Samsung Galaxy M30 vs Asus Zenfone Max Plus M2

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Comparing the Samsung Galaxy M30 vs Asus Zenfone Max Plus M2 across performance, display, camera, battery and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Both Samsung Galaxy M30 and Asus Zenfone Max Plus M2 run at the same processing speed of 1.8 GHz.


Display: Samsung Galaxy M30 offers a screen size of 6.4 inches, while Asus Zenfone Max Plus M2 offers 6.26 inches, making Samsung Galaxy M30 the larger display of the two. Samsung Galaxy M30 features a Super AMOLED display compared to Asus Zenfone Max Plus M2's IPS LCD, making Samsung Galaxy M30 the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Samsung Galaxy M30 offers a higher rear camera resolution with 13 MP, while Asus Zenfone Max Plus M2 offers 12 MP, making Samsung Galaxy M30 better for rear camera photography.


Front Camera: Samsung Galaxy M30 offers a higher front camera resolution with 16 MP, while Asus Zenfone Max Plus M2 offers 8 MP, making Samsung Galaxy M30 better for front camera photography.


Battery: Samsung Galaxy M30 offers a higher battery capacity with 5000 mAh, while Asus Zenfone Max Plus M2 offers 4000 mAh, making Samsung Galaxy M30 better for longer battery life.


Storage: Samsung Galaxy M30 offers higher internal storage with 64 GB, while Asus Zenfone Max Plus M2 offers 32 GB, making Samsung Galaxy M30 the better option for storage.

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Samsung Galaxy M30
₹16,490
(Discontinued)
Asus Zenfone Max Plus M2
₹23,590
(Not Released in India)
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Summary

Release Date

07 Mar, 2019
04 Mar, 2020
14 May, 2026

Performance

N/A
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904
N/A
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Octa Core (upto 1.8 GHz)
Tru-Octa Core (upto 1.8 GHz)
Octa Core (upto 4.61 GHz)
4 GB RAM
3 GB RAM
16 GB RAM

Display

N/A
6.4 inches (16.26 cm)
6.26 inches (15.9 cm)
6.82 inches (17.32 cm)
Super AMOLED
IPS LCD
AMOLED
1080x2280 px (FHD+)
1080x2280 px (FHD+)
1440x3168 px (QHD+)
N/A
N/A
144 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera

N/A
13 MP
Primary Camera
12 MP
Primary Camera
200 MP
Primary Camera (upto 3.7x Optical Zoom)
5 MP
Depth Camera
5 MP
Depth Camera
200 MP
Telephoto Camera
5 MP
Ultra-Wide Angle Camera
N/A
50 MP
Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Front Camera

N/A
16 MP
8 MP
50 MP

Battery

N/A
5000 mAh
4000 mAh
6600 mAh
15W Fast Charging
N/A
100W Flash Charging
N/A
N/A
Wireless Charging

Storage

64 GB
32 GB
512 GB
eMMC 5.1
N/A
UFS 4.1

Expert Review

7.0/10
N/A
8.7/10

Pros

  • Crisp Super AMOLED display
  • Versatile triple rear cameras
  • Good selfie shooter
  • Great battery life with 15W fast charging
  • Device yet to be reviewed
  • Stellar and versatile three-lens camera system
  • Excellent performance
  • Bright and crisp 2K AMOLED display

Cons

  • Performance isn't best in class
  • Not as attractive as glass-back phones
  • Ships with older iteration of Android
  • Device yet to be reviewed
  • Battery life could have been better
  • Very expensive with camera kit
  • No shortcut key

User Ratings

4.2/5
(113,012 ratings)
N/A
4.6/5
(29 ratings)

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

N/A
N/A
3,977,648
AnTuTu Score
N/A
N/A
15h 10m
Battery Life (PC Mark)

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General

Launch Date

N/A
N/A
May 06, 2026
(Official)

Operating System

Android v8.1 (Oreo)
Android v8.0 (Oreo)
Android v16

OS Updates

N/A
N/A
5 Year

Security Updates

N/A
N/A
7 Year

Custom UI

N/A
N/A
Origin OS

Performance

Performance Rating

Good
N/A
Best In Class

Chipset

Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904
N/A
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SM8850-AC

Processor

Octa core

1.8 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A73 1.6 GHz, Hexa Core, Cortex A53
Octa core, 1.8 GHz
Octa core

4.61 GHz, Dual core, Oryon 3.62 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit
N/A
64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

14 nm
N/A
3 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Mali-G71 MP2
N/A
Adreno 840

RAM

3 GB / 4 GB / 6 GB
3 GB
16 GB

RAM Type

LPDDR4X
N/A
LPDDR5X Ultra

Performance Test Results

AnTuTu Score (The higher, the better) AnTuTu benchmark measures overall performance of a phone by stress-testing CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

N/A
N/A
3,977,648

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

N/A
N/A
14.0 s

Gaming Test Results

Wild Life Extreme (The higher, the better) Wild Life Extreme is a classic mobile benchmark; it renders in 4K to test the peak performance of a wide range of devices.

