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Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Review

    See other variants reviews Score: 74.7 / 100

Microsoft Lumia 950 XL is a wonderful phone released in November 2015, coming with a big size 5.7-inches display, a great 2000 megahertz Octa-Core CPU, and two cameras, a 20 megapixels back facing camera and a 5 mega-pixels front-facing camera.

This cellphone feels much lighter than what you expect from a phone this size. The Microsoft Lumia 950 XL is extremely thin and practical, with a thickness of just 0.32". This phone is just 5.98" long, but it is able to fit a a 5.7 inches display. This phone is for sale in 2 color options, black and white. About its materials, the Microsoft Lumia 950 XL is mainly created with Plastic .

Microsoft designed this cellphone with an awesome 5.7" screen, and a resolution of 1440 x 2560 (Quad HD / 2K), giving this cellphone a delightful graphic quality.

Microsoft decided to equip this phone with a great 2 gigahertz Octa-Core processing unit, bundled in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 chip with a big 3 GB RAM. This cellphone has a 32 GB huge internal storage memory and a slot for an SD memory card, more than enough to store lots of applications, games, songs, pictures and videos without worrying about running out of space.

This cellphone has wifi capability (which can be shared with other devices around, as a mobile hotspot), LTE-A 4G high bandwidth connection type and also HSPA+ connection type (a lower speed 4G network) and 3G fast connectivity, supported by HSDPA and HSUPA technologies. This device uses 2 Nano SIM cards to be able to to work with 2 different carriers or phone numbers.

This cellphone is equipped with two cameras, a 20 mega-pixels back facing camera and a 5 MP front camera. Its back facing camera has a f/1.9 aperture so it can shoot clear photographs even in dark conditions. It is also able to film 4K 3840x2160 videos at 30 fps, and 1280x720 HD slow motion videos at 120 frames per second. To complete the camera, it also features auto-focus.

This cellphone packs a high capacity 3340 mAh battery that can keep this device running for many hours and even reach the end of the day without charging it at all.

This phone also features a great numbre of cool features as Wireless charging capability, NFC (to trigger actions, transfer data or make payments by holding your phone close to another NFC device or tag), Bluetooth (4.1 ), GPS Navigation and FM Radio, and lots of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Barometer and Compass.

Microsoft sells this cellphone for 649 dollars, which is a really high price for this kind of cellphone. It doesn't matter whether you want this phone to take tons of pictures, need a phone for work, will use it mainly for social networks and internet browsing or want a cellphone to play games, this cellphone is a good choice for you. Microsoft sells the Lumia 950 XL with USB-C to USB-A 3.1 Cable, USB-C charger and Documentation .



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:Microsoft
Variant:See other variants reviews
Dimensions:5.98 x 3.09 x 0.32 inchesMetric15.19 x 7.85 x 0.81 cmImperial
Weight:5.82 ouncesMetric164.99 gImperial
Colors:Black and White
Materials:Plastic
Scratch Resistant Glass:Yes
Accessories:Documentation , USB-C charger, USB-C to USB-A 3.1 Cable
Release date:2015-11-25
Price:$ 649.00

Display

Screen Type:AMOLED
Size:5.7 inchesMetric14.5 cmImperial
Resolution:2560 x 1440 pixels (Quad HD / 2K)
Pixel density:515 pixels per inchMetric202.76 pixels per cmImperial
Touch screen:No

Hardware

Chipset:Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994
Processor:ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2000 MHz)
RAM Memory:3 GB
Graphics Processor:Adreno 430
Internal Memory:32 GB
SD Card Slot:microSDXC (up to 200 GB)

Battery

Removable:Yes
Capacity:3340 mAh
Wireless Charging:Yes

Camera

Back camera:20 megapixels
    Aperture:f/1.90
    Focal length:26mm (35mm equivalence)
    Sensor size:0.42 inches (1/2.4")
Front camera:5 megapixels
Max video resolution:3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K)
Max slow motion video:1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD)
Camera features:Auto-Focus and Slow Motion Video (4 times slower)

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
    Mobile Hotspot:Yes
SIM Card Type:Nano SIM
Dual SIM:Yes
LTE (4G) Bands:1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700 a), 17(700 b), 20(800 DD), 28(700 APT), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2600+)
UMTS Bands:Bands 5(850), 8(900), 4(1700/2100), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Technologies:LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA

Other Features

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