Samsung Galaxy A30S vs Samsung Galaxy A31: Should You Upgrade? By TechDaily

What's going on guys, my name is Wade with tech daily and in this video we're going to be comparing the Samsung Galaxy a 30s to the new Samsung Galaxy, a 31 to see if it's worth the upgrade now what the 30s is sort of an interesting phone for a couple of reasons. First, off this device was released towards the end of last year. It's really only a few months old now and a lot of folks probably just picked up this phone, which is sort of unfortunate timing. Given that the a31 has now hit the market, however, the 30s is kind of a weird phone, because it's an upgrade to the 30 in some ways, actually a downgrade from the 30 in other ways, and it may not necessarily even be a direct competitor or fair comparison when stacked up against the new, a 31. There's a lot to consider here, and I'll do my best to unpack it all, but enough talking, let's just go ahead and jump into it here and see what these phones have to offer. First off: let's talk about pricing and availability.

Like I said the 30 s came out in September 2019, which makes this phone about eight months old and depending on where in the world you are located, you might have paid anywhere between 220 and 300 dollars, maybe even a little more for this phone right. Now, though, the 30 s seems to have settled to just over 200 bucks on places like Amazon. There are a couple of listings that range from about two hundred twelve dollars to two hundred and twenty-one with like an SD card, bundled in and that's the price range all used for this comparison, the 31, on the other hand, was just launched, and at least right now, this device retails for between 250 and 260 bucks, similar to where the 30s was kind of priced originally realistically going with the 30 s, will likely save you a little of money, maybe 20 or 30 bucks, though, for all intents and purposes midway through 2020 right now. These phones are still priced pretty close to one another. So that's definitely something to consider and by the way, if you are interested in doing some comparison, shopping of your own- or maybe you want to pick up one of these devices for yourself I will have links down below to where you can buy these phones at their cheapest.

Current prices so be sure to check down there. So you don't miss out on any good deals. This both of these phones look pretty similar and while we maybe didn't get be totally new redesign with the 831 like we had hoped, there are a couple of design changes that I think modernized this phone just a bit. One aspect that has remained the same, though, is the materials, because these phones are still a series phones which is Samsung's budget line. They are made from an all plastic housing.

The shiny finish on both phones is made to mimic glass and overall I do think they're great looking phones, but you don't get any upgrades going with the 831. It is still a budget build the fit and finish is a little different and actually the overall design more closely resembles the more expensive a 51 and a 71 phones now, which I think is kind of nice and a couple other things you might notice to. The a31 has a slightly sharper rectangular body, which I think makes the phone appear taller, even though the dimensions are pretty close, they're off by a couple millimeters in every direction between the two phones, but nothing dramatic. The biggest change actually is with the weights. The 31 is almost a full ounce, heavier than the 30s, but both visually and in the hand, both the 30s and the 31 are very similar phones up front.

The only thing you'll really notice here is the fact that the 831 gets a slightly smaller notch for the front camera. All the 830's has that v-shaped cutout, that's more elongated across the top and in this case I. Definitely like the 831 s. Look better. The rest of the design with the screens, though, are mostly the same with similarly sized bezels all around and both phones still retaining a slightly larger, lower chin area.

Like I said already I. Think most people are disappointed with the fact that the a31 didn't get a proper infinity oak camera cut out, slimmer, bezels or an actually refreshed design. But honestly, what we do get here, I think, is still pretty solid for a 20/20 budget device. Taking a look around at everything else. Both phones have the same sim and SD card tray located on the left side on the right.

You'll find the volume switches and power buttons down below there's the same headphone jack, USB, C, charging, port and single speaker setup at around. Of course, you have the camera modules. Obviously, we've got some differences here, and I'll go more end up with these changes in just a minute, underneath the displays both phones have an end display fingerprint reader, which is pretty nice now. What I'm about to say might be controversial, but this is just what I've personally found in my own testing, the a30 s's fingerprint reader seems to be consistently faster than the 831 s. The reason for that I believe is that these homes do have different displays, so it makes sense that there might be a difference, though I'm surprised it's in this way, for whatever reason, the 30s just seems to get the job done better.

Now, conversely, with face unlock, it's the 31 that is often faster this time around. Now, it's actually not every single time, more often than not they're actually pretty close, but the 31 seems to have the edge every once in a while. While we are talking about a fraction of a second with both unlocking methods, which probably isn't a huge deal, it is at least something worth considering now. Let's actually talk about that displays themselves on these two phones, because we're really dealing with two completely different things. First, off the 30s offers a 15 60 by 720 resolution screen.

It packs about 268 pixels per inch into its 6.4 inch form factor, but even at 720p resolution it is still a Super AMOLED panel. The 31, on the other hand, is a full 2400 by 1080 resolution, cramming significantly more pixels per inch 411 into the same six point. Four inch form factor, and it too is a Super AMOLED panel. With this comparison, there's sort of two sides to the story. If we're talking quality and resolution, obviously the a31 is going to have the advantage.

It's a sharper, more crisp, looking picture in all accounts because of the higher resolution, no matter what you're. Looking at text images YouTube videos games whatever it is. It's going to look better on the a31 and to be completely honest, I think most. Anyone who looks at these phones side by side from a normal viewing distance would be able to tell that. But you could also make the argument that going with the lower has some advantages because the phone isn't pushing so many pixels.

