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| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 82.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | |
| Android 13 | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2023-09-15 | 2019-03-07 |
| 6.36 x 2.98 x 0.38 inches | 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.33 inches |
| 7.48 ounces | 6.14 ounces |
| Matte Black, Sky Blue and Transparent Edition | Black and Blue |
| Aluminum and Plastic | Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.5 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 2700 x 1224 pixels | 2280 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 456 pixels per inch | 394 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 | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 643 GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 9.63 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.3 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 50.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.67 inches (1/1.49") sensor | 0.32 inches (1/3.1") sensor |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.46 | 9.13 |
| 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 | 5000mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.08 | 6.8 |
| 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 and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy M30 is slightly better than Fairphone 5, with an 82.4 score against 75.5. Galaxy M30's design is somewhat thinner and lighter than the Fairphone 5, despite of the fact that it was released 5 years before. These phones have Android operating system, but the Galaxy M30 has a more recent 9.0 Pie version and Fairphone 5 has Android 13, so it provides a couple additional features and some performance improvements.
Fairphone 5 counts with a bit better performance than Samsung Galaxy M30, and although they both have 8 cpu cores, the Fairphone 5 also has a greater amount of RAM memory. Fairphone 5 has a better screen than Galaxy M30, because it has a quite greater pixels number in each inch of display, a little bit larger screen and a quite better resolution of 1224 x 2700px.
Fairphone 5 captures slightly better videos and photos than Galaxy M30, and although they both have a same size diafragm aperture, the Fairphone 5 also has a lot better 50 megapixels resolution camera and a lot bigger sensor shooting much higher quality videos and pictures. The Galaxy M30 counts with just a bit bigger storage capacity to install games and applications than Fairphone 5, because although it has 0 less internal memory capacity, it also counts with an external memory slot that supports up to 512 GB.
The Galaxy M30 features superior battery performance than Fairphone 5, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity against 4200mAh.
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