Samsung Galaxy M30 ,Review) This was the most popular model of this series. When it was launched in the price range of Rs 15,000 in the market. This smartphone comes with AMOLED display and has power in battery life. Samsung Now the updated version of this phone has launched Samsung Galaxy M30S in the market. Does this phone improve the features of Samsung Galaxy M30 and removes old shortcomings? To know the answer to this question, we Samsung Galaxy M30s Reviewed
Samsung Galaxy M30s Design
Most Samsung smartphones of the Galaxy M series come forward with the same design. Galaxy M40 ,Review) It is the only exception that was launched with the Hole-Panch display. The Samsung Galaxy M30S has a 6.4-inch full-HD+ AMOLED display, with a doodrop notch. Samsung calls it as Infinity U Display. Bezel on the side of the panel is very thin. But the lower back border is slightly wide. Samsung has made the earpiece closer to the smartphone frame. It has got a place just above the selfie camera. The earpiece is small. But it brings enough sound.
Samsung has given power and volume buttons on the right side of the device. We liked the position of the power button. But a little stretch has to be stretched to reach the volume button. The upward Galaxy M30S has a secondary microphone. The USB Type-C port, 3.5mm headphone jack, primary microphone and loudspeakers have found a place in the lower back. Samsung has placed the SIM tray on the left side.
The Samsung Galaxy M30S has three cameras on the back. These rectangular camera are present in the module. The fingprint sensor is also on the back, next to the camera module. Samsung has launched three color variants of Galaxy M30S in the market- Opal Black, Safeer Blue and Purple White. We have got the safaor blue version for review, with a grade finish on the back. It is a bit different in appearance, but we liked it. You may not like it. If you want, you can choose black or white variants.
Samsung has given a 6,000 mAh battery in this phone. Because of this, the phone gives a feeling of being very big. But there is no difficulty in gripping it due to curved edges. Samsung has given a charger of 15 watts with this phone.
Samsung Galaxy M30s Specifications and Software
The Samsung Galaxy M30S has a 6.4-inch full-HD+ AMOLED display, with 1080×2340 resolution. You can choose one of two color mode. The phone stays on the natural option in the default. We extended the display mode, after which the screen came on the screen. You cannot change the color temperature of the screen. But we have no complaints with the default setting.
Samsung has used its Exynos 9611 processor in the Galaxy M30S. The company launched the same processor recently Samsung Galaxy A50s Also done in Mali-G72 graphics for graphics is integrated. Two variants of the smartphone are available- 64 GB storage with 4 GB RAM and 128 GB storage with 6 GB RAM. We have reviewed the 6 GB RAM variants. The initial variant is priced at Rs 13,999, while the cost of expensive variants is Rs 16,999.
The Samsung Galaxy is a dual SIM device of M30S. It has space for two Nano-SIM cards. It has dual 4G and VoLTE support. It has Bluetooth 5, Wi-Fi 802.11 AC and many other sensors.
This Samsung phone comes with One UI 1.5 based on Android 9 Pie. This phone was equipped with the security patch of August. There is nothing new in the user interface. We have met many Samsung Galaxy smartphones with this.
The smartphone also has some unwanted apps. Most of these can only be disabled. Facebook, Netflix, Galaxy Store, Van Drive and My Galaxy will already get installed. Among these apps, My Galaxy sends the most unwanted notifications. We had to block all the notifications.
Samsung Galaxy M30s Performance and Battery Life
The Samsung Galaxy M30S has a great display. The experience of watching content on this was fantastic. It becomes quite bright in outdoor. There is no problem in reading it even in sunlight. The exynos 9611 processor given in the phone gives smooth performance without any problem. We were able to navigate in the menu without any hindrance. The fingerprint scanner also unlocks the smartphone faster. Face unlock is also present. It also unlocks the phone very fast.
We played PUBG Mobile in Galaxy M30s. The game walked on the high preset at the default. During this time the quality of graphics was on HD and the frame rate was also high set. There was a complaint of stutters in this settings, due to which the graphics quality had to be reduced. We played this game on our phone for about 20 minutes. During this time, battery consumption was 4 percent. The smartphone was not too hot too much.
The 6,000 mAh battery of the Galaxy M30S plays for a long time. In common use, the phone battery supported for about two days. The 15 watt charger given with it charges 22 percent battery in 30 minutes. 43 percent charging occurs in one hour. The phone battery took about two and a half hours to get full charge.
Samsung Galaxy M30s Cameras
The Samsung Galaxy M30S has three rear cameras. The primary camera is 48 megapixels. Its aperture is F/ 2.0. It has an 8-megapixel wide-angle camera with F/ 2.2 lens and a 5-megapixel depth sensor. The primary camera takes a 12 -megapixel shot in the default. But if you want, you can also take 48 megapixel shots. The Galaxy M30S camera app matches the recently introduced Galaxy M and the camera app of the Galaxy A series.
Photos taken during the day with primary camera (tap to see in full-size)
During the day a picture taken from wide-angle camera (tap to see in full-size)
Photos taken from Samsung Galaxy M30s were good. She looked beautiful on the phone’s AMOLED display. The average details were seen in the delite shot. On zoom in, it was found that the text written on a distant object can be read, but they were not crisp. The phone does light metering properly. But its dynamic range is not very good. The wide-angle camera puts more information in every frame. But details are reduced compared to the shot taken from primary sensor. We also saw barrel distortion on the shore.
Photo taken in low light than Samsung Galaxy M30s (tap to see in full-size)
Photo taken at night with night mode from Samsung Galaxy M30s. Consider the crop. (Tap to see in full-size)
There was a lack of details in the pictures taken in low light. Grains were clearly visible on zoom in. Photos bright came on using night mode. But the Galaxy M30S crops the frame. That is, while taking the picture, you have to take care of this.
Macrose shots taken from Samsung Galaxy M30s (tap to see in full-size)
We found that the Galaxy M30s was slightly slow in locking the focus while shooting the macros. This deficiency we Samsung Galaxy M40 Reminded up In such a situation, you have to be patient. While shooting in low light, the camera takes more time to focus. In such a situation, the chances of getting blurry shots increase. After being locked, the camera is successful in taking pictures with a lot of details.
Portrait shot taken from Samsung Galaxy M30s (tap to see in full-size)
Colors emerge more on the AMOLED panel. But they look very natural on the computer. Portrait shots came well and the phone did a good job in the age detection. But the shots taken in low light were of weak quality. There was no shortage of details in selfie taken during the day. But there is a decline in low light.
You will be able to record 4K videos from the rear camera and the most 1080 pixels from the selfie camera. We found that you can record the highest 10 minutes 4K videos at a time. Samsung has also given a super sted video mode in which you can switch to wide angle cameras and it crops up the frame. In low light, video is recorded with stabilization. But the Shimmer effect is clearly visible.
Our decision
Samsung Galaxy M30S Galaxy M30 Can be seen as an upgrade. It retains many features of the old phone, such as Crisp AMOLED display. Also the battery capacity is 6,000 mAh. The Exynos 9611 processor is powerful compared to Exynos 7904. It gives performance around other processors found in this price range.
There is scope for improvement in the Galaxy M30S camera. It is slow in focusing and the camera performance in low light is weaker than average.
If you have a battery life priority for you, then consider Galaxy M30S. Interestingly Galaxy A50S Many hardware of of the Galaxy M30s are also part. In this way the Galaxy M30S is more money -recovery handset. If you are thinking of buying the initial variant of Galaxy M30s Reality 5 Pro And Redmi Note 7 Pro ,Review) There are good options. If your budget is more powerful variant Realme xt ,Review) There is a better option.