SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy A30 review: Budget AMOLED with 4000 mAh and dual cam.

SpecEagle Editorial·Feb 2019·$279
Overall
62/100
Class rank
#16 of 103
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

AMOLED on a tighter budget.

A30 brought the A50's Super AMOLED down to $279 by trimming to a dual cam and slower Exynos 7904. For buyers who valued display quality over speed it was a strong value pick.

01Display

78/100

At 78/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2019 — 14 points above the cohort average.

TypeSuper AMOLED
Size6.4 inches
Resolution1080 x 2340 px

02Camera

60/100

60/100 puts it above the 56-point average for budget phones of 2019.

Main16 MP, f/1.7
Ultrawide5 MP, 123 deg
Selfie16 MP, f/2.0

03Performance

56/100

56/100 puts it above the 50-point average for budget phones of 2019.

ChipsetExynos 7904 (14nm)
GPUMali-G71 MP2

04Battery

76/100

76/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2019.

Capacity4000 mAh
Charging15W

05Build

62/100

62/100 puts it above the 60-point average for budget phones of 2019.

What works
  • Super AMOLED at sub-$280
  • 4000 mAh all-day battery
  • microSD + headphone jack
What doesn't
  • Exynos 7904 slow
  • No depth/macro lenses
  • Mono speaker
Cross-shop it against
Redmi Note 9
$199 · score 68/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 103-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .