Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) vs Motorola Edge 30 Neo Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jan 02, 2017	Sep 08, 2022

Design

Dimensions
5.33 x 2.61 x 0.31 inches 135.4 x 66.2 x 7.9 mm	6.02 x 2.80 x 0.31 inches 152.9 x 71.2 x 7.8 mm
Weight
4.87 oz (138.0 g)	5.47 oz (155.0 g)
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP68	Splash, Dust
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black sky, Gold sand, Peach cloud, Blue mist	Very Peri, Black Onyx, Ice Palace, Aqua Foam

Display

Size
4.7-inch, 67.85% screen-to-body	6.3-inch, 87.56% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	P-OLED, 120Hz
Resolution
1280x720px, 312 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 419 PPI

Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 (14 nm)	Snapdragon 695 SM6375 (6 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1600 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2200 MHz
GPU
Mali-T830 MP2	Adreno 619
Memory
2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB	6GB/128GB 8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (12)

Battery

Type
2350 mAh	4020 mAh
Charging
	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 68.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

12h 55min

Video

8h 15min

Gaming

Untested

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9	64 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Pixel size: 0.7 μm
Second camera
	13 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash
LED	Dual LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (120 fps)
Front
8 MP	32 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.1
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, ANT+, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n78, SA, NSA
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32
4G (TDD) Bands
40	38, 40, 41, 42, 43
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Dual Nano SIM

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Dec 21, 2016 FCC ID value: A3LSMA320F
Measured SAR
Head: 0.45 W/kg Body: 0.74 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.56 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.94 W/kg

Alternative variants

Dual SIM	Yes

With 8GB RAM

Memory	8GB

With 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	8GB/256GB

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