Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 78.1 | 82.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2018-04-27 | 2019-03-07 |
| 5.87 x 2.79 x 0.30 inches | 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.33 inches |
| 5.82 ounces | 6.14 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold and Pink | Black and Blue |
| Glass and Metal | Plastic |
| $ 274.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.8 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 2244 x 1080 pixels | 2280 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 429 pixels per inch | 394 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G72 MP12 GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9 |
| 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 | |
| 12.00 MP + 24.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.43 inches (1/2.3") sensor | 0.32 inches (1/3.1") 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 | -- |
| 10.01 | 9.13 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3400mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.36 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | 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 Samsung Galaxy M30 is a little bit better than Huawei P20, getting a global score of 82.4 against 78.1. Samsung Galaxy M30 is a newer phone than Huawei P20, although it's just a little heavier and just a little bit thicker. These phones include the same Android 9.0 Pie OS, so they should provide you all the same operating system features.
Huawei P20 counts with a bit more powerful processor than Galaxy M30, although it has a smaller amount of RAM, they both have a Octa-Core processor. Huawei P20 has a slightly better looking screen than Galaxy M30, because although it has a bit lower resolution of 1080 x 2244 pixels and a quite smaller display, it also counts with a little bit more pixels per inch of display.
Huawei P20 features a slightly better camera than Galaxy M30, because although it has a camera in the back with lesser MP resolution, it also counts with a much larger sensor providing a lot better image quality, a larger aperture and a lot higher video resolution. The Samsung Galaxy M30 features a much greater memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Huawei P20, and although they both have exactly the same 128 GB internal storage, the Samsung Galaxy M30 also has a SD memory card expansion slot that holds up to 512 GB.
Galaxy M30 features a really longer battery life than Huawei P20, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity.
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