Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 82.4 | 82.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2019-03-07 | 2018-08-27 |
| 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.33 inches | 6.39 x 3.03 x 0.30 inches |
| 6.14 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| Black and Blue | Black and White |
| Plastic | Glass and Metal |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.4 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 2280 x 1080 pixels | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 394 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP2 GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 9 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 14.14 | 11.34 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.32 inches (1/3.1") sensor | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 9.13 | 10.01 |
| 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 | 3700mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy M30 is a little bit better than the Galaxy A8 Star, getting an 82.4 score against 82.1. Although the Galaxy M30 and the Galaxy A8 Star were released with only 6 months difference, Galaxy M30's design is a little lighter but also a bit thicker than the Galaxy A8 Star. Both phones in our current comparison come with the same Android 9.0 Pie OS (operating system), so both of them should provide identical OS features.
Galaxy A8 Star counts with just a little better performance than Samsung Galaxy M30. They have the same number of cores and 6 GB of RAM memory. Galaxy M30 and Galaxy A8 Star both count with similar displays, although the Galaxy A8 Star has a bit worse display pixel density, a little bit lower resolution of 1080 x 2220 and a little smaller screen.
The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star captures slightly better photographs and videos than Samsung Galaxy M30, because it has a more mega pixels back camera, a way higher (4K) video definition, a bigger back camera sensor capturing higher quality pictures and videos and a larger aperture to take better low-light captures and videos.
The Samsung Galaxy M30 features a much bigger memory capacity for games and applications than Galaxy A8 Star, because it has 128 GB internal storage and a SD memory card expansion slot that supports a maximum of 512 GB. Galaxy M30 features improved battery performance than Galaxy A8 Star, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity instead of 3700mAh.
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