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| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 79.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 9.0 Pie | -- |
| 2018-10-26 | 2019-03-02 |
| 6.87 x 3.36 x 0.32 inches | 6.24 x 2.94 x 0.30 inches |
| 8.18 ounces | 5.82 ounces |
| Midnight blue and Phantom silver | Black, Blue and White |
| Aluminum and Glass | Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.2 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 2244 x 1080 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 346 pixels per inch | 403 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP10 GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 9.45 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 24.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 3.52 | 9.46 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 4000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy A30 is a bit better than Huawei Mate 20 X, having a 79.6 score against 75.6. Samsung Galaxy A30 is a a little thinner and notably lighter cellphone than Huawei Mate 20 X, even though both of them were released with only 4 months difference. The Galaxy A30 features a slightly better display than Huawei Mate 20 X, because although it has a little bit smaller display, it also counts with a bit higher resolution of 1080 x 2340 and a little bit higher pixels density.
The Samsung Galaxy A30 features a better storage for applications, games, photos and videos than Huawei Mate 20 X, because although it has just 64 GB internal storage capacity, it also counts with a slot for SD memory cards that supports a maximum of 512 GB. The Huawei Mate 20 X has a little faster processor than Galaxy A30, and although they both have the same number of cores, the Huawei Mate 20 X also has a higher amount of RAM.
The Huawei Mate 20 X has greater battery lifetime than Samsung Galaxy A30, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity against 4000mAh. Galaxy A30 captures much clearer photographs and videos than Huawei Mate 20 X, because although it has a way tinier back-facing camera sensor taking much worse quality videos and images, and they both have the same (Full HD) video quality and the same 30 fps video frame rate, the Galaxy A30 also counts with a larger camera aperture for better low light images and videos.
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