N/A
N/A
6,450

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

N/A
N/A
7.0 %

Heating* (The lower, the better)

N/A
N/A
21.7 %
* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Best In Class
N/A
Best In Class

Display Type

Super AMOLED
IPS LCD
AMOLED

Screen Size

6.4 inches  (16.26 cm)
6.26 inches  (15.9 cm)
6.82 inches  (17.32 cm)

Resolution

1080x2280 px (FHD+)
1080x2280 px (FHD+)
1440x3168 px (QHD+)

Peak Brightness

N/A
N/A
4500 nits

Refresh Rate

N/A
N/A
144 Hz

Aspect Ratio

19.5:9
19:9
19.8:9

Pixel Density

394 ppi
403 ppi
510 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

85.19 %
80.23 %
89.7 %

Screen Protection

N/A
N/A
Yes

Bezel-less Display

Yes with notch
Yes with notch
Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A
N/A
Yes

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

90 %
N/A
94.49 %

Design

Height

159 mm
159.2 mm
162.98 mm

Width

75.1 mm
76.2 mm
76.81 mm

Thickness

8.5 mm
8.4 mm
8.19 mm

Weight

174 grams
165 grams
232 grams

Build Material

Back: Plastic
N/A
Back: Glass

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Good
N/A
Best In Class

Resolution

13 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.9CMOS image sensor
12 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.8IMX486 Exmor-RS CMOS Sensor 1.25µm pixel size
200 MP
Primary Camera105x Digital Zoom 3.7x Optical Zoomf/1.8535 mm focal length LYT 901 0.7µm pixel size
5 MP
f/2.2 Depth Camera
5 MP
Depth Camera
200 MP
f/2.67 Telephoto Camera85 mm focal length 1/1.28" sensor size
5 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera12 mm focal length
N/A
50 MP
f/2.0 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera14 mm focal length

Autofocus

Yes Phase Detection Autofocus
Yes
Yes

OIS

No
N/A
Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash
Yes LED Flash
Yes Dual LED Flash

Image Resolution

4128 x 3096 Pixels
4000 x 3000 Pixels
N/A

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control
N/A
N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
N/A

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus
105 x Digital Zoom
3.7 x Optical Zoom

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps
N/A
8k @30 fps
4k @30/60/120 fps
Full HD @30/60/120 fps

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Very Good
N/A
Best In Class

Resolution

16 MP
f/2.0 Primary Camera1/3.06" sensor size CMOS
8 MP
Primary Camera
50 MP
f/2.45 Primary Camera

Autofocus

No
N/A
N/A

Flash

No
Yes LED Flash
Yes Screen flash

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps
N/A
N/A

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good
N/A
Excellent

Capacity

5000 mAh
4000 mAh
6600 mAh

Battery Type

Li-Polymer
Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 31 Hours(3G)
N/A
N/A

Quick Charging

Yes 15W Fast Charging
N/A
Yes 100W Flash Charging

Wireless Charging

N/A
N/A
Yes 40W Wireless Charging

Battery Test Results

Battery Life (PC Mark) (The higher, the better) PCMark Battery benchmark measures battery life of a phone with various activities such as web browsing, photo editing, writing, video editing, etc.

N/A
N/A
15h 10m

Charging Time (20% to 100%) (The lower, the better)

N/A
N/A
0h 36m 0s

Storage

Internal Storage

32 GB / 64 GB / 128 GB
32 GB
512 GB

Storage Type

eMMC 5.1
N/A
UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 512 GB
Yes Up to 2 TB
N/A

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM
Dual SIM
Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano
SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano
SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

5G Not Supported 4G
5G Not Supported 4G
5G 4G

VoLTE

Yes
Yes
Yes

SIM 1

4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 850(band 5) / 800(band 20)
N/A
5G Bands:
FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78 / N79 / N80 / N81 / N83 / N84 / N89
N/A
N/A
4G Bands:
TD-LTE 3500(band 48) / 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43)
FD-LTE 1700(band 66) / 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26)
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SIM 2

4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 850(band 5) / 800(band 20)
N/A
5G Bands:
FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78 / N79 / N80 / N81 / N83 / N84 / N89
N/A
N/A
4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)
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SAR Value

Head: 0.409 W/kg
N/A
N/A

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) 5GHz
Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n)
Yes Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 be/ax) MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot
Mobile Hotspot
Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v5.0
Yes v4.2
Yes v6.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass
Yes with A-GPS Glonass
Yes with A-GPS Glonass

NFC

No
N/A
Yes

IR Blaster

N/A
N/A
Yes

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm
3.5 mm
USB Type-C

Audio Features

Dolby Atmos
N/A
N/A

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes
Yes
Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

Rear
Rear
On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A
N/A
Ultrasonic

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope
Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Gyroscope
Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

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