Motorola Moto G (3rd gen) vs Samsung Galaxy J7 Comparison and Differences

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Motorola Moto G (3rd gen)

Motorola Moto G (3rd gen)

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Samsung Galaxy J7

Samsung Galaxy J7

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Motorola Moto G (3rd gen) or Samsung Galaxy J7 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Motorola Moto G (3rd gen) Samsung Galaxy J7
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Release date 2015, July 2015, June
Dimensions (HxWxD) 142.1 x 72.4 x 11.6 mm | 5.59 x 5.59 x 2.85 in 152.2 x 78.7 x 7.5 mm | 5.99 x 5.99 x 3.1 in
Weight 155 g | 5.47 oz 171 g | 6.03 oz
Body Build Plastic body Plastic body
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Colors Black, White White, Black, Gold
Battery 2470 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 18 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 76 h
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5" in 5.5" in
Screen area 68.9 cm2 83.4 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 67.0% 69.6%
Screen resolution 720 x 1280 px 720 x 1280 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 294 PPI 267 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 13 MP, Single 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -13 MP, AF, f/2.0 -13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), AF
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama LED flash, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps, HDR 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/2.2 5 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide)
Functions Auto-HDR LED flash

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0 (Marshmallow) Android 5.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (28 nm) - Exynos 7580 Octa
- Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 (28 nm)
CPU - Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 - Octa-core (4x1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53)
-Octa-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 306 Adreno 405
Mali-T720MP2
External memory microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
16 GB, 2 GB RAM
16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 95 117
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 319 434
GeekBench 4 Single Core 549 693
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 1527 3327
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 1997

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Micro-SIM Single SIM (Micro-SIM)Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900  
CDMA 800 / 1900 - XT1548
-3G - HSDPA 900 / 2100 - XT1541 
HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - XT1540 
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 - XT1548
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - XT1541 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 17(700) - XT1540 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 12(700), 17(700), 25(1900), 26(850), 41(2500) - XT1548
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 21.1/5.76 MbpsHSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes (Snapdragon model only)
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.1, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.25 W/kg (head)     1.36 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.50 W/kg (head)     0.37 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio FM radio, RDS, recording
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity - Accelerometer, proximity
Other extras
- IPX7 water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes

- ANT+
Versions
- Also known as Motorola Moto G (Gen 3), Motorola Moto G3

- Versions: J700F (India, Thailand); J700M (LATAM); J700M/DS (Brazil); J700H with no LTE (South Africa, Pakistan, Vietnam, Philippines, Russia); J700T (T-Mobile, Metro PCS); J700P (Virgin Mobile, Boost)

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