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| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 79.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | |
| Android 13 | -- |
| 2023-09-15 | 2019-03-02 |
| 6.36 x 2.98 x 0.38 inches | 6.24 x 2.94 x 0.30 inches |
| 7.48 ounces | 5.82 ounces |
| Matte Black, Sky Blue and Transparent Edition | Black, Blue and White |
| Aluminum and Plastic | Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.5 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 2700 x 1224 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 456 pixels per inch | 403 pixels per inch |
| 800 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 9 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm QCM6490 (6 nm) chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904 chipset |
| Octa-Core 2700 MHz processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 643 GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 9.63 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.3 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 50.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.67 inches (1/1.49") sensor | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.46 | 9.46 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.6 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4200mAh Li - Ion Battery | 4000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.08 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A30 is slightly better than Fairphone 5, getting a overall score of 79.6 against 75.5. The Galaxy A30 is an a lot older phone than the Fairphone 5, but it's a lot thinner and lighter anyway. The Fairphone 5 features just a bit better hardware performance than Galaxy A30, and although they both have the same number of cores, the Fairphone 5 also has a higher amount of RAM memory.
Fairphone 5 has a more vivid display than Galaxy A30, because it has a bit larger screen, a just a little more pixels per display inch and a little higher resolution of 1224 x 2700px. The Galaxy A30 features a camera that is just as good as the Fairphone 5 one, because although the Galaxy A30 has a lot smaller back camera sensor taking way lower quality photographs and videos and a way worse 16 mega-pixels resolution camera in the back, it also counts with a larger diafragm aperture to take better low light captures.
Fairphone 5 counts with a quite bigger storage capacity to store more apps and games than Samsung Galaxy A30, because although it has no external memory card slot, it also counts with 192 GB more internal storage. Fairphone 5 counts with a bit longer battery performance than Samsung Galaxy A30, because it has a 4200mAh battery size.
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