Alcatel A30 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy A42 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jun 27, 2017	Sep 02, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
$130	€340

Design

Dimensions
5.98 x 3.03 x 0.33 inches 151.9 x 77 x 8.4 mm	6.47 x 2.99 x 0.34 inches 164.4 x 75.9 x 8.6 mm
Weight
5.57 oz / 158.0 g	6.81 oz / 193.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic
Biometrics
	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black	Prism Dot black, Prism Dot white, Prism Dot grey

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 71.34% screen-to-body	6.6-inch, 84.26% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED, 60Hz
Resolution
1280x720px, 267 PPI	1600x720px, 20:9 ratio, 266 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Dragontrail

Hardware

System chip
MediaTek MT6738 (28 nm)	Snapdragon 750G SM7225 (8 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1500 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.2GHz Kryo 570 6x1.8GHz Kryo 570
GPU
Mali-T860 MP2	Adreno 619
Memory
2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 1000 GB
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat)	Android (12, 11, 10)

Battery

Type
3000 mAh	5000 mAh
Charging
	Samsung Adaptive Fast Charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 15.0W

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Quad camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus)	48 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Fourth camera
	5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
1080p Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps), 720p (480 fps)
Front
5 MP (Flash)	20 MP (Autofocus)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,dual-band Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
M3/T3
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n28, Sub-6
4G (FDD) Bands
2, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 17	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 4, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Apr 08, 2021 FCC ID value: A3LSMA426U
Measured SAR
	Head: 1.11 W/kg Body: 1.25 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.06 W/kg Phablet: 3.81 W/kg

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