Honor Magic 2 3D vs Samsung Galaxy A30 Comparison and Differences

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Honor Magic 2 3D

Honor Magic 2 3D

Smartphone 2

Samsung Galaxy A30

Samsung Galaxy A30

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Honor Magic 2 3D or Samsung Galaxy A30 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Honor Magic 2 3D Samsung Galaxy A30
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Release date 2019, March 2019, February
Dimensions (HxWxD) 157.3 x 75.1 x 8.3 mm | 6.19 x 6.19 x 2.96 in 158.5 x 74.7 x 7.7 mm | 6.24 x 6.24 x 2.94 in
Weight 206 g | 7.27 oz 165 g | 5.82 oz
Body Build Front glass, plastic body
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Colors Gradient Black, Gradient Red, Gradient Blue Black, Blue, Red
Battery 3500 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Approximate price 500 EUR 250 EUR
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Screen

Technology AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.39" in 6.4" in
Screen area 100.2 cm2 100.5 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width) 19.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 84.8% 84.9%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2340 px 1080 x 2340 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 403 PPI 403 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Other specs - 100% DCI-P3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 16 MP, Triple 16 MP, Dual
Camera specs -16 MP, f/1.8, PDAF
-16 MP, f/2.2
-24 MP B/W, f/1.8
-16 MP, f/1.7, PDAF
- 5 MP, f/2.2, 12mm, (ultrawide)
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@480fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 16 MP, Dual 16 MP, Single
Specifications Mechanical pop-up 16 MP, f/2.0
Mechanical pop-up 3D TOF camera
Mechanical pop-up 2 MP, f/2.4, depth sensor
16 MP, f/2.0
Functions HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 9.0 (Pie); EMUI 9 or Magic UI 2 Android 9.0 (Pie)
Chipset - HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm) - Exynos 7904 Octa (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (2x2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2x1.92 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) - Octa-core (2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-G76 MP10 Mali-G71 MP2
External memory No microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 128/256/512 GB, 8 GB RAM, 128 GB, 6 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 308456 118303
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 263
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 831
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 791
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 925
GeekBench 5 Single Core 258
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 942

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 6(900), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 19(800), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat21 1400/200 Mbps HSPA, LTE-A
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with dual-band A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.25 W/kg (head) 1.17 W/kg (body)

Music and Audio

Radio No FM radio
Headphone jack No Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Face ID, fingerprint (under display), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Fast battery charging 10V/4A 40W: 50% in 15min; 85% in 30min
- Graphene-based heatpipe

- Fast battery charging 15W
Versions
- Versions: SM-A305F/DS (Global)

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