Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 82.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4, 4.4.2 | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2014-06-23 | 2019-03-07 |
| 5.72 x 2.89 x 0.35 inches | 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.33 inches |
| 6.00 ounces | 6.14 ounces |
| Gray, Green and Red | Black and Blue |
| -- | Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 199.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.1 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2280 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 432 pixels per inch | 394 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904 chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.72 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.32 inches (1/3.1") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 8.69 | 9.13 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.5 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2800mAh Li-Ion Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 480 hours standby time 29 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.8 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy M30 has an overall score of 82.4, which is a bit better than the Samsung Galaxy S5 Active's 75.6 global score. Samsung Galaxy M30 is a extremely newer and a little thinner cellphone than Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, although it's just a little heavier. Both of these devices come with Android OS (operating system), but the Samsung Galaxy M30 has 9.0 Pie version and Samsung Galaxy S5 Active has Android 4.4.4, so it offers some additional features.
Samsung Galaxy S5 Active counts with a better looking screen than Galaxy M30, because although it has a bit lower resolution of 1920 x 1080px and a lot smaller screen, it also counts with a just a little higher pixel count per inch of screen. Galaxy M30 has a very superior storage to store more apps and games than Galaxy S5 Active, because it has a SD card slot that admits a maximum of 512 GB and 128 GB internal memory.
The Galaxy S5 Active counts with a little bit better hardware performance than Galaxy M30, because although it has 4 lesser processing cores (although faster) and less RAM memory, it also counts with a GPU. The Galaxy M30 counts with a superior battery lifetime than Galaxy S5 Active, because it has a 5000mAh battery size against 2800mAh.
Galaxy M30 takes a little bit better photographs and videos than Galaxy S5 Active, although it has a camera in the back with a worse resolution and a much lower video quality.
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