Today, Samsung officially unveiled the Galaxy A50s and Galaxy A30s, and both comes with incremental updates just as their names signified. Read on as you will set your eyes on all you need to know about the two latest smartphones from Samsung.
Samsung Galaxy A50s Features
Samsung redesigned the rear panel of the Galaxy A50s to include a geometric pattern and holographic effect that comes in four finishes; Prism Crush White, Prism Crush Black, Prism Crush Violet2, and Prism Crush Green.
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Another new feature you will see are the cameras. The Samsung Galaxy A50s comes with a new 48MP f/2.0 main camera paired to the old 5MP depth sensor and 8MP 123 degree ultrawide angle lens. The selfie camera has been upgraded from 25MP f/2.0 to a 32MP f/2.0 unit.
Apart from these, the Galaxy A50s is an exact match to the Galaxy A50. The display is a 6.4 inch 1080 x 2340 pixel Infinity-U Super AMOLED. The chipset is a 19nm Exynos 9610 octa-core chipset with 4GB or 6GB or RAM. The Galaxy A50s is powered a 4000mAh battery with 15W fast-charging and an in-display fingerprint scanner.
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Samsung Galaxy A50s Specification
| NETWORK | |
| Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
| 2G bands | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) |
| 3G bands | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
| HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 | |
| 4G bands | LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) |
| Speed | HSPA, LTE-A |
| LAUNCH | |
| Announced | 2019, August |
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2019, September |
| BODY | |
| Dimensions | 158.5 x 74.5 x 7.7 mm (6.24 x 2.93 x 0.30 in) |
| Weight | 169 g (5.96 oz) |
| SIM | Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| DISPLAY | |
| Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 6.4 inches, 100.5 cm2 (~85.1% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~403 ppi density) |
| Protection | Unspecified |
| PLATFORM | |
| OS | Android 9.0 (Pie) |
| Chipset | Exynos 9610 (10nm) |
| CPU | Octa-core (4×2.3 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4×1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) |
| GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 |
| MEMORY | |
| Card slot | microSD, up to 1 TB (dedicated slot) |
| Internal | 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM |
| MAIN CAMERA | |
| Triple |
48 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 1/2″, 0.8µm,
PDAF 8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide) 5 MP, f/2.2, depth sensor |
| Features | LED flash, panorama, HDR |
| Video | 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps |
| SELFIE CAMERA | |
| Single | 32 MP, f/2.0, 25mm (wide) |
| Features | HDR |
| Video | 1080p@30fps |
| SOUND | |
| Loudspeaker | Yes |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
| COMMS | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | 5.0, A2DP, LE |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS |
| NFC | Yes (market dependent) |
| Radio | FM radio |
| USB | 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go |
| FEATURES | |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
| ANT+ |
| BATTERY | |
| Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery | |
| Charging | Fast battery charging 15W |
| MISC | |
| Colors | Prism Crush Black, Prism Crush White, Prism Crush Green, Prism Crush Violet2 |
Samsung Galaxy A30s Features
The Samsung Galaxy A30s also has the new design and comes in the same four colours. The rear camera has a new 25MP f/1.7 main unit (up from 16MP) and a new 8MP ultrawide angle lens paired to the old 5MP depth sensor. The selfie camera remains the same – 16MP f/2.0.
Another new feature that comes with the Galaxy A30s is the in-display fingerprint scanner – the old phone had a rear-mounted one.
The Galaxy A30s features a 6.4 inch Infinity-V Super AMOLED display with 720 x 1560 pixel resolution, which is a downgrade from the 1080pixel panel of the original A30. Under the hood is a 14nm Exynos 7904 octa-core chipset with 3GB or 4GB of RAM and the phone is powered by a 4000mAh battery with 15W charging.
Samsung is yet to reveal the availability date or price for both the Galaxy A50s and Galaxy A30s.
Samsung Galaxy A30s Specification
| NETWORK | |
| Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
| 2G bands | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) |
| 3G bands | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
| 4G bands | LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) |
| Speed | HSPA, LTE-A |
| LAUNCH | |
| Announced | 2019, August |
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2019, September |
| BODY | |
| Dimensions | 158.5 x 74.7 x 7.8 mm (6.24 x 2.94 x 0.31 in) |
| Weight | 166 g (5.86 oz) |
| SIM | Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| DISPLAY | |
| Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 6.4 inches, 100.5 cm2 (~84.9% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 720 x 1560 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~268 ppi density) |
| Protection | Unspecified |
| PLATFORM | |
| OS | Android 9.0 (Pie) |
| Chipset | Exynos 7885 (14 nm) |
| CPU | Octa-core (2×1.8 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6×1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) |
| GPU | Mali-G71 |
| MEMORY | |
| Card slot | microSD, up to 1 TB (dedicated slot) |
| Internal | 32GB 3GB RAM, 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM |
| MAIN CAMERA | |
| Triple |
25 MP, f/1.7, PDAF 8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide) 5 MP, f/2.2, depth sensor |
| Features | LED flash, panorama, HDR |
| Video | 1080p@30fps |
| SELFIE CAMERA | |
| Single | 16 MP, f/2.0 |
| Video | 1080p@30fps |
| SOUND | |
| Loudspeaker | Yes |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
| COMMS | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | 5.0, A2DP, LE |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS |
| Radio | FM radio |
| USB | 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector |
| FEATURES | |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, proximity, compass |
| BATTERY | |
| Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery | |
| Charging | Fast battery charging 15W |
| MISC | |
| Colors | Prism Crush Black, Prism Crush White, Prism Crush Green, Prism Crush Violet2 |
| Models | SM-A307F, SM-A307FN, SM-A307G, SM-A307GN, SM-A307YN |
