The Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro 2016 and the Motorola Moto Z Play have a brewing competition under the hood. Below we have highlighted their specs and features in order to help you choose the best buy option.

To start with, the Galaxy A9 Pro 2016 sports a 6-inch display screen, while the Moto Z Play features a 5.5-inch screen. Both the devices consist of Super AMOLED display panel along with 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution.

When it comes to the performance-related specs, the Galaxy A9 Pro features the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 chipset along with octa-core 1.8 GHz Cortex CPU and Adreno 510 GPU. It also consists of 4 GB RAM and internal storage option of 32 GB expandable up to 256 GB. On the other hand, the Moto Z Play is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor and 3 GB RAM with 32 GB internal memory option.

Both the Samsung Galaxy and the Motorola device sport a 16-megapixel primary camera. However, the A9 Pro device has a higher 8-megapixel front compared to the the Moto Z Play's a 5-megapixel snapper.

The Galaxy A9 Pro 2016 surpasses the Moto Z Play with a non-removable Li-Ion 5000 mAh battery, which provides you with a talk time of up to 33 hours even with 3G usage while the Motorola device sports a battery capacity of 3510 mAh.

As far as the software specs are concerned, both the Samsung and Motorola devices feature Android v6.0.1 Marshmallow operating system. But, the Moto Z Play is touted to be soon upgraded to the v7.0 Nougat OS.

To sum up, the Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro 2016 has the upper hand on the Motorola Moto Z Play in terms of the display, processor, camera, and battery.