Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 78.1 | 79.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow | -- |
| 2016-03-11 | 2019-03-02 |
| 5.94 x 2.86 x 0.30 inches | 6.24 x 2.94 x 0.30 inches |
| 5.54 ounces | 5.82 ounces |
| Black, Black pearl, Coral blue, Gold, Pink gold, Silver and White | Black, Blue and White |
| Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) | Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 336.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.5 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 2560 x 1440 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 534 pixels per inch | 403 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.6 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904 chipset |
| Kryo, 64-bit, 14 nm (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 530 GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 9 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 200 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 8.56 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.70 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.4 inches (1/2.5") sensor | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.79 | 9.46 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3600mAh Li - Ion Battery | 4000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 5.6 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A30 is a little bit better than the Galaxy S7 edge, having a 79.6 score against 78.1. Galaxy A30's design has the same thickness than the Galaxy S7 edge, but it's a little bit heavier. The Samsung Galaxy S7 edge counts with a little bit better looking display than Galaxy A30, because although it has a bit smaller screen, it also counts with a better screen density and a better resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels.
Galaxy S7 edge features just a bit better hardware performance than Galaxy A30, although it has lesser CPU cores , they both have the same RAM memory amount. Galaxy S7 edge takes just a bit better videos and photos than Galaxy A30, because although it has a way less mega-pixels camera in the back, and they both have a same size diafragm aperture, the Galaxy S7 edge also counts with a bigger back-facing camera sensor which offers a higher image and video quality and a lot better 3840x2160 (4K) video definition.
Samsung Galaxy A30 has a very superior storage capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Galaxy S7 edge, because it has 64 GB internal storage and an external memory card slot that supports a maximum of 512 GB. Galaxy A30 has just a bit longer battery lifetime than Samsung Galaxy S7 edge, because it has a 4000mAh battery size instead of 3600mAh.
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