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| Global Score | |
| 82.4 | 77.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Motorola |
| Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo | -- |
| 2019-03-07 | 2019-10-24 |
| 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.33 inches | 6.23 x 2.99 x 0.36 inches |
| 6.14 ounces | 6.63 ounces |
| Black and Blue | Cosmic blue and Crystal pink |
| Plastic | Plastic |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.4 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 2280 x 1080 pixels | 2280 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 394 pixels per inch | 400 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 SM6125 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 11 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP2 GPU | Adreno 610 GPU |
| 9 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 14.14 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 25.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 14.00mm focal length |
| 0.32 inches (1/3.1") sensor | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 9.13 | 11.55 |
| 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, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Battery | 4000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy M30 has a general score of 82.4, which is slightly better than Motorola Moto G8 Plus's score of 77.6. Galaxy M30 is a just a little lighter and a little thinner phone than the Motorola Moto G8 Plus, even when they were only released with a few months difference. Motorola Moto G8 Plus counts with just a bit better processing power than Samsung Galaxy M30, although it has a smaller amount of RAM, they both have the same number of cores.
The Samsung Galaxy M30 and the Moto G8 Plus count with really similar displays, because although the Moto G8 Plus has a bit smaller display, and they both have an equal resolution of 1080 x 2280px, it also counts with a little bit greater pixels amount per inch in the display. Galaxy M30 features a much better memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Moto G8 Plus, and although they both have a slot for an external memory card that supports a maximum of 512 GB, the Galaxy M30 also has 128 GB internal memory.
Motorola Moto G8 Plus takes way better pictures and videos than Samsung Galaxy M30, because it has a lot better 3840x2160 video definition, a bigger aperture for better photos and video in low light environments, a lot larger back camera sensor shooting lot better quality videos and pictures and a camera with a way better 48 mega-pixels resolution.
The Galaxy M30 counts with better battery lifetime than Moto G8 Plus, because it has a 5000mAh battery size.
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