Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Specifications, Features and Price

Previously I publish a post about the Microsoft Lumia 950, like we all know how Microsoft unveil their smartphones lately, the Lumia 950 also have a XL version which comes with a bit different specifications than the Lumia 950. The Lumia 950 XL is a big brother to the Lumia 950, comes with bigger screen size, and high end specifications

 Where to Buy Lumia Phones
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Design and DisplayThe XL smartphone comes with a nice and adorable design with strong thickness and strong that it can survive a pocket drop without a shatter. The phone comes in a 8.1 mm thin and has a 165 grams in weight, which makes it light and slim enough.

The display is also outstanding; the XL feature a 5.7-inch AMOLED display screen with 2560 x 1440 pixels resolution and pixel density of 518 ppi, and the screen is supported and protected by a tough Corning Gorilla Glass 4 making it almost unbreakable.

Performance
Microsoft Lumia 950 XL comes in a high processor as well, the phone comes in a powerful octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor with a strong support with a 3GB RAM and a 64-bit to make it run in a speed of up to 2GHz.
Just like the Lumia 950, the phone run on Windows 10 Mobile OS of the latest Microsoft OS which introduce us to the latest features like the Windows Hello Beta that will helps you unlocked your mobile phone at ease without a PIN code. Windows Hello helps you unlock your phone with your face detection, just look straight at the infra-red camera on your phone and it will automatically unlock your phone screen.
The OS also comes in an improved Cortana, Cortana helps you manage your phone in everything you want to do and it also comes in many language this time.

Other Specs

The Microsoft     Lumia 950 XL comes with also every same specs like his junior but higher, the phone comes in a 20 Megapixels snapper with a Carl Zeiss lens with a triple LED flash light to give you more perfection to your image. It also has an optical image stabilisation and dedication camera button which somehow found its way back into Lumia phones.
The camera is said to give you a high 4k shoot videos at 30 fps with the rear camera, the front camera however comes in 5 Megapixels like the junior.

Another specs of the XL is the inbuilt memory capacity, the phone features a 32GB storage and also expandable to 2TB with the use of microSD card.

The battery life is also good enough to serve you for long, the battery packs a removable battery of 3340mAh capacity with Qi wireless charging and also gives you a fast charging to deliver up to 50% in 30 minutes of charging.

The XL also comes in a Continuum features which lets you transform your phone in to a PC with the help of the an accessory called Display Dock, you can also use a wireless keyboard and mouse along with an external monitor.
The phone also has some nice features like the iris scanner, a USB Type-C port, Bluetooth 4.1 and a Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac.

Pricing and Availability
Presently, the phone is not available for sales at any store but there is a present ongoing pre-order available in the UK and USA. The phone is expected to ship throughout the world before the end of this year. According to Microsoft, the phone will start shipping by November this year in the United State and we assume the phone will get to us before the end of this year or early next year.
The pre-order page is presently going for $649 in the United State which makes it N130, 000 approximately to Nigeria local currency.
Availability and price in Nigeria is not yet know but be rest assure that the phone will come in a price range of N100, 000 to N150, 000 once released. And also, the price will varies base on the store and your location in the country. 


Where to Buy Lumia Phones
Buy From Jumia: HERE
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Below are all Other Specifications of Microsoft Lumia 950 XL

General Features
•    Platform: Windows Phone 10 Mobile
•    Processor: 2.0GHz Octa-Core Processor (Snapdragon 810)
•    GPU: Adreno 430
•    Memory: 3 GB RAM
•    Dimension: 151.9 x 78.4 x 8.1 mm
•    Weight: 165 g
•    SIM Type: Nano-SIM
•    SIM Count: Dual-SIM, Dual Standby (Single SIM option)

Display•    Display: 5.7-inch AMOLED Touchscreen, 1440 x 2560 pixels (518ppi), ClearBlack Display
•    Display Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass 4

Camera
•    Rear Camera: 20 MP Camera, 2160p ultra HD Video
•    Rear Camera Features: autofocus, Triple-LED RGB Flash (Natural Flash), PureView Technology, Geo-tagging, Carl Zeiss Optics, 6-lens optics, OIS, Panorama, 1/2.4'' sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size, HDR, BIS, Fast Focus
•    Front Camera: 5 MP Camera, 1080p HD Video

Storage•    Built-in Storage: 32GB Storage
•    Memory Card Support: Up to 2TB
•    Bundled Cloud Storage: 30GB free OneDrive

Network Support
•    2G GSM: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900MHz
•    2G CDMA 1X: No
•    3G WCDMA: 850, 900, 1900, 2100, 1700/2100 MHz
•    3G CDMA EVDO: No
•    4G LTE: Yes

Internet & Connectivity
•    GPRS: Yes, up to 48kbps
•    EDGE: Yes, up to 296 kbps
•    3G/WCDMA/HSPA: Yes, up to 21.1 Mbps
•    HSPA+: Yes, up to 42.2 Mbps
•    CDMA EVDO: No
•    4G LTE: Yes, up to 300 Mbps
•    WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, MIMO, DLNA
•    Wi-Fi Hotspot: Yes
•    Bluetooth: Yes, Bluetooth 4.1 with A2DP
•    NFC: No
•    Infrared Blaster: No
•    USB Port: Yes, USB 3.1, USB Type C 1.0 reversible connector

Messaging•    SMS/MMS: Yes
•    Instant Messaging: Yes
•    Push Emails: Yes
•    Email Protocol: SMTP, IMAP4, POP3

Entertainment•    Music Player: Yes, mp3, WAV, FLAC, eACC+
•    Video Player: Yes, MPEG4, H.263, H.264, XviD
•    FM Radio: Yes (with RDSs)
•    Loudspeaker: Yes
•    3.5mm Jack: Yes

Navigation
•    Navigation: Yes, GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
•    Maps: Yes, Bing Maps

Sensors & Control
•    Digital Compass: Yes
•    Accelerometer: Yes
•    Proximity Sensor: Yes
•    Light Sensor: Yes
•    Barometer: Yes
•    Pedometer: No
•    Gyroscope: Yes
•    SensorCore: Yes
•    Windows Hello: Yes (Beta)
•    Fingerprint Scanner: No
•    Iris Scanner: Yes
•    Intelligent Digital Assistant: Yes (Cortana)
•    Voice Control: Yes

Other Features
•    Security: Mobile VPN, on-device Encryption, Remote Lock & Wipe
•    Social Apps: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, WhatsApp, Foursquare, Skype, WeChat, Viber, LINE, MySpace, Sina Weibo, Flickr, Picasa, YouTube
•    Active Noise Cancellation: Yes (with dedicated mic)
•    Video Streaming: Yes
•    Wireless Charging: Yes (Qi)
•    Water Resistant: No
•    Dust Resistant: No
•    Image Editor: Yes
•    Video Editor: Yes
•    Document Viewer: Yes (MS Office Apps)
•    Document Editor: Yes (MS Office Apps)
•    More Features: Exchangeable Back Cover, Glance Screen, Lumia Beamer, Lumia Storyteller, Play to DLNA app, Nearby Discovery

Colours
•    Colours: Black, White

Battery•    Battery: 3340 mAh Li-ion Battery
•    Standby Time: up to 300 hours
•    Talktime: up to 19 Hours (3G)
•    Music Playback: up to 70 Hours
•    Video Playback: up to 11 Hours
•    Wi-Fi Browsing: up to 9 Hours
•    Fast Charging: Yes

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