto HDR, Geo-tagging, face/smile detection, panorama, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus

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
USB

microUSB 2.0

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth

v4.2

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
Bluetooth EDR

Yes

-
Bluetooth AptX

-

Yes
NFC

Yes

Yes
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes
GALILEO

-

Yes
BDS

Yes

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

-
Messaging Push Mail

-

Push Mail
Sensors

Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity

Iris scanner, SpO2, accelerometer, barometer, compass, fingerprint (rear-mounted), gyro, heart rate, proximity