Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 77.2 | 82.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Motorola | Samsung |
| Android 13 | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2023-05-04 | 2019-03-07 |
| 6.24 x 2.83 x 0.30 inches | 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.33 inches |
| 5.89 ounces | 6.14 ounces |
| Eclipse Black, Lunar Blue, Nebula Green and Viva Magenta | Black and Blue |
| Aluminum and Plastic | Plastic |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.5 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 2400 x 1080 pixels | 2280 x 1080 pixels |
| P-OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 405 pixels per inch | 394 pixels per inch |
| 1200 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Mediatek Dimensity 8020 (6 nm) chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904 chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G77 MC9 GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 6.21 | 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 | |
| 50.00 MP + 32.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.40 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.65 inches (1/1.55") 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 |
| 11.77 | 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 | |
| 4400mAh Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 6.24 | 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
Samsung Galaxy M30 is a bit better than Motorola Edge 40, having an 82.4 score against 77.2. These phones come with Android OS (operating system), but the Samsung Galaxy M30 has newer 9.0 Pie version while Motorola Edge 40 has Android 13, so it provides the user a couple nice extra features. The Samsung Galaxy M30 is an extremely older, just a bit heavier and a little thicker cellphone than Motorola Edge 40.
Samsung Galaxy M30 features a much greater processing power than Motorola Edge 40, although it has 2 GB less RAM memory, they both have 8 CPU cores. The Motorola Edge 40 features a much better screen than Galaxy M30, because it has a just a little better pixels count in each screen inch, a little bit higher resolution of 1080 x 2400px and a quite bigger display.
Motorola Edge 40 captures greater pictures and videos than Galaxy M30, because it has a much bigger back camera sensor shooting lot higher quality videos and photos, a much larger aperture to take better low-light photos, a lot higher resolution back-facing camera and a way higher 3840x2160 (4K) video quality.
Galaxy M30 has a much better storage capacity to install games and applications than Motorola Edge 40, and although they both have equal internal memory capacity, the Galaxy M30 also has a slot for external memory cards that admits up to 512 GB. Samsung Galaxy M30 has a bit superior battery lifetime than Motorola Edge 40, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity against 4400mAh.
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