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Samsung Galaxy A30 review: Good display but disappointing value
The phone’s sleek design with curved edges make it nice to hold, and glossy finish makes it look premium.
By Karan Bajaj, ET Bureau | May 02, 2019, 04.49 PM IST
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The A30 uses Samsung’s new Exynos 7904 processor.
Rating: 3.5
Price: Rs 16,990

Specs: 6.4-inch super amoled display (2340 x 1080 pixels), octa core Exynos 7904, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage (expandable, dedicated slot), dual SIM, 16MP f1.7 + 5MP f2.2 ultrawide rear camera, 16MP f2.0 front camera, rear fingerprint scanner, USB Type-C, WiFi ac, Bluetooth 5.0, FM radio, 4,000mAh battery, Android 9.0, 165 grams
Pros: Sleek design, great screen, good day-to-day performance, daylight camera capabilities, good battery life, fast charge support
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Cons: Glossy plastic back picks up smudges and scratches easily, camera quality suffers in low light, low speaker output, video recording limited to 1080p
Samsung recently confirmed that the J series range of smartphone will be replaced with the A series. This is one of the reasons we have been seeing an increase in the number of new phones across different price points. The A30 has premium features like amoled display at a mid-range price.

The phone has a 6.4-inch full HD super amoled display with an Infinity U style notch. Samsung makes impressive smartphone displays and this is no exception. The screen is gorgeous with deep blacks and vibrant colour. Plus, the slim bezels on the sides and a small chin adds to the immersive experience for multimedia and gaming. Full marks to Samsung here.

The A30 has a dual rear camera with 16MP f1.7 primary sensor and a secondary ultra-wide 5MP sensor.
The A30 uses Samsung’s new Exynos 7904 processor which we saw first on the Galaxy M20. Our review unit came with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage along with a 4,000mAh battery. Like the M20, the Galaxy A30 can handle most games. PUBG and Asphalt 9 will work on medium settings without an issue.

Even for day-to-day use, the A30 is a capable performer. If you try to tax it with multiple apps in the background, you will see some sluggishness. While this may not be a deal-breaker on a Rs13k Galaxy M20, this is an issue on a Rs 17k phone like this. A Rs14k Redmi Note 7 pro with Snapdragon 675 will soundly thrash the Exynos 7904 in terms of outright performance. Thankfully, battery life is stellar – we regularly got a full day of battery life with around 20-25% spare. If you use the phone with battery saving enabled, it easily lasts a day and a half.
In the camera department, the A30 has a dual rear camera with 16MP f1.7 primary sensor and a secondary ultra-wide 5MP sensor. It’s nice to have that ultra-wide lens, especially in the sub-Rs20k segment since it opens up more shooting options. The image quality from the A30’s camera is great: daylight photos have excellent details and natural colour. In low light, the photos were well lit thanks to the wide aperture but on closer inspection you will see that they lack detail. Live focus mode for portraits also works better in daylight – good amount of bokeh but the edge detection is not the best we have seen. Video recording quality from the rear camera is good but is limited to full HD resolution and does not have any electronic image stabilization.

If you use the phone with battery saving enabled, it easily lasts a day and a half.
There are several things we did like on the Galaxy A30. It’s got a sleek design with curved edges which makes it nice to hold. The glossy finish looks premium, the fingerprint scanner is fast and the face unlock is better than the M series phones. What we did not like was that the glossy plastic back panel picks up smudges/scratches very quickly – it has several scratches within a week of careful use. Also, the loudspeaker volume is low. Sound from videos was hard to hear at full volume in an office environment.
At Rs 17k, the Galaxy A30 seems overpriced compared to Samsung’s own Galaxy M30. The M30 gives you a triple camera, larger 5,000mAh battery and similar hardware for Rs 14,999. You can also consider the Oppo K1 in the same price segment – it has an in-display fingerprint scanner, a better Snapdragon 660 processor and equally good cameras.

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Submarine found in Pacific Ocean with $165 million in cocaine, Coast Guard says
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Sep 24, 2019, 12:10 PM ET

WATCH: Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.
A submarine in the Pacific Ocean was found with over 12,000 pounds of cocaine worth over $165 million dollars, officials said.

The vessel was intercepted by officials with the U.S. Coast Guard, who arrested four suspected drug smugglers, the Coast Guard said in a statement announcing the apprehension.

Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant, along with members of the Coast Guard Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team, launched two small boats to board the 40-foot self-propelled semi-submersible ship on Sept. 5.

Officials recovered 1,100 pounds of cocaine which was offloaded to the Valiant during operations, the Coast Guard said. The remaining cocaine could not be safely extracted because the submarine was unstable.


Bales of cocaine seized from a suspected smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific lie on the deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Valiant in September 2019.
"There are no words to describe the feeling Valiant crew is experiencing right now," said Cmdr. Matthew Waldron, the ship’s commanding officer, in the statement.



The drug bust is one of several the U.S. Coast Guard has made this month.


