Head to head
Motorola moto g87vsXiaomi REDMI Note 15 Pro+ 5G
The short answer
Choose the REDMI Note 15 Pro+ 5G for battery capacity and faster charging. Choose the Motorola moto g87 for peak brightness. The Motorola moto g87 is £80 cheaper at UK RRP (£349 against £429). The REDMI Note 15 Pro+ 5G gets security updates for longer: until December 2031, against June 2030 for the Motorola moto g87.
- Released
- 2026-05-15GSMArena — Motorola Moto G87 specifications, retrieved 2026-08-21
- Price
- £349Motorola UK store, retrieved 2026-09-12
- Security updates until
- 2030-06-30Motorola Support UK — moto g87 specifications, retrieved 2026-08-21
- Released
- 2025-12-25GSMArena — Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro+ specifications, retrieved 2026-08-20
- Price
- £429Xiaomi UK store — REDMI Note 15 Pro+ 5G (list / original price, 8 GB + 256 GB), retrieved 2026-09-12
- Security updates until
- 2031-12-25Xiaomi UK — REDMI Note 15 Pro+ 5G, retrieved 2026-08-20
1 win for Motorola moto g872 wins for REDMI Note 15 Pro+ 5G1 gap borderline1 difference you won’t notice£80 apart at RRP
Verdict: REDMI Note 15 Pro+ 5G ahead on 2 rows, Motorola moto g87 on 1 row
On the makers’ published figures, the moto g87 wins on peak brightness (5,000 nits against 3,200 nits); the REDMI Note 15 Pro+ 5G wins on battery capacity (6,500 mAh against 5,200 mAh) and fast charging (100 W against 30 W). One gap is borderline, a difference most people would not notice: weight (183 g against 207.1 g) for the moto g87. The difference in display size is below the threshold you would notice. Both state the same refresh rate, storage (base) and RAM. The other 33 rows have no threshold or no direction to judge by, so nobody wins them.
True to scale
Outlines from each maker’s published dimensions, drawn to scale. Corner rounding is our drawing convention, not a measurement.
Specifications
A win is marked only where the figures can be ranked and the gap is one you could notice. A row the site has no threshold for says whether the two differ, and that it is not ranking them. = marks the same figure on both, ≠ not ranked a difference with no ranking. Every figure carries its source.
Body
Display
Platform
Xiaomi UK — REDMI Note 15 Pro+ 5G specs claims Xiaomi HyperOS 2 · GSMArena — Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro+ specifications reports Android 15, HyperOS 2
Motorola Support UK — moto g87 specifications claims 2.5GHz octa-core · GSMArena — Motorola Moto G87 specifications reports Octa-core (2x2.5 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55)
Xiaomi UK — REDMI Note 15 Pro+ 5G specs claims Octa-core, up to 2.7GHz · GSMArena — Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro+ specifications reports Octa-core (1x2.7 GHz Cortex-A720 & 3x2.4 GHz Cortex-A720 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A520)
Memory
Camera
Battery
Connectivity
Benchmarks
10 attributes neither phone has a sourced figure for
Typical brightness · HDR peak brightness · OS versions supported · Google Mobile Services · Telephoto · Wireless charging · Geekbench 6 (CPU, multi-core) · 3DMark Wild Life Extreme · DXOMARK camera score · SAR (EU, head). Rows appear as sources are cited — a gap in our data, not a statement about either phone.
Questions
Is the Motorola moto g87 better than the REDMI Note 15 Pro+ 5G?
On the figures, neither is better overall: the Motorola moto g87 wins on peak brightness, 5,000 nits (Motorola Support UK) against 3,200 nits (Xiaomi UK); the REDMI Note 15 Pro+ 5G wins on battery capacity, 6,500 mAh (Xiaomi UK) against 5,200 mAh (Motorola Support UK) and fast charging, 100 W (Xiaomi UK) against 30 W (Motorola UK). Every other row is borderline, too close to notice, or not ranked.
Which has the better battery?
The REDMI Note 15 Pro+ 5G, by a gap you’d notice: battery capacity, 6,500 mAh (Xiaomi UK) against 5,200 mAh (Motorola Support UK).
Which is lighter?
The Motorola moto g87 is lighter, narrowly: weight, 183 g (Motorola Support UK) against 207.1 g (Xiaomi UK), a borderline gap most people would not notice.
Which has the brighter screen?
The Motorola moto g87, by a gap you’d notice: peak brightness, 5,000 nits (Motorola Support UK) against 3,200 nits (Xiaomi UK).
Which gets updates for longer?
The REDMI Note 15 Pro+ 5G gets security updates for longer: until December 2031, against June 2030 for the Motorola moto g87. Sources: dates from Motorola Support UK and Xiaomi UK.
Which is cheaper?
The Motorola moto g87 is £80 cheaper at UK RRP (£349 against £429). Prices from Motorola moto g87: Motorola UK store; REDMI Note 15 Pro+ 5G: Xiaomi UK store.
Other comparisons
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