Motorola Moto Green Pomelo vs Motorola Moto G6 Plus

Motorola took the wraps off its Moto Green Pomelo smartphone in November last year, and the phone became an instant hit among smartphone lovers. Earlier this year, the Lenovo-owned handset maker made its Moto G6 Plus available to the public who have restlessly been waiting to get their hands on the long-awaited phone.

Here’s a brief comparison between the 2 Motorola-branded smartphones on the basis of their cosmetic appearance, hardware and the price tags they carry.

Appearance & Design

The Moto Green Pomelo smartphone is housed in a full metal body and it sports a 5.2 inches IPS, LCD, FHD display with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. The device houses a 16-megapixel camera on the back and a 16-megapixel camera with LED flash on the front.

As far as dimensions are concerned, the Moto Green Pomelo smartphone’s length is 5.91 inches, its width is 2.89 inches and its height is 0.32 inches. With battery, the phone weighs in at 157 grams.

In terms of body protection, it comes with Corning Gorilla Glass. You can choose from 2 color options including black, and rose-gold.

The recently launched Moto G6 Plus sports an eye-catching aluminum alloy and glass body. The phone features a big 5.9 inches IPS, LCD, FHD+ (1080 x 2160 pixels) display with is protected by Gorilla Glass 3.

On the photography front, the Moto G6 Plus sports a 12-megapixel + 5-megapixel dual camera setup with dual-LED flash and AF on the back. Up front, there’s an 8-megapixel camera with LED flash for selfies and face-to-face video calling.

The phone’s dimensions are 75.5 mm x 160.0 mm x 8.0 mm (LxWxH) and it weighs in at 167 grams (with battery). Moreover, you can choose from blue and silver color options.

Hardware & Performance

The Moto Green Pomelo smartphone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 MSM8937 64-bit processor and the phone packs a Qualcomm Adreno 505 GPU, under the hood. It offers 4GB of LPDDR3 RAM along with 32GB of onboard memory that can be expanded up to 128GB via microSD card slot.

Furthermore, the dual hybrid SIM smartphone runs Android 7.1.1 Nougat operating system and is backed by a 3,000 mAh Lithium-ion battery. This built-in cell delivers up to 354 hours of standby time and up to 14.3 hours of talk time.

The Moto Green Pomelo has a single microSD card slot. The phone is crammed with all sorts of sensors including a proximity sensor, accelerometer, front-mounted fingerprint ID, and gyroscope.

The Moto G6 Plus, on the other hands, packs a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 processor along with an equally robust Qualcomm Adreno 508 GPU, under the hood. The phone has 4GB/6GB of LPDDR4 RAM, which is paired with 64GB of expandable internal storage (up to 256GB).

The dual-SIM smartphone draws its juices from a 3,200mAh Lithium-ion battery. The non-removable cell is capable of delivering up to 295 hours of standby time and up to 14 hours of talk time.

The Moto G6 Plus smartphone boasts 3 card slots including microSD, microSDHC, and microSDXC. On top of that, the phone houses a broad range of sensors such as an accelerometer, proximity sensor, fingerprint sensor, gyroscope sensor, light sensor, and compass sensor.

Price

While the Motorola Moto Green Pomelo smartphone will set you back about $239 in shopping stores, the Motorola Moto G6 Plus smartphone can be yours if you’re willing to shell out about $350. You can check out a more detailed comparison between the 2 smartphones below.