Galaxy A30 review: Budget AMOLED with 4000 mAh and dual cam.
AMOLED on a tighter budget.
A30 brought the A50's Super AMOLED down to $279 by trimming to a dual cam and slower Exynos 7904. For buyers who valued display quality over speed it was a strong value pick.
01Display
78/100At 78/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2019 — 9 points above the cohort average.
02Camera
60/100At 60/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among budget phones of 2019 — 10 points above the cohort average.
03Performance
56/100At 56/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2019 — 14 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
76/100At 76/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among budget phones of 2019 — 13 points above the cohort average.
05Build
62/10062/100 puts it above the 59-point average for budget phones of 2019.
- Super AMOLED at sub-$280
- 4000 mAh all-day battery
- microSD + headphone jack
- Exynos 7904 slow
- No depth/macro lenses
- Mono speaker
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 2-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .