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| Global Score | |
| 79.6 | 76.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| -- | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2019-03-02 | 2019-07-20 |
| 6.24 x 2.94 x 0.30 inches | 6.26 x 2.99 x 0.33 inches |
| 5.82 ounces | 6.28 ounces |
| Black, Blue and White | Charming red, Crush blue and Midnight black |
| Plastic | Plastic and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.4 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 2310 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 403 pixels per inch | 398 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 710 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor | Cortex-A73 and Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP2 GPU | Mali-G51 MP4 GPU |
| 8.91 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 11.74 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.70 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.46 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 4000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy A30 is just a bit better than Huawei P20 Lite (2019), having a 79.6 score against 76.5. Even when the Galaxy A30 and the Huawei P20 Lite (2019) were released only a couple months apart, the Galaxy A30 is a little bit lighter and just a little thinner. The Huawei P20 Lite (2019) features a bit more powerful processing unit than Samsung Galaxy A30. Both of them have the same RAM memory amount and the same number of cores.
The Samsung Galaxy A30 and the Huawei P20 Lite (2019) feature very similar screens, and although the Huawei P20 Lite (2019) has a bit worse 1080 x 2310px resolution and a quite worse screen density, they both have a screen with the same size. Samsung Galaxy A30 captures just a bit better pictures and videos than Huawei P20 Lite (2019), and although they both have the same 30 frames per second video frame rate, a same resolution camera in the back and the same 1920x1080 (Full HD) video definition, the Samsung Galaxy A30 also has a bigger diafragm aperture to take better photography and videos in low light situations.
Huawei P20 Lite (2019) has a greater storage to install applications and games than Galaxy A30, because although it has a slot for SD memory cards that allows up to 256 GB against 512 GB, it also counts with more internal memory. Huawei P20 Lite (2019)'s battery lifetime is very similar to Galaxy A30's battery life.
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