- Analysis by KJ David
Essentially a version of the original A30 with an improved camera, the Samsung Galaxy A30s aims for a spot on Phonerated's list of the best photography phones with a triple-lens setup 
headlining its list of pros. It consists of a 25-megapixel primary cam, an 8-megapixel ultra-wide cam for shots that are up to 123 degrees wide, and a 5-megapixel depth sensor for bokeh photography.
This 2019 Galaxy A model is not without some disgruntling cons, though, one of which is its 720p-only screen resolution 
, which is not only a downgraded from the original A30's 1080p sharpness, but is also somewhat awkward for a phone with 6.4 inches of screen real estate -- many large-screen phones like itself do not go for anything lower than Full HD (1080p). Its display houses an integrated fingerprint scanner, while a passable 16-megapixel front camera sits right on top.
The Galaxy A30s does not impress us when it comes to hardware specs, running on a 1.8GHz + 1.6GHz two-cluster eight-core engine , which sounds a bit sluggish, at least compared to what some of the fastest smartphones available as of this review offer -- those models use engines that clock in at 2.5GHz or higher. It comes with either 4GB or 3GB of RAM.
Also among its pros and cons are a 4000mAh battery , which we find comforting, seeing that some higher-specked models come with similar raw power capacities. Also on board is a 128GB native memory (Samsung also ships variants with only 64GB or 32GB storage caps) that's accompanied by a rather generous -- at least within its price group -- 512GB memory card slot .
Just like its A50s cousin, the A30s is offered in prism-like finishes Prism Crush White and and Prism Crush Violet and it runs on the Android 9.0 Pie operating system out of the box.
All said, given its assortment of pros and cons, the Galaxy A30s targets middle-class smartphone shoppers who value mobile photography more than anything else.
On-paper Review rating: 
Its Dual 1.8GHz (+ Hexa 1.6GHz) processor speed running on 8 cores is part of the fastest in recent phones.
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NFC is becoming increasingly important for electronic payments and other applications.
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The screen is larger than usual, making it a phablet: 6.4 inches and a resolution of 1560 x 720 pixels means about 15.57 square inches and an image quality of at least 268.5 dots per inch (DPI)!
The Samsung Galaxy A30s is not sold with a memory card but it supports up to 512GB of memory expansion, which is convenient to store photos taken with the built-in 25-megapixel (combined with a 5-megapixel depth cam and an 8-megapixel ultra-wide cam) camera.
The Galaxy A30s is has an exceptional 25-megapixel (combined with a 5-megapixel depth cam and an 8-megapixel ultra-wide cam) camera. It also has these features: Panorama, HDR.
The 16-megapixel selfie cam offers an above-decent resolution.
It is nice that the Samsung Galaxy A30s can record high-resolution 1920 x 1080 videos, but we were disappointed not to find any evidence of the Galaxy A30s featuring an HDMI port (which is convenient to watch HD videos on your shiny HDTV.)
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It's frustrating that we could not find its weight information.
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** This phone is also known as: Samsung A30s, Samsung SM-A307G
*** These cons and pros are computer-generated based on our proprietary algorithm and the specs we found for this phone. Should you spot an error, please let us know.
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