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| Global Score | |
| 77.2 | 83.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Motorola | Samsung |
| Android 13 | Android 11, 9.0 Pie |
| 2023-05-04 | 2019-09-29 |
| 6.24 x 2.83 x 0.30 inches | 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches |
| 5.89 ounces | 6.63 ounces |
| Eclipse Black, Lunar Blue, Nebula Green and Viva Magenta | Black, Blue and White |
| Aluminum and Plastic | Plastic |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.5 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 2400 x 1080 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| P-OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 405 pixels per inch | 403 pixels per inch |
| 1200 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Mediatek Dimensity 8020 (6 nm) chipset | Samsung Exynos 9611 chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G77 MC9 GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 GPU |
| 6.21 | 9.27 |
| 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 | |
| 50.00 MP + 32.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.40 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| -- | 12.00mm focal length |
| 0.65 inches (1/1.55") sensor | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 11.77 | 11.44 |
| 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 | 6000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 6.24 | 7.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy M30s has a score of 83.3, which is slightly better than Motorola Edge 40's global score of 77.2. Even being the best in this review, it must be told that it's also a noticeably older, somewhat thicker and heavier cellphone. Both of these phones work with Android OS (operating system), but the Galaxy M30s has the older 11 version and Motorola Edge 40 has Android 13.
Samsung Galaxy M30s features a much powerful processing unit than Motorola Edge 40, although it has a smaller amount of RAM memory, they both have the same number of cores. The Motorola Edge 40 has a little bit better screen than Galaxy M30s, because it has a slightly higher resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels, a quite higher pixel number in each inch of screen and a little bigger display.
The Motorola Edge 40 has a slightly better camera than Galaxy M30s, and although they both have the same 30 fps video frame rate and the same (4K) video resolution, the Motorola Edge 40 also has a much bigger camera aperture to take better photography and videos in low light environments, a higher 50 megapixels resolution camera and a lot bigger sensor shooting lot higher quality photographs.
Galaxy M30s features a quite bigger storage to store more apps and games than Motorola Edge 40, because although it has just 64 GB internal memory capacity, it also counts with an external memory card slot that allows up to 512 GB. The Samsung Galaxy M30s has a superior battery life than Motorola Edge 40, because it has a 36% larger battery size.
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