You may be getting better battery life, and you may be able to utilize the other internal specs like the processor and RAM for other tasks and in some instances a lower resolution display on a comparable phone would sometimes mean its price lower. But in this case the 30s doesn't offer too much of a price advantage. To be completely honest, though I don't know that any of those so-called advantages of a 720p display mean you should choose the 30s over the 31 they're, both AMOLED screens, which is awesome, and they both look great but for practically the same price get the 31. If the display is at all important to you, it's the better choice and I, don't see any real reason to consider the 30s in this regard realistically I'm not entirely sure why Samsung even decided to put a 720p screen in the 30s at all, since the 30 even had a 1080p display. If anyone can enlighten me on that feel free to.

Let me know in the comments, but I really just don't understand it when it comes to the internal specs. Once again, we've got some differences here, like you might expect. First, off with the batteries viii, RDS packs a four thousand William capacity, while the a31 offers a five thousand William battery inside now, again, there's sort of two points to make a higher resolution display on the 831 and more powerful internal specs might require a bigger battery to keep all that extra stuff powered, but in real world use, I'm seeing better battery life overall on the 31 anyway by at least an hour or two, so I. Don't consider that a real argument when it comes to battery life and power, the 31 is just the clear winner and when you need to do sup, both phones, utilize, the 15 watt, fast charging standard to do so powering the 830 s is the Enos 7904 processor paired with the Mali g71 GPU and a choice of either three or four gigabytes of RAM. The a31 has the MediaTek hello p 65 processors, paired with the Mali g52 GPU and either 4 or 6 gigabytes of RAM.

Both phones run Android, 10 and Samsung's updated one UI ?, and while the a31 is technically going to be the more powerful device on paper, the difference, I think isn't always so clear when launching stock, Android apps and just generally interacting with the UI, the phones are pretty close in load times. The 8:31 has a slight advantage, usually, but every once in a while a webpage or a third-party app, the 30s will actually come out ahead. I think this is kind of surprising I guess I was expecting a bit more, but remember the 30s isn't that old of a phone after all, it hasn't even been out for a year yet so the performance difference realistically I guess shouldn't be that drastic I still think the 30s is a really solid phone, even as you start to push it a bit harder with more apps and games and if you're thinking about getting the 31 strictly as a performance upgrade. Maybe if you go with 6 gigs of ram, you might get the boost you're looking for but I, don't know that that's really worth it. In the end.

These phones are pretty close when it comes to performance and I. Don't really think jumping to the a31 is worth it in this case. A couple other things to note: neither phone has wireless charging capabilities, neither phone has any waterproofing or IP rating, and neither phone has any upgraded speakers just the one single one down below so no changes with any of that stuff. In regard to the cameras again, this is where we see some interesting upgrades, although I do still think the 30s is a pretty capable picture and video taker. This phone has a triple lens setup, which consists of a twenty-five megapixel F 1.7 aperture main lens, an 8 megapixel F, 2.2, aperture, ultra-wide camera and a 5 megapixel depth sensor. The a31 has a new quad camera setup, which is made up of an upgraded 48, megapixel, f, 2.0, aperture main shooter, the same 8 megapixel F, 2.2, wide-angle lens the same five megapixel depth, sensing lens and a new 5 megapixel macro lens for super up-close photography with both phones having basically the same shooting modes, no 4k capabilities, but HDR pro mode and a couple of other things. The advantage is still going to fall with the a31 for two reasons: first, off the upgraded main camera lens and improved internal specs allow for each picture and video you take.

So you take in a lot more detail. You're going to get just sharper images and videos overall with the a31 every single time, and you've got one additional shooting mode macro on the 831. So if you want to shoot something really up close, you could do that too. Well, the 30s I think still has a good camera setup altogether. Samsung put a lot of effort into upgrading the set-up on their 20/20, a series lineup and with the 31 in particular, you get I think the best value camera set up across the entire lineup now up front.

It's a similar story. The 30s offers a 16 megapixel F 2.0 aperture selfie camera, while the 31 has an upgraded 20, megapixel, F, 2.2, shooter and once again like I mentioned the big thing. You'll notice is detail with this quick example. Here you can easily see how much sharper everything looks, especially in my face and that stems from the better lens and improved internal specs and processing power with the 31 all in all, I do genuinely think the 31 has a noticeable and worthwhile camera upgrade all around when compared to the 30s. So here are my final thoughts.

The 30s is a weird phone and honestly, probably shouldn't exist as it is. It's like sort of upgrade to the 30, but not really, and when you compare it to the 31 I think all in all the 31 is the far better buy. If you don't have either of these phones yet go for the 31, it's the better choice for the money, especially since these phones are so close in price. If you already have an 30s, maybe you just bought it, or maybe you bought it when it first came out if you're happy with it, that's fine, but the 31 I think is going to be one of the few new 2020 a series devices. That's genuinely worth the upgrade over all of last year's similar a series phones, if you can make the jump, I'd, recommend it and looking ahead, maybe later in the year around the holidays.

For example, if you have the eight 30s, the 31 is still definitely going to be a good purchase. If you want to wait a bit longer to upgrade so there you go. That's everything you need to know about the 30s and a 31. What do you guys think is the 31, a worthwhile upgrade I'd love to know your thoughts, of course down below in the comments, but hopefully you guys did enjoy this video be sure to follow tech daily on Twitter and subscribe to tech daily YouTube channel? If you haven't already, and I'll see you guys later.

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