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| Global Score | |
| 74.9 | 83.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| -- | Android 11, 9.0 Pie |
| 2016-01-01 | 2019-09-29 |
| 6.37 x 3.19 x 0.29 inches | 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches |
| 7.05 ounces | 6.63 ounces |
| Champagne gold, Midnight black, Pearl white and Pink | Black, Blue and White |
| Metal | Plastic |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 367 pixels per inch | 403 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 8976 chipset | Samsung Exynos 9611 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 28 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 510 GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 GPU |
| 8.91 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 8.12 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| -- | 12.00mm focal length |
| -- | 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 |
| 9.46 | 11.44 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 5.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Battery | 6000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 7.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy M30s is much better than Galaxy A9 (2016), with a global score of 83.3 against 74.9. Although Galaxy M30s is thicker than the Galaxy A9 (2016), it's a little lighter and newer. Galaxy M30s counts with a little sharper screen than Samsung Galaxy A9 (2016), because it has a bit larger display, a bit higher number of pixels in each inch in the display and a little higher resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels.
The Samsung Galaxy M30s has a little better performance than Samsung Galaxy A9 (2016), and although they both have 8 cores, the Samsung Galaxy M30s also has a greater amount of RAM memory. The Samsung Galaxy M30s has much more memory to store more apps and games than Galaxy A9 (2016), because it has a SD memory slot that admits a maximum of 512 GB and 64 GB internal memory.
The Samsung Galaxy M30s has a much better battery life than Galaxy A9 (2016), because it has a 6000mAh battery capacity against 4000mAh. The Galaxy M30s takes much better photographs and videos than Samsung Galaxy A9 (2016), because although it has a smaller aperture which is not good for low light images, and they both have the same 30 fps video frame rate and the same 3840x2160 video definition, the Galaxy M30s also counts with a lot more mega-pixels camera in the back.
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