Samsung Galaxy A30 in for review

23 June 2019
The Galaxy A-line's middle child.

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  • 25 Jun 2019

vem, 25 Jun 2019Yep, you are correct. Thanks for spotting and correcting.No problem.

Fun fact: In French, you would have been saying FinFart. (Pet means fart in French. Or more exactly it would have been meaning Thin Fart.) I had to say that because when I read your comment it came to me

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    • 25 Jun 2019

    AnonD-558092, 24 Jun 2019It's FinFET actually, not FinPet.Yep, you are correct. Thanks for spotting and correcting.

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      • 24 Jun 2019

      vem, 24 Jun 2019Just checked the official website for the chipset, it indee... moreIt's FinFET actually, not FinPet.

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        • 24 Jun 2019

        Lumina, 24 Jun 2019I'm using A30 and my camera settings dosent crash so dont e... moreOh!! I might have got a one-off bad device then.

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          • 24 Jun 2019

          A, 24 Jun 20197885 and 7904 are both 14nm, you can make it sure on offici... moreJust checked the official website for the chipset, it indeed is 14nm Finpet.

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            • 24 Jun 2019

            A, 24 Jun 2019It has 7904. Check the specs, on all Samsung official sit... moreMy bad then, I checked AnTuTu on my phone and it gave me 7885 as the chipset on my A30. May be it is an issue with the AnTuTu app failing to recognize 7904, like you said.

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              • 24 Jun 2019

              Syel, 24 Jun 2019The yellow wallpaper with those little dots looks very beau... moresearch " yellow lego " background perhaps/

                The phone with worst speaker ever!

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                  • 24 Jun 2019

                  The yellow wallpaper with those little dots looks very beautiful! Does anyone know where I can find it?

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                    • 24 Jun 2019

                    Panda eyes, 24 Jun 2019It lacks an ambient light sensor? It seems so.
                    It has an option in Settings, but uses front camera. Samsung calls it 'Virtual Light Sensing'. Comparing to regular sensor it's probably slower and more power consuming. You can check A30 and M30 manuals, in M30 manual there's no light sensor shown on schematic image.

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                      • 24 Jun 2019

                      vem, 24 Jun 2019My A30 has Exynos 7885 and NOT 7904. Looks like Samsung hoo... moreI'm using A30 and my camera settings dosent crash so dont expect your issue to be mentioned

                        A, 24 Jun 2019M30 doesn't have a dedicated light sensor, as far as I know... moreIt lacks an ambient light sensor?

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                          • 24 Jun 2019

                          Panda eyes, 24 Jun 2019The specs are very similair to the m30 besides an extra dep... moreM30 doesn't have a dedicated light sensor, as far as I know, and uses front camera instead.

                            The specs are very similair to the m30 besides an extra depth sensor and 1000mah more battery but the a30 comes with one ui and android 9 and will most likely recieve two updates, m30 maybe one. Is the a30 a better buy, or the extra battery worth it for the m30

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                              • 24 Jun 2019

                              I have been using this mobile for a month. Believe me, I never saw such a worst cell phone in my life. Very very slow.

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                                • 24 Jun 2019

                                vem, 24 Jun 2019Basically, they are the same, but 7885 is an early 2018 chi... more7885 and 7904 are both 14nm, you can make it sure on official Samsung's chipset description web page.

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                                  • 24 Jun 2019

                                  vem, 24 Jun 2019My A30 has Exynos 7885 and NOT 7904. Looks like Samsung hoo... moreIt has 7904.
                                  Check the specs, on all Samsung official sites there are 1.8/1.6 GHz in description that corresponds to 7904, for 7885 it should be 2.2/1.6 GHz.
                                  Basically 7904 = a bit slowed down 7885, I think not all software yet can recognize this chipset (I know that for A40 antutu tells 7885 and aida64 7904 for example).

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                                    • 24 Jun 2019

                                    Anonymous, 24 Jun 2019Aren't 7885 and 7904 basically the same?Basically, they are the same, but 7885 is an early 2018 chip-set, but 7904 is released this year. Other than the above, I have no info on these two. So, after seeing your question, I googled and read about the differences of these two chip-sets. Looks like 7885 (12nm FinPet) might be older but has better CPU performance than 7904 (14nm FinPet). The narrower manufacturing process will translate into enhanced performance and thus provides access to a better performance in 7885 and lower power consumption. Though, 7904 is a better option than 7885 when compared based on the camera improvements (this is chip-set to chip-set comparison and not between the phones that possess these chip-sets, as we cannot be sure if the phones using these chip-sets are actually taking full advantage of what the chip-sets are offering or not).

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                                      • 24 Jun 2019

                                      Anonymous, 24 Jun 2019Aren't 7885 and 7904 basically the same?The 7904 is worse

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                                        • 24 Jun 2019

                                        vem, 24 Jun 2019My A30 has Exynos 7885 and NOT 7904. Looks like Samsung hoo... moreAren't 7885 and 7904 basically the same?