Cubot A30

The Cubot A30 has a height of 170.4 mm and a width of 77.5 mm, with a thickness of 9.6 mm and a total volume of 126.7776 cm³. It weighs 216 g, which is fairly typical for a handset of this size. The device does not feature a rugged build and cannot be folded, and it offers no water resistance, meaning it carries no protection rating against moisture or dust exposure.

The Cubot A30 features a 6.75-inch LCD IPS touchscreen with a resolution of 720 x 1600 px and a pixel density of 260 ppi, paired with a 90Hz refresh rate for smoother on-screen motion. The display does not include branded damage-resistant glass, and it lacks support for HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, and Always-On Display functionality. Notably, the device also includes a secondary screen with a resolution of 360 x 360 px.

The Cubot A30 is driven by the Unisoc T616 chipset, built on a 12 nm process and configured as an octa-core processor with two cores clocked at 2 GHz and six efficiency cores at 1.8 GHz across 8 threads, using big.LITTLE technology. It is paired with 6GB of DDR4 RAM running at 1866 MHz, 128GB of eMMC 5.1 internal storage, and supports up to 14GB of memory in total with a maximum bandwidth of 14.928 GB/s and 1 MB of L3 cache. Graphics are handled by the integrated Mali G57 MP1 GPU with a turbo clock of 750 MHz, supporting OpenGL ES 3.2 and OpenCL 2. The chipset also includes integrated LTE and TrustZone security, supports 64-bit processing, and achieves Geekbench 5 scores of 380 single-core and 1391 multi-core.

The Cubot A30 is equipped with a single-lens 48 MP rear camera supported by phase-detection autofocus, touch autofocus, and continuous autofocus during video recording, along with a single LED flash. Manual controls are available for focus, exposure, ISO, and white balance, and the camera also supports HDR mode, burst shooting, and in-camera panoramas. Optical zoom is not available, and the rear camera lacks optical image stabilization, a BSI sensor, a CMOS sensor, laser autofocus, slow-motion video recording, manual shutter speed, RAW capture, timelapse, HDR10 or Dolby Vision recording, and 3D photo or video capabilities. On the front, a 16 MP single-lens camera handles selfies, though it has no dedicated flash and is not positioned under the display.

The Cubot A30 runs Android 14, an open-source platform that supports multi-user operation, voice commands, offline voice recognition, on-device machine learning, and device tracking. On the privacy side, it includes clipboard warnings, location privacy controls, and camera and microphone access management, though it does not offer Mail Privacy Protection or cross-site tracking blocking. Customization options are broad, covering theme customization, dynamic theming, dark mode, extra dim mode, widgets, and customizable notifications, while focus modes, app offloading, Wi-Fi password sharing, and Quick Start are not available. Day-to-day usability is aided by split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, full-page screenshots, a media picker, sharing intents, a child lock, Live Text, and the ability to play games while they download. Direct OS updates from the vendor are not supported.

The Cubot A30 houses a rechargeable 5100 mAh battery with a battery level indicator to keep track of remaining charge. The battery is non-removable and does not support either wireless charging or fast charging, meaning it relies solely on standard wired charging to replenish power.

The Cubot A30 includes a 3.5 mm audio jack for wired headphone connectivity, but it does not feature stereo speakers, relying instead on a single speaker for audio output. On the wireless audio side, none of the advanced Bluetooth codecs are supported — aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, and LDAC are all absent. The device also does not include a built-in radio.

The Cubot A30 supports dual SIM cards and connects wirelessly via Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) and Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), with download speeds of up to 300 MBits/s and upload speeds of up to 100 MBits/s. Bluetooth 5 is on board, and the device uses a USB Type-C port for wired connectivity, while HDMI output is not available. For location, it includes GPS with Galileo support, though it lacks a compass, gyroscope, barometer, and any form of motion or optical tracking. Security is handled by a fingerprint scanner, while 3D facial recognition and an iris scanner are absent. The device also has an accelerometer and an external memory slot, but does not support NFC, 5G, ANT+, a heart rate monitor, infrared sensor, DLNA, crash detection, emergency SOS via satellite, or a built-in projector, and no stylus is included.

The Cubot A30 includes a video light to assist with recording in low-light conditions. The display is flat rather than curved and uses neither sapphire glass nor an e-paper panel.