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| Global Score | |
| 82.6 | 82.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Motorola | Samsung |
| -- | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2020-07-08 | 2019-03-07 |
| 6.61 x 2.91 x 0.35 inches | 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.33 inches |
| 7.30 ounces | 6.14 ounces |
| Surfing blue | Black and Blue |
| Plastic | Plastic |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.7 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 2520 x 1080 pixels | 2280 x 1080 pixels |
| LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 409 pixels per inch | 394 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 765 SM7250-AA chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904 chipset |
| Kryo 475, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 620 GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 12.98 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.70 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.5 inches (1/2") 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 |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 11.55 | 9.13 |
| 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, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.1 | 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 | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Motorola Moto G 5G Plus is just a bit better than the Galaxy M30, with an 82.6 score against 82.4. Even though the Motorola Moto G 5G Plus is newer than the Galaxy M30, it is somewhat heavier and a bit thicker. Moto G 5G Plus features a slightly better looking display than Samsung Galaxy M30, because it has a quite bigger screen, a quite better pixels density and a slightly better resolution of 1080 x 2520 pixels.
Moto G 5G Plus features just a bit better hardware performance than Samsung Galaxy M30, although it has a lower amount of RAM, they both have a Octa-Core processing unit. Moto G 5G Plus captures much better videos and photos than Galaxy M30, because it has a lot larger back-facing camera sensor providing a much better image quality, a bigger aperture for better low-light captures and videos, a back-facing camera with a much better resolution and a much better 3840x2160 (4K) video resolution.
Galaxy M30 has a slightly bigger storage capacity for applications and games than Moto G 5G Plus, because although it has an external SD slot that admits up to 512 GB against 1000 GB, it also counts with 128 GB internal storage capacity. The Samsung Galaxy M30 counts with a battery duration that is just as good as Moto G 5G Plus's battery performance.
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