Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy A8 vs Motorola Moto X Play vs Micromax Canvas 5 E481

Price Comparison (India) -

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Motorola Micromax
Announced July 2015 July 2015 November 2015
Status Available - August 2015 Available - August 2015 Available - November 2015
Price Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 15,499 ($227.93) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 8,774 ($129.03) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)
148 x 75 x 10.9 mm
(5.83 x 2.95 x 0.43 in)
148 x 73.6 x 8.5 mm
(5.83 x 2.9 x 0.33 in)
Weight 151 g (5.33 oz) 169 g (5.96 oz) 143 g (5.04 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
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1562 HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 19(800), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 41(2500) - XT1562 LTE 850 / 1800 / TD-LTE 2300
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor - IP52 Certified: Water Repellant Nano-coating -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Octa-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6753
GPU Adreno 405 Adreno 405 Mali-T720MP3
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16/32 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches 5.5 inches 5.2 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (403 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (423 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 73.99% 74.21% 68.64%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

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

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/11.5 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot Yes
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3050 mAh 3630 mAh 2900 mAh
Stand by - - Up to 275 h (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 48 h Up to 10 h (3G)