Motorola Moto X4 vs Samsung Galaxy A7 Comparison and Differences

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Motorola Moto X4

Motorola Moto X4

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Samsung Galaxy A7

Samsung Galaxy A7

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Motorola Moto X4 or Samsung Galaxy A7 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Motorola Moto X4 Samsung Galaxy A7
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Release date 2017, August 2015, January
Dimensions (HxWxD) 148.4 x 73.4 x 8 mm | 5.84 x 5.84 x 2.89 in 151 x 76.2 x 6.3 mm | 5.94 x 5.94 x 3 in
Weight 163 g | 5.75 oz 141 g | 4.97 oz
Body Build Front/back glass, aluminum frame Aluminum frame, plastic back
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Colors Super Black, Sterling Blue Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Battery 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2600 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 17 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 54 h
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Screen

Technology LTPS IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.2" in 5.5" in
Screen area 74.5 cm2 83.4 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 68.4% 72.5%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 424 PPI 401 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 4
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/2.0, 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF
-8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1.12µm, no AF
-13 MP, f/2.0, 28mm (wide), AF
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 16 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 16 MP, f/2.0, 1/3.1'', 1.0µm 5 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide)
Functions LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 7.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie); Android One Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Chipset - Qualcomm SDM630 Snapdragon 630 (14 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 (28 nm)
- Exynos 5430 Octa (20 nm) - A700F
CPU - Octa-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A53 - Octa-core (4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53) - A700FD
-Octa-core (4x1.8 Cortex-A15 GHz & 4x1.3 Cortex-A7 GHz) - A700F
GPU Adreno 508 Adreno 405 - A700FD
Mali-T628 MP6 - A700F
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64 GB, 4/6 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 103403
GeekBench 6 Single Core 195 315
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 836 839
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 453
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 905
GeekBench 5 Single Core 176 296
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 981 973
GeekBench 4 Single Core 863 568
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 4077 1471
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 3754 1984

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - A700FD, A700F
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - A700F 
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300) - A700FD
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat13 600/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
NFC Yes Yes
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE, EDR, aptX (5.0 after SW update) 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.05 W/kg (head)     0.80 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.41 W/kg (head)     0.55 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

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

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Fast battery charging (15W)
- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

- ANT+
-S-Voice
Versions
- Versions: XT1900-1 (Canada, USA); XT1900-2 (India, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand); XT1900-4 (LATAM); XT1900-5/7 (Europe); XT1900-6 (Brazil). Also known as Motorola Moto X (4th gen.)

- Versions: A700F (EMEA), A700FD (Malaysia, Pakistan), A700K/A700S/A700L (Korea)

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