Lumia 950, a good smartphone with Windows 10 Mobile than we expected more

Microsoft launched a few months ago the new Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL with the idea of ​​trying to increase its presence in the so-called high-end market. Boasting of the new Windows 10 Mobile and more than correct features and specifications, those of Redmond may not have achieved the expected success, but that does not mean that this family of mobile devices is up to the best terminals on the market.

Today through this article we will try to analyze in depth and with great detail the Lumia 950. Before we start and as we always do, we have to tell you that this smartphone has left us a good taste in our mouths, although it is clear that Microsoft lacks many things to do and polish, especially in the new Windows 10 Mobile, a operating system that for the moment gets a good grade, but that could and should get it much higher.

Integrated

The design is undoubtedly one of the weakest points of this Lumia 950 And it is that very few things have changed with respect to the first mobile devices launched on the market by Nokia. If anything, we could say that in terms of design Microsoft has gone a step or several backwards.

As soon as you take the device out of the box, you quickly realize that although Redmond wanted to be a real option within the high range, but they have fallen far behind, with some poor plastic finishes and a terminal that to the touch is undoubtedly very uncompetitive.

The available colors are further proof that Redmond's have not made a significant commitment to design and that is that we only find it available in black and white, colors far removed from the vivid colors that Nokia always offered us in its Lumia.

If we forget everything we have talked about, the design is more than correct with rounded edges and great comfort in the hand. The back cover of the terminal can be removed with great ease giving us access to the battery, the two SIM cards that we can use and the microSD card.

One of the great advantages of this Lumia 950 is that it has a reversible USB Type-C port that undoubtedly allows us interesting functions and options.

Characteristics and specifications

Here we show you the main features and specifications of this Microsoft Lumia 950;

• Dimensions: 7,3 x 0,8 x 14,5 centimeters
• Weight: 150 grams
• 5.2-inch WQHD AMOLED display with a resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels, TrueColor 24-bit / 16M
• Processor: Snapdragon 808, hexacore, 64-bit
• 32 GB internal storage expandable via microSD cards up to 2 TB
• RAM memory of 3 GB
• 20 megapixel PureView rear camera
• 5 megapixel wide-angle front camera
• 3000mAh battery (removable)
• Extras: USB Type-C, white, black, matte polycarbonate
• Windows 10 Mobile operating system

Screen

If the design is one of the weak points of this Lumia 950, its screen is one of the most remarkable. And is that with 5,2 inches and a particularly practical size offers us great quality, thanks to its QHD resolution with 2.560 x 1.440 pixels.

Delving into the numbers we can tell you that this Lumia offers us 564 pixels per inch, a figure that is far from that offered by other terminals such as the iPhone 6S or the Galaxy S7.

The display on the screen is more than good, even outdoors and the representation of the colors we could say that it borders on perfection. In addition, the great possibilities that Windows 10 Mobile offers us to modify and edit the values ​​of the temperature of the colors, make this Lumia 950, perhaps not seduce us at all with the screen off, but with it on.

Camera

20 megapixel Pureview sensor with f / 1.9 aperture, ZEISS certification, optical stabilization and triple LED flash, are the main specifications of the rear camera of this Lumia 950, which undoubtedly make it one of the best on the market and at the same level as other flagships present today in the mobile phone market . Of course, unfortunately Microsoft lacks some details to be polished, such as the slowness that sometimes occurs and can wake up more than one user.

This slowness is present especially in the automatic post-processing of images that can take up to 5 seconds, a real outrage, especially if we consider that it does not happen on other mobile devices with a camera of similar characteristics.

Here we show you a gallery of images taken with the rear camera of this Microsoft Lumia 950;

It should be noted that the flagship of the company that Satya Nadella runs with great success also allows us to capture photos in motion, in the style of Live Photos of the iPhone, and that is a positive point, although that is nothing more than anecdotal. .

When it comes to video recording, the rear camera of This Lumia 950 allows us to capture images in 4K at 30 frames per second and it has an interesting mode to record in slow motion in 720 pixels at 120 fps.

Windows 10 Mobile in everyday life

This Lumia 950 was one of the first devices to hit the market with Windows 10 Mobile as the operating system and there is no doubt that this is a great advantage. And it is that we are facing a mobile operating system with great virtues and that offers users great features, options and functions, but for the moment it is quite far from being at the level of, for example, Android or iOS.

The absence of some important applications continues to be one of the great problems that all users have to suffer and that Microsoft has not managed to solve but to a large extent alleviate.

Among the positive aspects of Windows 10 Mobile we must highlight the control center, notifications, Microsoft applications and also the new Microsoft Edge browser, which, like the operating system, still lacks many details and options to implement.

On the negative side, we find the absence of some important applications, the low level of others and the little development of some of the most important features or options.

As it used to be done in school, the grade for this Windows 10 Mobile could be a Progresa properly, with options to get a good grade in the near future.

Price and Availability

Today both the Lumia 950 and the Lumia 950 XL are sold on the market in a large number of specialty stores, both physical and virtual. As far as its price is concerned, we find a wide variety of options since both terminals have suffered continuous price reductions since they arrived on the market.

Today, for example on Amazon, we can buy this Lumia 950 for 352 euros

Editor's opinion

I have always been a great lover of all mobile devices manufactured by Microsoft and I have to say that I was excited to be able to test this Lumia 950, of which as I have already told you I expected much more. It is not that we are facing a smartphone that is a real failure, but if we are somewhat far from what those of Redmond expected it to be, that is to say a terminal of the so-called high-end that could fight face to face with the great search badges of market.

It is true that it is certainly interesting to be able to make use of Windows 10 Mobile and all the advantages it offers us, especially to users who also use Windows 10 on our PC. However, its poor design, the problems of the camera on some occasions and especially the absence of some applications, the most important and popular on the market, leave us with a rather bittersweet taste in the mouth. This Lumia 950 is not a bad device, but it lacks many touches to be a great smartphone of the so-called high-end range.

Microsoft is on the right track, but without a doubt it has a lot to improve and we hope that if the expected Surface Phone (it is said that it could be officially presented in the first weeks of next year 2017) ends up reaching the market, it will do so by correcting errors that we have found in this Lumia 950. At the moment the design seems to be assured that it will be corrected, we only have to know if some users of a device with a Microsoft operating system will be able to enjoy the same applications as users of a device with Android or iOS operating system.

Pros and cons

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