“Samsung” is gearing up hard for this upcoming festive season in India. This new venture is apparent through the subsequent launch of its new and upgraded M30s smartphone which seems big on everything. With the Galaxy M30s, Samsung wishes to take a different approach to change how users perceive the charging period as an utter waste of time.
Besides the gigantic battery, the M30s has a lot to offer such as a triple camera 48MP sensor setup, a Super AMOLED display and more. So is this “S” enough to justify an upgrade over the M30 launched earlier, let’s check it out!
The phone comes at an amazing price of ₹13,999 for the 4GB RAM + 64GB and ₹16,999 for the 6GB RAM + 128GB configuration.
Design
The design of Galaxy M30s is a cleverly crafted to facilitate an easy grip and an ergonomic feel to it. The form factor with its sleekier built and rounded corners makes the 6.4-inch smartphone barely gigantic in hand. There is a fingerprint sensor that is placed on the back beside a square triple camera setup on the left. The overall weight is well balanced and comes in around 188 grams in total.
The Super AMOLED Full HD+ sets a benchmark with its class-leading quality. The display has always been the strong point of the Galaxy series as it pumps out vivid colours and lifelike colour saturation. Gaming or binge-watching shows over Netflix with a pair of headphones feel an ultimate expression of joy.
Camera
The M30s gets a major upgrade in terms of a new more powerful 48MP primary sensor, 8MP Ultra-Wide sensor and a 5MP depth sensor.
The camera app has dedicated mode for low light imaging which works beautifully under a tinge of background light. The camera can record 4K videos, Super Slow-Mo videos, Super Steady mode and a Hyper lapse mode. We tested each of these modes to check the competence of these software features and how well they perform. All these features work well and provided some splendid results as the videos came out to be super stable and crisp at the same time.
When it comes to photography the rear camera setup performs subpar than the given competition like the Redmi Note or Realme X series smartphones. We felt the images could be a bit sharper and on a colourful side of the spectrum. The photos seem quite good under sufficient daylight with an ideal amount of contrast and detail to it. The wide-angle shots were acceptable given the sensor managed to capture a far wider range of objects in the background. However, the images were grainy and lacked the clarity, which was apparent on zooming on the shots at a later stage.
The front-facing 16MP camera placed under the Infinity-U notch on top of the screen works similar to the back unit. The images were perfect for social media use and seemed quite refreshing after adding a filter on the top.
Performance
The Exynos 9611 system-on-chip (SoC) on the new M30s is not a major leap away from its earlier iteration but gets some minor uplift in terms of power. It runs on Android 9 Pie based on One UI that we have grown accustomed to since quite a while now. The UI is simple and easy to operate with its no-nonsense clutter-free design. The use of bigger and more prominent app icons is a great little detail that looks very cool and helps easy navigation.
Gaming performance was right in the ballpark of what we found using the M30, it handled all the medium titles without a hitch but suffered through an occasional lag or frame drop while running intensive titles like PUBG or Asphalt 9.
Battery
The most prominent feature of the M30s is its 6000mAh battery unit. This is something quite unheard of in the smartphone territory. This battery is aided with the efficient power optimisation to deliver a standby time of over 2 days. In our in-house use, we easily found the smartphone to last us a good 2 days’ worth of use which included some movies, playing games and a bit of social media.
The massive battery also supports quick charging through the 15W adapter given in the box. This helps juice up the battery in under 1 ½ hour.
Gizmo Verdict
The Galaxy M30s is a worthy upgrade over the M30 in all departments, be it camera, screen size or battery size. It can easily handle the excruciating hours of streaming, gaming and camera use, apart from the usual social media use. The blemishes of the sub-par camera never overshadow the usefulness of the M30s smartphone. It’s the perfect companion for a user who doesn’t want the tangled experience that comes from the frequent need for charging.
