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| Global Score | |
| 72.5 | 82.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| -- | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2018-07-13 | 2019-03-07 |
| 6.03 x 3.00 x 0.34 inches | 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.33 inches |
| 6.38 ounces | 6.14 ounces |
| Black | Black and Blue |
| Plastic | Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 230.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.5 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 1280 x 720 pixels (HD) | 2280 x 1080 pixels |
| TFT | Super AMOLED |
| 267 pixels per inch | 394 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.1 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1600 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-T830 MP1 GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 8.73 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 9.44 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 13.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.70 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 28.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3.06") sensor | 0.32 inches (1/3.1") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.13 | 9.13 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3300mAh Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.28 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy M30 has a global score of 82.4, which is better than Galaxy J7 (2018)'s 72.5 score. The Galaxy M30 is a a little bit thinner and a little bit lighter cellphone than Galaxy J7 (2018), even though both of them were released only 8 months apart. Samsung Galaxy M30 has a more vivid display than Galaxy J7 (2018), because it has a higher pixels quantity in each screen inch, a larger screen and a lot higher resolution of 1080 x 2280.
The Galaxy M30 has a superior storage capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Galaxy J7 (2018), because it has a SD memory card expansion slot that allows a maximum of 512 GB and 128 GB internal storage capacity. The Galaxy M30 counts with a little bit better performance than Samsung Galaxy J7 (2018), and although they both have 8 processing cores, the Galaxy M30 also has a larger amount of RAM memory.
Galaxy M30 counts with a much longer battery lifetime than Samsung Galaxy J7 (2018), because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity. Samsung Galaxy J7 (2018) and Galaxy M30 have quite similar cameras, and although the Galaxy M30 has a smaller camera aperture which is not favorable for taking photographs and video in low-light situations and a tinier back camera sensor, they both have the same resolution back camera, the same video frame rates and the same 1920x1080 (Full HD) video definition.
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