Motorola One (P30 Play) vs Samsung Galaxy S9

Motorola One (P30 Play)

Samsung Galaxy S9

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100

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

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 38(2600); LTE-TDD 2300, 2500, 2600 MHz

LTE
HSDPA speed

-

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

-

5.76 Mbps
EV-DO speed

3.1 Mbps download, 1.8 Mbps upload

-
LTE-A speed

-

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

-

Yes
EDGE

-

Yes

Design
Build

Aluminium alloy, glass

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

150 mm

147.7 mm
Width

72.2 mm

68.7 mm
Thickness

8 mm

8.5 mm
Weight

162 g

163 g
Payment

-

Samsung Pay(Visa, Mastercard certified)
Waterproof

-

IP68, 1.5m and 30 minutes
Splash resistant

Yes

-
Dust proof

-

Yes, IP68
Colors

Black

Coral Blue, Lilac Purple, Midnight Black, Titanium Gray

Display
Display type

IPS

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

5.9 inches

5.8 inches
Resolution

1080 x 2246 pixels

1440 x 2960 pixels
Pixel density

422 ppi

570 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

Scratch resistant, 2.5D curved glass screen, Corning Gorilla Glass

Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Multitouch

Yes

Yes
Display features

-

HDR10 compliant, 3D Touch, Always-on display

Hardware
CPU

-

Octa-core
CPU

Quad-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53

Quad-core 2.7 GHz Mongoose M3
CPU(second)

quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A55
Chipset

Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625

Exynos 9810 Octa / Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845
GPU

Adreno 506

Mali-G72 MP18 / Adreno 630
Internal storage

64 GB

64, 128, 256 GB
Memory RAM

4 GB

4 GB
Memory card

microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC

microSD(uses second SIM slot)
Memory card max

256 GB

400 GB

Main camera
Camera type

Dual

-
Camera type

-

Photo / Video
Main camera

13 MP, f/2.0

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

4160 x 3120 pixels

4032 x 3024 pixels
Primary camera video

2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps

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

-

dual pixel phase detection autofocus
Primary camera flash

LED flash

LED flash
Primary camera optical image stabilization

-

optical image stabilization
Primary camera phase detection autofocus

phase detection autofocus

-
Primary camera video dual video

-

dual-video record
Primary camera video hdr

-

HDR
Camera features

Autofocus, continuous shooting, digital zoom, geotagging, panorama, HDR, touch focus, face detection, white balance settings, ISO settings, exposure compensation, self-timer, scene-mode

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

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11n 5Ghz, 802.11ac

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

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

Yes

Yes
Wi-Fi display

Yes

-
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

Yes

Yes
USB

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
USB On-The-Go

Yes

-
Bluetooth

v5.0

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)
Messaging MMS

-

MMS
Messaging Email

-

Email
Messaging IM

-

IM
Messaging Push Mail

-

Push Mail
Sensors

Accelerometer, compass, fingerprint, gyro, light, proximity

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