Galaxy A30 review: Budget AMOLED with 4000 mAh and dual cam.
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
78/100At 78/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2019 — 14 points above the cohort average.
02Camera
60/10060/100 puts it above the 56-point average for budget phones of 2019.
03Performance
56/10056/100 puts it above the 50-point average for budget phones of 2019.
04Battery
76/10076/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2019.
05Build
62/10062/100 puts it above the 60-point average for budget phones of 2019.
- Super AMOLED at sub-$280
- 4000 mAh all-day battery
- microSD + headphone jack
- Exynos 7904 slow
- No depth/macro lenses
- Mono speaker
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? .