Moto G5 Plus vs Moto G4 Plus: What is the difference?

Moto G5 Plus vs Moto G4 Plus: What is the difference?


Motorola launched the new generation Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus smartphones during the MWC 2017 trade show in Barcelona. The company intends to pursue the popularity of the Moto G device with these new mid-range smartphones. The Moto G5 Plus is coming to India on March 15 and it will be available exclusively on Flipkart.

There are some differences in both these devices besides the design. And G5 Plus, one step ahead of its previous variant. Learn, what are the differences between the last Moto G4 Plus and the new Moto G5 Plus?

design
The Motorola Moto G5 Plus is made of a metal body with a fingerprint sensor in a capacitive button on the front. This phone has round cameras and flash modules on the rear like Moto Z. The dimensions of this phone are 150.2 x 74 x 7.7 millimeters. This phone will be available in Lunar Gray and Fine Gold color. There is a well-known Moto M logo on the rear.

Talk about Moto G4 Plus, its dimensions are 153 x 76.6 x 9.8 millimeters. Both phones weigh 155 grams. But the G5 Plus is slightly more compact and slightly thin. It takes a little less premium to look because it has a metal frame but its rear is made of plastic. It has a square fingerprint sensor at the front.

The G4 Plus also has the ‘M’ logo, which gives it the identity of a motorola device. But the camera on the rear looks a little better than the G5. The G4 Plus comes in black and white color variants.

Display
The Motorola Moto G5 Plus has a 5.2 -inch display that comes with full HD resolution. The screen of the screen is 423 PPI.

The company has an IPS LCD display in Moto G5 Plus, which comes with Corning Gorilla Glass 3.

At the same time, the Motorola Moto G4 Plus has a 5.5 inch display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. The screen of the screen is 401 PPI. This means that the new device will be more sharp than before.

The Moto G4 Plus also has an IPS display and has also been given Corning Gorilla Glass 3.

Camera
Motorola claims that the Moto G5 Plus has a ‘Most Advanced in Class’ camera. It has a 12 -megapixel dual autofocus pixel rear camera that comes with aperture f/1.7 and 1.4 ultragagapixels. This phone has dual LED flash.

At the same time, there is a 5 -megapixel front camera with an aperture F/2.2, display flash and 1.4 Ultramga pixels to take selfies in Moto G5 Plus.

The Motorola Moto G4 Plus has a 16 -megapixel rear camera with phase detection and laser autofocus, which comes with aperture F/.2 and dual LED flash. This phone also has a 5-megapixel front camera with aperture F/2.2 and auto-HDR.

hardware and software
Motorola Moto G5 Plus provides Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 chipset, 3 GB RAM and 32 GB storage, 4 GB RAM/32 GB storage and 4 GB RAM/64 GB storage. (With microSD card support). This phone has a 3000 mAh battery which supports turbo power charging. The battery has been claimed to have a six -hour battery life in 15 minutes of charging. The Moto G5 Plus has a 3.5mm headphone jack, NFC, a fingerprint sensor and micro-USB.

The Motorola Moto G4 Plus offers Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 processor, 2 GB RAM and 16 GB storage or 3 GB RAM and 32 GB storage. MicroSD card support is also available. Like the new G5 Plus, the Moto G4 Plus has a 3000 mAh battery. It also supports fast charging. The G4 Plus has a fingerprint sensor and 3.5mm headphone jack.

The new Motorola Moto G5 Plus runs on Android Nougat. It will also get the experience of Motorola display and Motorola Actions.

Moto G4 Plus was launched with Android Marshmallow. But now it has been upgraded to Nougat, so that the software experience in both the phones will get the same.

last thing
Motorola Moto G5 Plus comes with more premium design. It has better hardware and camera than before.

Both phones have some things the same. For example, batteries and RAMs (depending which variants you choose). The screen size has been reduced in the G5 Plus, but overall it has been made a lot of changes that were expected.

Motorola Moto G5 Plus attracts on paper and also seems better than G4 Plus. But we will reserve our final decision at the time of real use and our detailed review.

Motorola Moto G5 Plus Vs. Motorola Moto G4 Plus

Motorola Moto G5 Plus

Motorola Moto G5 Plus

Motorola Moto G4 Plus

Motorola Moto G4 Plus

Ratings
Complete NDTV rating
Design rating
Display rating
Software rating
Performance rating
Battery life rating
Camera rating
Value for Money Rating
Display
Screen size (inch) 5.20 5.50
Resolution 1080×1920 pixels 1080×1920 pixels
Pixel per inch (PPI) 424 401
Hardware
Processor 2 GHz octa-core 1.5 GHz octa-core
Processor model Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
Ram 4 GB 2 GB
Internal storage 32 GB 16 GB
Expandable storage Yes Yes
Expandable storage type MicroSD MicroSD
Expandable storage capacity (GB) 128 128
Camera
Rear camera 12-megapixel 16-megapixel
Rear flash Dual LED Dual LED
Front camera 5-megapixel 5-megapixel
Software
Operating system Android Android
Connectivity
Wi-Fi Standard Support 802.11 A/B/G/N 802.11 A/B/G/N
Bluetooth Yes Yes
NFC Yes No
Infrared Direct No No
USB OTG Yes Yes
SIM number 2 2
Wi-Fi Direct No No
Cellular Top-Definition Hyperlink (MHL) No No
Sim 1
Sim type Nano sim micro SIM
4G/ LTE Yes Yes
Sim 2
Sim type Nano sim micro SIM
4G/ LTE Yes No
Sensor
Compass/ magnetometer No No
Proximity sensor Yes Yes
Accelerometer Yes Yes
Ambient light sensor Yes Yes
Gyroscope Yes Yes
Barometer No No
Temporative Sensor No No