Members of a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Valiant boarding team transfer narcotics between an interceptor boat and a suspected smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific in September 2019.
The Coast Guard Cutter Seneca offloaded more than 12,000 pounds of cocaine on Sept. 20 in Miami.

Two other Coast Guard vessels, the Tahoma and the Midgett, were responsible for seizing over 9,000 pounds of the drug earlier this month.

"These down range counter-drug operations are a vital component to the Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security’s mission and our national security," commander of the Seneca, John Christensen, said in a statement.

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The closed Thomas Cook check-in desks at London Gatwick Airport in Crawley, England, on Monday.
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Thomas Cook, the world’s oldest travel company, suddenly collapsed on Monday, stranding hundreds of thousands of passengers across the world.

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The British company, which has been operating since 1841 but in recent years has been struggling under $2 billion in debt, entered liquidation after failing to secure a deal with creditors and being denied a government bailout. All of its flights were canceled, and thousands of employees found themselves without work.

The chaotic scenes did not come at British airports—passengers who had not yet left were warned not to show up—but from airports abroad, where as many as 500,000 customers (at least 150,000 of whom were British residents) were stranded without a return trip home. The result: The British government is now conducting what is being called the country’s largest ever peacetime repatriation effort.


On Monday, the U.K.’s Civil Aviation Authority began organizing for British tourists to be flown back. The CAA said it expects to run 1,000 flights from 55 destinations to retrieve the British passengers. Some passengers are still waiting for guidance and worried about the possibility they may not recoup the cost of their vacations. (Thomas Cook operated its own airline, hotels, and resorts, but it also booked hotels and other travel amenities from third parties in its popular vacation packages). Many customers are guaranteed their money back under a British financial protection scheme that safeguards most package holidays sold by British businesses. Non-British travelers may have other aid from their home countries or travel insurance.

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Some vacationers were reportedly temporarily held captive at one hotel.
Customers who booked hotels but not flights through Thomas Cook learned on Monday that they would have to pay the full price themselves. Several vacationers who stayed at one hotel in Tunis reported that when they tried during the weekend to head out for their flights home, the hotel barred them from leaving the property, demanding they pay fees they said they were owed by Thomas Cook.

One man described it as a “hostage” situation with four security guards holding the gates closed to prevent anyone leaving, according to the BBC. Two people recalled that one elderly woman had to pay the hotel more than $2,500 in fees on top of the full cost of her stay. The vacationers said the British Embassy got involved in the dispute, and the hotel eventually allowed them to leave. Thomas Cook said on Twitter that it had refunded customers who paid extra fees with credit cards, and the CAA has reassured hotels with Thomas Cook customers that they would be paid through the British financial protection plan for travel.


According to Reuters, authorities in the country have said that Thomas Cook owes Tunisian hotels $66 million for stays booked in July and August. There are still about 4,500 Thomas Cook customers in the country.

A couple was promised a “special surprise” for their wedding.
A 29-year-old man named Thomas Cook booked his wedding package with the company last year. He told reporters that the operator who booked his trip promised him a “special surprise” because of his shared name.

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Now Cook and his partner, Amelia Binch, are unsure what will happen without the company that organized their ceremony. They are scheduled to be married on Friday on the Greek island of Rhodes, but many family and friends who planned to get there on Thomas Cook flights no longer can. Cook and Binch also have not received information about the flowers, decorations, cake, and entertainment that were part of the package they bought. The couple is stuck in Rhodes, unsure if they’ll be able to get married at all.

Thousands of tourists are stranded on Greek Islands.
Cook and Binch were not the only customers to be left stranded in Greece. The country’s tourism ministry said about 50,000 tourists were stuck there, mainly on its islands.

Spain, Turkey, and Tunisia also have large numbers of people in need of transport. The immediate concern is getting home stranded passengers, but those countries are expecting a financial hit in the longer term from the loss of British tourism. Turkey’s hotels expect to lose more than 600,000 tourists annually, according to Reuters.

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“Now, to complete the stage, NASA will add the four RS-25 engines and complete the final integrated avionics and propulsion functional tests,” SLS stages manager Julie Bassler said. “This is an exciting time as we finish the first-time production of the complex core stage that will provide the power to send the Artemis I mission to the Moon.”


The last piece added was the engine section located at the bottom of the 212-foot-tall core stage. NASA said it is one of the most complicated pats of the rocket including systems for mounting, controlling and delivering fuel from the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellant tanks.

“Boeing expects to complete final assembly of the Artemis I core stage in December,” said Jennifer Boland-Masterson, Boeing operations director at MAF. “After we deliver the stage, NASA will transport it on the agency’s Pegasus barge from Michoud to NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, for Green Run testing.

During Green Run testing, engineers will install the core stage into a vertical test stand for a series of firing tests ending in a firing of all four engines. That will test the engines, fuel lines, valves, pressurization system and software needed for a successful launch.

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