Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 80.5 | 82.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Motorola | Samsung |
| Android 10 | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2020-09-07 | 2019-03-07 |
| 6.69 x 3.07 x 0.38 inches | 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.33 inches |
| 7.88 ounces | 6.14 ounces |
| Blush gold and Navy blue | Black and Blue |
| Plastic | Plastic |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.8 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 2400 x 1080 pixels | 2280 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 387 pixels per inch | 394 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 SM7150-AA chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904 chipset |
| Kryo 470, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2200 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 618 GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 9.18 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 14.14 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 64.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") 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 | -- |
| 11.99 | 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 | |
| 5000mAh Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy M30 has a score of 82.4, which is a little bit better than the Motorola Moto G9 Plus's global score of 80.5. The Galaxy M30 body is somewhat thinner and incredibly lighter than Motorola Moto G9 Plus, although it was released around 18 months before. Both phones in our current comparison work with Android OS (Operating System), but Galaxy M30 has newer 9.0 Pie version while Motorola Moto G9 Plus has Android 10 version.
Galaxy M30 counts with a display that's just as good as Moto G9 Plus's screen, because although the Galaxy M30 has a quite smaller display and a little bit worse resolution of 1080 x 2280px, it also counts with a bit greater pixels density. The Samsung Galaxy M30 and Moto G9 Plus feature very similar memory capacity to install applications and games, they have exactly the same 128 GB internal memory and a SD extension slot that admits a maximum of 512 GB.
The Moto G9 Plus features a bit superior CPU than Samsung Galaxy M30, although it has less RAM, they both have the same number of cores. The Motorola Moto G9 Plus features a greater camera than Galaxy M30, because it has a way higher resolution camera, a lot bigger sensor which offers a much better image and video quality, a bigger camera aperture for better low-light images and a lot better 3840x2160 (4K) video quality.
The Samsung Galaxy M30's battery performance is just as good as the battery lifetime in Moto G9 Plus.
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