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| Global Score | |
| 71.9 | 82.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| HTC | Samsung |
| Android 5.0, 4.4.3, 4.4 | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2014-03-25 | 2019-03-07 |
| 5.76 x 2.78 x 0.37 inches | 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.33 inches |
| 5.64 ounces | 6.14 ounces |
| Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and Red | Black and Blue |
| Aluminium | Plastic |
| $ 325.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2280 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 441 pixels per inch | 394 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904 chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 8.12 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 4.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 28.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.32 inches (1/3.1") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 8.36 | 9.13 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.3 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2600mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 20 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.56 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy M30 has a score of 82.4, which is much better than HTC One (M8)'s 71.9 global score. The Galaxy M30 construction is notably newer and somewhat thinner than HTC One (M8)'s, although it is also just a little bit heavier. Both devices in this comparison review come with Android operating system, but the Galaxy M30 has newer 9.0 Pie version and HTC One (M8) has Android 5.0 version, providing the user a couple nice extra features.
HTC One (M8) has a brighter screen than Galaxy M30, because although it has a bit lower resolution of 1920 x 1080 and a lot smaller screen, it also counts with a just a bit greater screen pixel density. HTC One (M8) has a bit faster processor than Galaxy M30, because although it has 4 lesser processing cores (although they are faster) and a smaller amount of RAM memory, it also counts with a graphics processor.
Samsung Galaxy M30 counts with a much better memory capacity to store more apps and games than HTC One (M8), because it has a SD extension slot that admits a maximum of 512 GB and 128 GB internal storage. The Galaxy M30 counts with a much better battery lifetime than HTC One (M8), because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity instead of 2600mAh.
The Galaxy M30 takes clearer photographs and videos than HTC One (M8), because although it has a smaller back-facing camera sensor shooting lower quality videos and images and worse video frame rate, and they both have the same 1920x1080 video definition, the Galaxy M30 also counts with a camera with lot more MP and a bigger camera aperture for better low light photography and videos.
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