Samsung Galaxy M30 vs Samsung Galaxy M12 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 27, 2019	Mar 11, 2021

Design

Dimensions
6.26 x 2.96 x 0.33 inches 159 x 75.1 x 8.5 mm	6.46 x 2.99 x 0.38 inches 164.0 x 75.9 x 9.7 mm
Weight
6.14 oz / 174.0 g	7.80 oz / 221.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Soft keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Blue	Black, white, blue

Display

Size
6.4-inch, 86.66% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 81.86% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	PLS, 90Hz
Resolution
2280x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 395 PPI	1600x720px, 20:9 ratio, 270 PPI

Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904 (14 nm)	Samsung Exynos 850 S5E3830 (8 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1800 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 8x2.0GHz Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-G71 MP2	Mali-G52 MP1
Memory
6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB 4GB/64GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB (eMMC 5.1) 6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 512 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo)	Android (10)

Battery

Type
5000 mAh	5000 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charging	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 15.0W

Camera

Rear
Triple camera	Quad camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/3.1" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	48 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.0
Second camera
5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 12 mm Sensor size: 1/5" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.2	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Fourth camera
	2 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps)
Front
16 MP Video capture: 1080p	8 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

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

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Full Specs Samsung Galaxy M30 Specs

Full Specs Samsung Galaxy M12 Specs

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Dolby Atmos, Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share,MirrorLink
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 8, 20	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
40, 41	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 5, 8	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A Cat 7 (300/100 Mbit/s), LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Feb 13, 2019 FCC ID value: A3LSMM305F	Date approved: Mar 22, 2021 FCC ID value: A3LSMM127G
Measured SAR
Head: 0.28 W/kg Body: 0.39 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.24 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.93 W/kg	Head: 1.15 W/kg Body: 1.20 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.51 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.25 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 64 GB storage

Memory	4GB/64GB

with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage

Memory	6GB/128GB