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Microsoft Lumia 950 Review

    See other variants reviews Score: 74.1 / 100

Microsoft Lumia 950 is a wonderful Windows phone launched back in the year 2015, which features a quite big 5.2-inches capacitive screen, a very fast CPU clocking at 1.8 GHz, and two cameras, a 20 mega-pixels back facing camera and a 5 MP front side camera. Let's take a closer look at what this phone offers to us.

This cellphone is only 5.71 inches long and 2.88" wide, but it still manages to hold a 5.2 inches display. Being just 0.32 inches thick,this cellphone is extremely thin and comfortable. Microsoft sells this phone in black and white. The Microsoft Lumia 950 is much lighter than what you would expect from a device like this. Talking about its aspect, the Lumia 950 is majorly manufactured with plastic.

This phone includes an awesome 5.2 inches display with a 2560 x 1440 (Quad HD / 2K) resolution, which makes all images and videos look perfect. Its display uses AMOLED capacitive technology, and can detect multi touch gestures.

Microsoft ships this cellphone with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 MSM8992 system chip, holding an extremely fast 1800 megahertz CPU and a big 3 GB of RAM. This phone has a great 32 GB internal storage and an SD extension slot, enough to install hundreds of applications and even the largest games available nowadays without even thinking about filling the cellphone.

This phone features WiFi capability (and it can be provided to other devices acting as a mobile hotspot), LTE-A 4G , a really fast connection and also HSPA+ data connection (which is a lower speed 4G type) and fast 3G internet connection, over HSDPA, HSUPA and EDGE technologies. This device supports dual SIM cards so it is able to work with 2 different phone lines at the same time.

This cellphone has two cameras, a 20 MP back side camera and a 5 mega-pixels front side camera. Its back side camera has a maximum 1.9 aperture so it can take awesome photos even in dark environments. It also captures 3840x2160 4K videos at 30 frames per second. This camera also includes a couple of useful features like auto-focus, flash, optical image stabilization, face detection shooting and geo tagging.

This cellphone also features a great numbre of great features such as Wireless charging capability, NFC, Bluetooth (for communication with other cellphones, computers and accessories) and GPS Navigation, and lots of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Barometer and Compass.

This device counts with amassive 3000 mAh replaceable battery that provides this phone an incredible battery life. Microsoft informs a 23 hs talk time and a 288 hs stand by time for this phone.

This phone may not be a great choice considering it costs $ 309, while some similar cellphones can be found for less money. It doesn't matter whether you are looking for a gamer cellphone, are looking for a phone for work, want this phone to take plenty of pictures or want a social phone, you will definitely love this phone.



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:Microsoft
Operating System (OS):Windows 10 Mobile
Variant:See other variants reviews
Dimensions:5.71 x 2.88 x 0.32 inchesMetric14.5 x 7.32 x 0.81 cmImperial
Weight:5.29 ouncesMetric149.97 gImperial
Colors:Black and White
Materials:Plastic
Scratch Resistant Glass:Yes
Release date:2015-10-06
Price:$ 309.00

Display

Screen Type:AMOLED (16M colors)
Size:5.2 inchesMetric13.2 cmImperial
Resolution:1440 x 2560 pixels (Quad HD / 2K)
Pixel density:565 pixels per inchMetric222.44 pixels per cmImperial
Touch screen:Capacitive, Multi-touch

Hardware

Chipset:Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 MSM8992
Processor:ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Single-Core 1800 MHz)
RAM Memory:3 GB (933 MHz)
Graphics Processor:Adreno 418
Internal Memory:32 GB
SD Card Slot:microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 200 GB)

Battery

Removable:Yes
Capacity:3000 mAh
Wireless Charging:Yes
Stand-by Time:288 hours
Talk Time:23 hours

Camera

Back camera:20 megapixels
    Aperture:f/1.90
    Focal length:26mm (35mm equivalence)
    Sensor size:0.42 inches (1/2.4")
    Flash:Yes
Front camera:5 megapixels
Max video resolution:3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K)
Camera features:Auto-Focus, Face Detection Shooting, Geo Tagging and Optical Image Stabilization

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
    Mobile Hotspot:Yes
SIM Card Type:Nano SIM
Dual SIM:Yes
LTE (4G) Bands:700 (band 12), 700 (band 17), 700 (band 28), 800 (band 20), 850 (band 5), 900 (band 8), 1700/2100 (band 4), 1800 (band 3), 1900 (band 2), 2100 (band 1), 2600 (band 7)
UMTS Bands:850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100
GSM Bands:850, 900, 1800, 1900
Technologies:LTE-A (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM

Other Features

Bluetooth:Version 4.1
GPS:Yes
NFC (Near Field Communication):Yes
Sensors:Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor