Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia M4 Aqua vs Motorola Moto X Play vs Samsung Galaxy A9

Price Comparison (India) - -

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Motorola Samsung
Announced March 2015 July 2015 Expected Announcement - November 2015
Status Available - April 2015 Available - August 2015 Rumored - December 2015
Price Rs. 19,400 ($285.29) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 15,499 ($227.93) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Black, White, Copper, Silver Black, White Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 140.5 x 72.6 x 7.3 mm
(5.53 x 2.86 x 0.29 in)
148 x 75 x 10.9 mm
(5.83 x 2.95 x 0.43 in)
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Weight 136 g (4.8 oz) 169 g (5.96 oz) -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1562 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
(Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20)
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 19(800), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 41(2500) - XT1562 LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - IP68 Certified - Dust and Water Proof up to 1.5 Meter and 30 Minutes - IP52 Certified: Water Repellant Nano-coating -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0.x (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor 1.5GHz Octa-core, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 & quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 620
GPU Adreno 405 Adreno 405 Adreno 510
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 16/32 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.5 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (403 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.44% 74.21% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM radio with RDS - FM radio with RDS; recording
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 21 MP, 5248 x 3936 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels
Flash LED flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, Auto-HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, HDR 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 107 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Up to 296 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, apt-X v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0, USB Host microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG Supported - -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor not present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 2400 mAh 3630 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - Up to 48 h -