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| Global Score | |
| 76.4 | 79.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | |
| Android 12 | Android 11, 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2022-07-21 | 2019-09-20 |
| 5.99 x 2.83 x 0.35 inches | 6.24 x 2.94 x 0.30 inches |
| 6.28 ounces | 5.86 ounces |
| -- | Prism crush black, Prism crush green, Prism crush violet and Prism crush white |
| Glass, Metal and Plastic | -- |
| $ 449.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.1 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 2400 x 1080 pixels | 1560 x 720 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 431 pixels per inch | 268 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.7 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| Tensor (5 nm) chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7885 chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G78 MP20 GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 6.12 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 12.20 MP + 8.00 MP | 25.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.70 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.79 | 9.68 |
| 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 |
| 10.6 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4410mAh Nano SIM Battery | 4000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.32 | 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, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy A30s is just a bit better than the Google Pixel 6a, with a 79.8 score against 76.4. Both of these devices use Android OS, but the Samsung Galaxy A30s has older 11 version and Google Pixel 6a has Android 12 version. Even though Samsung Galaxy A30s is notably older than the Google Pixel 6a, it's construction is a little lighter and somewhat thinner.
The Google Pixel 6a counts with a little sharper display than Galaxy A30s, because although it has a bit smaller display, it also counts with a lot higher 1080 x 2400 resolution and a lot greater display density. The Samsung Galaxy A30s has a lot bigger storage to install games and applications than Google Pixel 6a, and although they both have the same internal storage capacity, the Samsung Galaxy A30s also has a SD extension slot that admits a maximum of 512 GB.
Samsung Galaxy A30s features an extremely better CPU than Google Pixel 6a, because although it has 2 GB lesser RAM memory, it also counts with 2 more cpu cores. Google Pixel 6a captures slightly better photographs and videos than Galaxy A30s, because although it has a much worse resolution back facing camera, and they both have a same size camera aperture, the Google Pixel 6a also counts with a way higher (4K) video quality.
Google Pixel 6a counts with just a little better battery duration than Galaxy A30s, because it has 4410mAh of battery capacity against 4000mAh.
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