Phone Comparison - Motorola Moto X Play vs Samsung Galaxy S7 vs Motorola Moto Z

Price Comparison (India) -

general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Samsung Motorola
Announced July 2015 February 2016 June 2016
Status Available - August 2015 Available - March 2016 Available - September 2016
Price Rs. 15,499 ($227.93) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 43,400 ($638.24) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 39,999 ($699.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black, Gold, Silver Black, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 148 x 75 x 10.9 mm
(5.83 x 2.95 x 0.43 in)
142.4 x 69.6 x 7.9 mm
(5.61 x 2.74 x 0.31 in)
153.3 x 75.3 x 5.2 mm
(6.04 x 2.96 x 0.2 in)
Weight 169 g (5.96 oz) 152 g (5.36 oz) 136g (4.8oz)
SIM Type - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, Dual Stand-by) -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1562 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 19(800), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 41(2500) - XT1562 LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - IP52 Certified: Water Repellant Nano-coating - Heart rate sensor
- Fingerprint sensor
- IP68 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- Fingerprint Sensor
- Metal Frame
- MotoMods

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
User Interface - TouchWiz UI -
Processor Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Quad-core (2x 2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x 1.6 GHz Kryo)/ Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose & 4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) , Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820/ Exynos 8 Octa 8890 Quad-core 2.2 GHz , Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820
GPU Adreno 405 Adreno 530/ Mali-T880 MP12 Adreno 530 GPU
RAM 2 GB 4 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 32/64 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 2 TB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, Always-on display AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.1 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (403 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (535 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 74.21% 72.33% 71.98%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes no
Radio - - FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 21 MP, 5248 x 3936 Dual Pixel 12 MP, 4608 x 2592 pixels 13 MP, f/1.8
Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) Dual-LED (Dual Tone) Yes, Dual-tone
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, Auto-HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.7, 1/2.6' Sensor Size, 1 µm Pixel Size,Smart Optical Image Stablization, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Laser Autofocus, Optical Image Stabilization, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP, f/1.7, Dual Video Call, Auto HDR [Similar] 5 MP, f/2.2, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat9 450/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.1, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 2 TB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor not present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present heart rate sensor
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3630 mAh 3000 mAh 2600 mAh battery
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 48 h - -