The Microsoft Lumia 950 is Microsoft's high-endtelefoon. The device has a powerful processor, Windows 10, and a substantial price tag. How to unpack this combination, you can read in this review.
As a long time Microsoft makes solid budget devices. In the higher echelons market the manufacturer has been absent for a while. The company renewed success can be found in the more expensive market segment, among others will be determined by the Lumia 950. If you look at the specifications, you might notice that the 950 is a powerful phone; The phone has a Snapdragon 808 processor, 3GB of memory, a sharp display and a 20 megapixel rear camera. Store all your applications you can do to 32GB expandable storage memory. To supply the phone power, a removable 3000mAh battery available.
In the area of software were earlier Lumia's often critical. The 950 runs on Windows 10 to the latest Windows version. We were not quite satisfied in the larger Lumia 950 XL, but Microsoft promises to have since improved the software. In this review we check for software or services are now in line with the high expectations in this class.
The 950 design seems to be inspired by it earlier and cheaper Lumia's. The phone has a soft touch plastic shell including space for the battery, a SIM card and a micro SD card. Now the new iPhone, the LG G5 and the Samsung Galaxy S7 abandoned have a removable plastic back, Microsoft is going against the current.
The box of the Microsoft Lumia 950 is very large and square. Purely because the box is big, you get a feeling that you are using is good money. In the box you'll find a USB charger c with a solid wall adapter; because the cable is you can not use it with a battery pack or computer. Finally, you can find and guide that helps you get started with your phone.
design
The first thing you notice when you pick up the Microsoft Lumia 950 is that the phone is made of plastic. In our review of the Lumia 640 we called the similar design of the phone 'very solid' and 'fine'. This also applies to the Lumia 950, but considering the price of the device had it all liked more luxurious.
On the back is a white plastic shell. Or black, depending on the version you choose. The shell has indentations for the camera, 3 flashes and the charging port. The right of the camera is a grill for the speaker. Microsoft logo, and rapid naming of lens manufacturer 'Zeiss' and the 'PureView' camera technology can also be found on the back. Through its angular shell of smooth plastic, you notice that the phone easily slip out of your hand.
are three buttons on the right side of the phone. The bottom button serves as a dedicated camera button and turn right on the camera when you press it. The center button serves as a power switch. At the top is a large volume knob. All buttons stabbing just far enough out to be keenly felt, but not easily pressed.
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083A4892Een special feature of the 950 is an iris scanner. When you have set the iris scanner, a red light will come on as you try to unlock the phone. An infrared scanner and then try to scan your iris as an extra layer of security. In theory, this function works in the dark and with glasses or lenses.
The iris scanner is a cool concept, but does not work well enough for everyday use
Having set function, I found out that the scanner takes a few seconds to scan your eye. When you later goes in a completely different scenario, you often train the scanner as he otherwise does not recognize your iris. Even after two weeks of use, the scanner does not always. Since I do not wear normal glasses or contact lenses, I can not tell whether these affect the functionality of the scanner. If you wear sunglasses, the scanner does not work.
All in all you can conclude that an iris scanner is a cool concept, but does not work well enough to have added value over other security tools.
When your phone for the first time, opening to add your SIM and micro SD card, you see that more plastic underneath the plastic shell. Although a plastic case allows you to replace the battery, the unit lacks the premium feel of other flagships.
Microsoft Lumia 950 review
Screen
The Microsoft Lumia 950 is a 5.2-inch screen with a resolution of 2560 × 1440 pixels. This means that the 083A4883beeldscherm of this phone is just slightly larger than the average screen.
An advantage of the big screen is much room for media consumption. Images look very sharp on the phone because of the high resolution of the screen. This screen uses AMOLED technology, thus you get deep black colors as black pixels are turned off. The other colors look good and pretty realistic .. Unlike some other amoledschermen colors are not extremely saturated. The white balance and viewing angles are good.
The screen is very good
When you submit the Lumia 950 alongside other flagships, you notice that the 950 has a less bright screen. This results in a difficult sight when the sun shines brightly. Viewing angles are excellent, making the display is all in all very good.
Achievements
The performance of the Lumia 950 are very changeable. Where the device may be able to perform heavy tasks, the phone can sometimes take a long time to open a simple application. Because only a limited number of applications are available for Windows, it was difficult to find graphic games that are also available on other platforms. With games like 'Death Trigger' phone performs well with the graphics settings at maximum. Graphically, the 950 not disappointed.
The phone in the areas of computing not disappointing, because of the Snapdragon 808 processor. This chipset has 6 cores. By big.LITTLE distribution the two slow cores are used for simple tasks. All heavier tasks are performed by four fast cores. is an Adreno 418 video chip available for the performance of graphics.
