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Last updated: June 12th, 2019 at 16:14 UTC+02:00
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However, the Galaxy A50 does have an upper hand, especially as it has a lower price for the base model. It comes with a Super AMOLED display, a bigger battery, and, most importantly, a headphone jack. The Galaxy M40 is Samsung's first budget phone that's missing the headphone jack. Samsung India told us that not having a headphone jack allowed them to make the device just 7.9 mm thick, the slimmest in the segment, but consumers won't see it like that. Not to mention the A50 has a 7.7 mm profile and a 0.1-inch larger screen along with a headphone jack.
The M40 also has an LCD display instead of a Super AMOLED panel and a battery smaller than that of the A50, which is a shame considering one of the best features of the Galaxy M20 and M30 was their 5,000 mAh battery. It gets points for the Snapdragon 675 under the hood, along with a higher-resolution primary rear camera, but that's pretty much it. And, well, the physical fingerprint sensor is also an advantage. Optical in-display fingerprint sensors, like the one in the Galaxy A50, are quite inaccurate and slow, making them a very poor alternative to physical sensors.
We'll have a proper verdict on whether the Galaxy M40 can hold its own against the Galaxy A50 in our full review, but for now, we've put together a table to show you how the spec sheets of the two phones compare. You can also check how the M40 compares to its predecessors (the M10, M20, and M30) and see our initial impressions of the device.
Specs | Galaxy A50 | Galaxy M40 |
Display | 6.4-inch Infinity-U Super AMOLED, Full HD+ 1080×2340 pixels, 19:9 | 6.3-inch Infinity-O LCD, Full HD+ 1080×2340 pixels, 19:9 |
Processor | Exynos 9610, octa-core (4×2.3GHz Cortex-A73, 4×1.6GHz Cortex-A53), Mali-G72 MP3 GPU | Snapdragon 675, octa-core (2×2.0GHz Kyro 460 Gold, 6×1.7GHz Kyro 260 Silver), Adreno 612 GPU |
RAM | 4/6GB | 6GB |
Rear Camera | Camera 1: 25MP, F1.7
Camera 2: 8MP ultra-wide (123 degrees), F2.2 Advertisement
Camera 3: 5MP depth, F2.2 |
Camera 1: 32MP, F1.7
Camera 2: 8MP ultra-wide (123 degrees), F2.2 Advertisement
Camera 3: 5MP depth, F2.2 |
Front Camera | 25MP, F2.0 | 16MP, F2.0 |
Storage | 64GB, microSD slot (up to 512GB) | 128GB, microSD slot (up to 512GB) |
Software | Android 9 Pie, Samsung One UI 1.1 | Android 9 Pie, Samsung One UI 1.1 |
Battery | 4,000 mAh, fast wired charging (15 watts) | 3,500 mAh, fast wired charging (15W) |
Connectivity | 4G LTE, Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, USB Type-C, 3.5mm headphone jack, dual SIM | 4G LTE, Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, USB Type-C, Hybrid dual SIM slot |
Dimensions | 158.5×74.7×7.7 mm, 186g | – |
Other features | Dolby Atmos (wired audio), facial recognition, in-display optical fingerprint sensor | Dolby Atmos (wired audio), facial recognition, fingerprint sensor (rear) |
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Abhijeet's writing career started with guides for custom firmware for Samsung devices (including the original Galaxy S), and he moved to SamMobile in mid-2013 and worked up the ranks to Editor-in-chief. In addition to phones and mobile devices, his interests include gaming on both PC and console, PC hardware, and spending countless hours on YouTube watching videos on tech, movies, games, politics, and internet dramas.
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