Motorola Signature vs Apple iPhone 17 Pro
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.8-inch Motorola Signature (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5) that was released on January 7, 2026, against the Apple iPhone 17 Pro, which is powered by Apple A19 Pro and came out 4 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Motorola Signature
- Higher display refresh rate β 165 Hz
- Comes with 948 mAh larger battery capacity: 5200 vs 4252 mAh
- Delivers 51% higher peak brightness (1516 against 1007 nits)
- Shows 8% longer battery life (28:57 vs 26:48 hours)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 40W)
- Has a 0.5 inch larger screen size
- Fingerprint scanner
- 25% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3175K versus 2538K)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 17 Pro
- The rear camera has a 4x optical zoom
- 40% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3992 and 2854 points
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.8 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1264 x 2780 pixels | 1206 x 2622 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 449 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 165 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | - | 3000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 6200 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | Ceramic Shield 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.2% | 90.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
Screen space comparison
Motorola Signature
6.8β³ (20:9 ratio) = 17.3 in2
iPhone 17 Pro
6.3β³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~14% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.1 mm (6.38 inches) | 150 mm (5.91 inches) |
| Width | 76.4 mm (3.01 inches) | 71.9 mm (2.83 inches) |
| Thickness | 6.99 mm (0.28 inches) | 8.75 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 186 g (6.56 oz) | 206 g (7.27 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | - | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Green | Silver, Blue, Orange |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.04/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Very good (B) Β· 180 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 | Apple A19 Pro |
| Max clock | 3800 MHz | 4260 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.32 GHz: Oryon Performance - 2 cores at 3.8 GHz: Oryon Prime |
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: - 2 cores at 4.26 GHz: |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 840 | 6 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 1225 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2508.8 GFLOPS | ~2488.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 21397 | 44342 |
| Single-core score | 2854 | 3992 |
| Multi-core score | 9411 | 10688 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 944002 | 753740 |
| GPU | 1076398 | 926158 |
| Memory | 490538 | 217137 |
| UX | 664619 | 641716 |
| Total score | 3175557 | 2538751 |
| Samples | [4 tests] | [6 tests] |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#80th place)
Recent User Tests
Motorola Signature
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-30 (Feary7) | AnTuTu 12 | 3338986 |
| π 2026-09-27 (Sam) | AnTuTu 12 | 3267778 |
| π 2026-07-27 -> Luizs | AnTuTu 11 | 3175557 |
| π 2026-06-03 (Lucky) | AnTuTu 11 | 3140269 |
| π 2026-05-27 (MaylonXTG) | AnTuTu 11 | 3237650 |
Apple iPhone 17 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-16 (Anatoli) | AnTuTu 11 | 2304042 |
| π 2026-06-03 (Vin) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3890 / 10107 |
| π 2026-05-11 (Atti rajan) | AnTuTu 11 | 2301246 |
| π 2026-04-10 (Resul) | AnTuTu 11 | 2538751 |
| π 2026-02-23 (FiLsImRoZeR) | AnTuTu 11 | 2106484 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | iOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| OS updates | - | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5200 mAh | 4252 mAh |
| Max charge power | 90 W | 40 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (25 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (88% in 15 min) | Yes (70% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:42 hr | 1:18 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 11:39 hr | 09:51 hr |
| Watching video | 18:02 hr | 19:54 hr |
| Gaming | 06:50 hr | 06:49 hr |
| Standby | 137 hr | 117 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (65th and 111th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 4x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 122Β° | 120Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 48 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.78 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX903 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.28" (β 0.78 inch) | 1/1.28" (β 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 71 mm | 100 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX973 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.95" (β 0.51 inch) | 1/2.55" (β 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 12 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Sony IMX972 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) | 1/2.55" (β 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 180 | 170 |
| Zoom | 153 | 141 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Motorola Signature from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 17 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 18 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4896 x 3672 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 20 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Sony IMX914 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.93" (β 0.34 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.6 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.4 | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2026 | September 2025 |
| Release date | February 2026 | September 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $1099 |
| Successor | - Motorola Razr (2025) | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
Further details
Notes on iPhone 17 Pro:
- The eSIM-only model has a larger battery than the Nano SIM + eSIM version β 4,252 mAh vs. 3,988 mAh.
- Only the Chinese version offers dual Nano SIM slots and it also has a weaker 15-watt wireless charging system.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 17 Pro. But if the battery life and design are more of a priority β go for the Motorola Signature.
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