The performance of the Lumia 950 are very changeable
In normal use the Lumia usually indicates a fluid experience just like you'd expect from a flagship. At certain times you unfortunately find that the phone may briefly hang. Opening WhatsApp for example, took 30 seconds, then the crashed application; same story applies to the application to see pictures.
The phone is 3GB memory. This allows you to easily switch between many applications. All in all you could therefore be argued that the Lumia has the correct hardware for a quick phone, but is limited by slight delays when opening apps. This illustrates that, like remains a volatile component in the Lumia 950 XL, performance.
Microsoft Continuum you can use the Lumia 950 through a special docking station like a computer. With the dock, you can directly connect the phone with a keyboard, mouse and monitor. Although the functionality and amount of programs is limited, Microsoft does provide an interesting option for the future of computers. For more information about Continuum you can read our review.
Battery Performance were also very hit and miss. Where we could get the phone sometimes empty in one evening, with normal use, the device could often throughout the day. When the Lumia quickly runs out, you can charge him soon. The battery charging time is very impressive, if you have a fast charger and USB cable c.
In terms of connectivity, the 950 delivers a full package. Bluetooth 4.1, NFC and 4G are all present in the device.
Software
The above-mentioned delays are likely caused by software. In addition to some limited delays, the software of this Lumia also in a different way. This is certainly the application range. The most popular apps are present, but much smaller applications are not available in the application store for Windows Mobile 10. Moreover, you should do it sometimes with an app from a third party, as in the case of Google's services.
In terms of quantity of applications during Microsoft behind the competition
During downloading applications often came an error message. These errors usually consisted of long codes and are not comprehensible to the average consumer. After getting several errors, it is usually still managed to download the applications.
Windows 10 on your phone is factory-off all 4GB of oplag full. This means that you 3Microsoft Lumia 950 review2GB even 28GB is over. To expand this memory you can of course add a micro SD card.
While the above piece gives a bad first impression, Windows also has some nice features. The entire software contains many smooth animation and some parts look very sophisticated. So you have for example, a weather application and is a lot of useful software preinstalled.
All in all would be said that Windows 10 is a great base with great potential, but feels like it is in the testing phase. To read more about Windows 10, be sure to check out our full review.
multimedia
Windows 10 are some good multimedia applications. With Movies and TV you can watch videos on your phone
Lumia 950 test photos
selfie
saved, but also buy movies and series. The music player, voice recorder pods cast and look neat.
Windows 10 are some good multimedia applications
Because the speaker is on the back of the phone, it is easy to mute your sound accidentally by placing the phone flat. Furthermore, this speaker is very hard, but he sounds at maximum volume very shrill. You should not in itself be expected from a phone.
The camera software in the Lumia is very clear. You can fully control the camera or the phone already do the work. For the photographers among us: in addition to JPEG you can also capture images in uncompressed DNG format.
The camera on the back can make your 16-megapixel photos. By texts like 'PureView' on the back I had high hopes for the camera. Photos you take usually look rich detail, accurate and realistic. Below are some sample photos.
A nice addition is the ability to subsequently adjust the intensity of the flash. Lets you create the correct balance between clarity and detail. This option works through the third flash on the back and smart software. This same trick can indeed make the unit with HDR photos.
As mentioned earlier, Windows sometimes can have a crash; this also applies to the camera. While making many photos the phone sometimes remains suspended. Once our test device even gone out and then reboot. Then when you're done in the camera application to view your snaps, you'll notice that this application also very stutters and suffers from glitches.
Selfies see very often beautiful, but missing a little more detail. The 5-megapixel can not super sharp, but achieve great results. You can also manually set the camera. And for anyone wondering, the infrared sensor above the screen unfortunately does not serve as a camera.
Videos do you do in 4K and movies are very beautiful. The camera has a wide dynamic range and captures video at high bit rate.
The Lumia 950, like its bigger brother, much untapped potential, making it difficult to recommend the phone to the average consumer. Windows fans and camera enthusiasts will be satisfied with the device.
Microsoft Lumia 950 review
Windows fans and camera enthusiasts will be pleased with the device, ordinary consumers do not
Although both the camera and the screen are very good, the phone lags behind in some areas compared to the competition. The build quality is poor and the small lack of applications and unstable software are also slight setbacks. The iris scanner is a very nice concept, but does not work well enough for everyday use.
Especially now that there are lots of good phones in the middle are, it's hard to recommend the Lumia 950. Cheaper competitors like the Samsung Galaxy A5 offer a slightly less camera but also have fast loading and offer better build quality, software experience and more applications. When you look for a high-endtelefoon to phones like the Samsung Galaxy S6 a good replacement of the 950. The Galaxy S6 is a solid device in speed, construction and software, but can also make beautiful photos and a fingerprint scanner.
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