Lumia 950 XL, 950 and 550 hands-on: First look

6 October, 2015
Today Microsoft held a press conference in New York and it introduced three new Lumia smartphones as part of its newly charted strategy. The Lumia 950 XL is the long awaited flagship entry, the Lumia 950 targets the business class and the Lumia 550 seems line an excellent value for money.

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Just so you know: its 16:9 pureview sensor 4k capable out of box(S810watercooled) with 2exposure times in one shot, max iso 12800 and better OIS than before. Combination of 12800iso+pureview and 4microphones with 130dB recording makes it perfect.

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    • AnonD-257034
    • 0xx
    • 07 Oct 2015

    So, either a shovel or a plastic toy? There is no decent flagship, is there?

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      • Philly
      • 2Au
      • 07 Oct 2015

      AnonD-70078, 07 Oct 2015it can multitask as good as android or apple. some people d... moreWell seemed like no one in here had tried CHERRYMOBILE phone
      It would slam all your devices. How i wish it will be sold to different country.
      I pity you all for having not used such magnificent phone tsk.

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        • AnonD-70078
        • mx}
        • 07 Oct 2015

        AnonD-448692, 07 Oct 2015My guess is that the 3 gb will future proof the phone for l... moreit can multitask as good as android or apple. some people don't know how to use a phone properly

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          • AnonD-448692
          • PUr
          • 07 Oct 2015

          AnonD-445289, 07 Oct 2015Frankely speaking what is lumia 950 going to do with 3gb ra... moreMy guess is that the 3 gb will future proof the phone for later revisions of win 10 and as we all know win 10 will evolve and improve. I feel pretty confident that Microsoft will sort out any multitasking issues over time. With its desk top capabilities I am hoping Microsoft has great plans.

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            • AnonD-448692
            • PUr
            • 07 Oct 2015

            AnonD-391800, 06 Oct 2015Good specs on that XL...but oh, that camera module design..... moreYeah my thinking also, the flash is way to close to the lens and on the same physical plane however the non XL is just fine with it's recessed position and greater physical separation.

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              • AnonD-448062
              • CD@
              • 07 Oct 2015

              AnonD-445289, 07 Oct 2015Frankely speaking what is lumia 950 going to do with 3gb ra... moreSeems like you have already tried the windows 10 on mobiles? Did you get a beta developer version?

              How else would you know that it can't multitask efficiently?

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                • AnonD-448062
                • CD@
                • 07 Oct 2015

                Microsoft is really starting to move forward now. Took long enough!!

                The continuum looks really promising, and the surface and surface book is epic!

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                  • BMW driver
                  • LdN
                  • 07 Oct 2015

                  I haven't tried Win 10 with 1 gig of RAM still, but on PCs, Windows 7 runs just fine with 1GB of RAM. My Lumia 830 runs perfectly good with 1GB of RAM. So I don't see any problem, in Winphone 10 running and multitasking, with 3GB memory.

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                    • AnonD-234961
                    • 95j
                    • 07 Oct 2015

                    AnonD-445289, 07 Oct 2015Frankely speaking what is lumia 950 going to do with 3gb ra... moreWhat ? Even now there are laptops sold with 2GB of RAM and they multitask just fine. It's Android's fault (in fact Java Virtual Machine's fault) that it eats up too much memory and is inefficient. Windows and iOS need much less memory.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • vI6
                      • 07 Oct 2015

                      ssbatman21, 06 Oct 2015any word on otg support? Ppl are asking if the mobile has OTG support. It does more than the OTG support with USB type C. If you watched the presentation you will understand that it connects to Microsoft display dock and also u can connect pen drives and I think you can also connect external storage devices too.

                        Best thing is that camera sensor is 16:9 so there should be more detail than in note5/Z5, because there was no word of wide angle lens like in sony.

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                          • AnonD-445289
                          • PAm
                          • 07 Oct 2015

                          Frankely speaking what is lumia 950 going to do with 3gb ram when it cannot multitask efficiently?

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                            • Anonymous
                            • thu
                            • 07 Oct 2015

                            this great phone but ms still developer to enlarge app store...

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                              • Anonymous
                              • pqC
                              • 07 Oct 2015

                              No Matter, 07 Oct 2015Microsoft is not buying me. I wouldn't invest my money to a... more"invest money" are two words too big for you :))) when you buy a mobile phone, there is no bloody investment, it is a permanent loss: after one year you will loose half the price no matter what phone you buy. "invest money" :)))))))

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                                • ashokatg
                                • vGi
                                • 07 Oct 2015

                                Peter, 07 Oct 2015Wondering if the battery on Lumia 950XL is in fact removabl... morebattery is removable for lumia 950XL..

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                                  • AnonD-70078
                                  • mx}
                                  • 07 Oct 2015

                                  Peter, 07 Oct 2015Wondering if the battery on Lumia 950XL is in fact removabl... moreCheck Microsoft store for it. It's true

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                                    • AnonD-70078
                                    • mx}
                                    • 07 Oct 2015

                                    ithehappy, 07 Oct 2015LOL! Successor of 1020 and 808 indeed. I guess MS made t... moreI like them more than android or apple.

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                                      • AnonD-70078
                                      • mx}
                                      • 07 Oct 2015

                                      No Matter, 07 Oct 2015Microsoft is not buying me. I wouldn't invest my money to a... moreThere not going anywhere

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                                        • No Matter
                                        • niH
                                        • 07 Oct 2015

                                        Microsoft is not buying me. I wouldn't invest my money to a company that will may quit phone industry anytime soon. Phones are OK, overpriced though, but the main problem is OS. OS will keep Microsoft in merky waters...