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| Global Score | |
| 77.6 | 82.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Motorola | Samsung |
| -- | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2019-10-24 | 2019-03-07 |
| 6.23 x 2.99 x 0.36 inches | 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.33 inches |
| 6.63 ounces | 6.14 ounces |
| Cosmic blue and Crystal pink | Black and Blue |
| Plastic | Plastic |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.3 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 2280 x 1080 pixels | 2280 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 400 pixels per inch | 394 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 SM6125 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904 chipset |
| Kryo 260, 64-bit, 11 nm (Octa-Core 2000 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 610 GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 11.74 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 25.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.70 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 14.00mm 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 |
| 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 11.55 | 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 | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | 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
Galaxy M30 has a general score of 82.4, which is a little bit better than Motorola Moto G8 Plus's 77.6 global score. Although the Galaxy M30 and the Motorola Moto G8 Plus were released with only a couple of months difference, the Galaxy M30 is just a little bit lighter and a little thinner. Samsung Galaxy M30 features a screen that is very similar to the Moto G8 Plus one, because although the Samsung Galaxy M30 has a little bit lower display density, and they both have exactly the same resolution of 1080 x 2280px, it also counts with a little bit larger display.
Motorola Moto G8 Plus counts with a bit better processing power than Galaxy M30, although it has a smaller amount of RAM, they both have a Octa-Core processing unit. The Galaxy M30 has a much better memory to store more games and applications than Moto G8 Plus, and although they both have a slot for external memory cards that allows up to 512 GB, the Galaxy M30 also has 64 GB more internal storage.
The Moto G8 Plus counts with a greater camera than Samsung Galaxy M30, because it has a bigger camera aperture, a much bigger camera sensor capturing much better quality videos and photos, a lot better (4K) video definition and a lot better 48 mega pixels resolution back facing camera. The Samsung Galaxy M30 features longer battery duration than Moto G8 Plus, because it has a 25 percent more battery size.
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