Samsung Galaxy A30 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 25, 2019	Feb 09, 2022
Prices (MSRP)
	$899

Design

Dimensions
6.24 x 2.94 x 0.30 inches 158.5 x 74.7 x 7.7 mm	7.28 x 11.22 x 0.22 inches 185.0 x 285.0 x 5.7 mm
Weight
5.82 oz / 165.0 g	20.00 oz / 567.0 g 5G Ready version - 572 g
Materials
Back: Plastic	Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Blue, White	Graphite, Silver, Pink Gold

Display

Size
6.4-inch, 85.24% screen-to-body	12.4-inch, 84.65% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	Super AMOLED, 120Hz
Resolution
2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 403 PPI	2800x1752px, 16:10 ratio, 266 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
1 (Excellent)	Untested

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Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904 (14 nm)	Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SM8450 (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1800 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1x3.00GHz Cortex-X2 3x2.50G​Hz Cortex-A710 4x1.8​0GHz Cortex-A510
GPU
Mali-G71 MP2	Adreno 730
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 3GB/32GB	8GB/128GB 128GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 512 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (10, 9.0 Pie)	Android (13, 12)

Battery

Type
4000 mAh, Li - Ion	10090 mAh
Charging
Samsung Adaptive Fast Charging	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 45.0W

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Dual camera
Main camera
16 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/2.8" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	13 MP (Autofocus)
Second camera
5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 13 mm Sensor size: 1/5" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	6 MP (Ultra-wide)
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps)
Front
16 MP Video capture: 1080p (30 fps)	12 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.2
WLAN
dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.2
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou
Other
VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

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

Cellular

LTE Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
TDD Bands
38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 12/13 (600/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Feb 14, 2019 FCC ID value: A3LSMA305F
Measured SAR
Head: 0.32 W/kg Body: 0.52 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.43 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.15 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 32 GB storage

Memory	3GB/32GB

With 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	128GB/256GB

With 5G

Weight	20.18 oz / 572.0 g
5G Bands	5G Ready

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