Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 82.4 | 79.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo | -- |
| 2019-03-07 | 2017-04-05 |
| 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.33 inches | 6.04 x 2.92 x 0.27 inches |
| 6.14 ounces | 5.82 ounces |
| Black and Blue | Black, Blue, Gold, Green, Pink and Silver |
| Plastic | Aluminum |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.4 inches | 5.5 inches |
| 2280 x 1080 pixels | 2560 x 1440 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 394 pixels per inch | 534 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP2 GPU | Mali-G71 MP8 GPU |
| 9 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 14.14 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 28.00mm focal length |
| 0.32 inches (1/3.1") sensor | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 9.13 | 9.46 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Battery | 3750mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
Samsung Galaxy M30 is slightly better than the Huawei P10 Plus, getting an 82.4 score against 79.8. Samsung Galaxy M30's design is newer, but a little heavier and thicker than Huawei P10 Plus. Huawei P10 Plus features a bit better looking screen than Galaxy M30, because although it has a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a better 1440 x 2560 resolution and more pixels per inch in the display.
Huawei P10 Plus counts with just a bit better hardware performance than Samsung Galaxy M30. Both of them have 8 processing cores and 6 GB of RAM memory. Huawei P10 Plus has a little bit better camera than Galaxy M30, because although it has a back camera with lesser MP resolution, it also counts with a bigger diafragm aperture to capture better low light photography and videos and a lot better 3840x2160 video definition.
The Galaxy M30 has a bit bigger memory to install applications and games than Huawei P10 Plus, and although they both have the same 128 GB internal memory capacity, the Galaxy M30 also has an external memory card slot that allows up to 512 GB. Samsung Galaxy M30 has greater battery lifetime than Huawei P10 Plus, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity against 3750mAh.
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