Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 75 | 88.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Microsoft | Samsung |
| Windows 10 Mobile | Android 11, 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2015-10-06 | 2019-03-08 |
| 5.98 x 3.09 x 0.32 inches | 5.90 x 2.77 x 0.31 inches |
| 5.82 ounces | 5.54 ounces |
| Black and White | Flamingo pink, Prism black, Prism blue, Prism green and Prism white |
| Plastic | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 325.00 | $ 281.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.7 inches | 6.1 inches |
| 1440 x 2560 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) | 3040 x 1440 pixels |
| AMOLED | Dynamic AMOLED |
| 515 pixels per inch | 551 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.4 | 8.9 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Single-Core 2000 MHz) processor | Kryo 485, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Adreno 430 GPU | Adreno 640 GPU |
| 8.37 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 200 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 8.56 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 20.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 10.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.50 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.42 inches (1/2.4") sensor | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 10.34 | 10.23 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3340mAh Battery | 3400mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | Wireless Charging |
| 288 hours standby time 25 hours talk time | -- |
| 5.28 | 5.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy S10 is much better than Lumia 950 XL, having a global score of 88.3 against 75. The Samsung Galaxy S10 is a noticeably newer cellphone, and it's also a bit lighter and a bit thinner than the Lumia 950 XL. Samsung Galaxy S10 has Android 11 operating system, and Lumia 950 XL counts with Windows 10 Mobile operating system.
The Lumia 950 XL features a bit better looking screen than Galaxy S10, although it has a quite inferior pixels amount per inch of display, a bit worse resolution of 2560 x 1440px and a quite smaller screen. Galaxy S10 features much more memory to store more games and applications than Microsoft Lumia 950 XL, because it has a slot for external memory cards that holds a maximum of 512 GB and 96 GB more internal memory.
Galaxy S10 counts with a more powerful processor than Microsoft Lumia 950 XL, because it has a larger number of faster cores and a larger amount of RAM memory. The Galaxy S10 has a bit superior battery performance than Microsoft Lumia 950 XL, because it has a 2% more battery capacity. Lumia 950 XL features a bit better camera than Galaxy S10, because although it has slower 30 frames per second video frame rates and a way smaller aperture which is not good for capturing images or videos in low-light situations, and they both have the same (4K) video definition, the Lumia 950 XL also counts with a bigger back camera sensor which provides a better image and video quality and a lot higher 20 mega pixels resolution camera.
In addition to being the best phone between the ones we are comparing here, Samsung Galaxy S10 is also the cheapest.
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