Microsoft Lumia 950XL Review

The Microsoft’s Lumia 950 XL is the face of the new Windows series and a reboot of the company’s smartphone business. Microsoft may have been slow in adopting new tendencies and features, but it made sure everything is done right with the Windows 10 Mobile premiere.
Key specifications

5.7″
1440×2560 pixels
20MP
2160p
2GHz
Snapdragon 810
3GB RAM
32GB memory
3300mAh
Li-Ion

And indeed the Lumia 950 XL lives up to all the promises and then some. The Lumia 950 XL is the most powerful Windows phone to date.
Design and build quality

The Microsoft Lumia 950 XL offers great build-quality and clean simplistic design, but the polycarbonate back doesn’t feel as premium as the phone’s price tag would suggest.

Weight: 165g
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Thickness: 8.1 mm
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The Lumia 950 XL may be big, but it’s not monstrously big. It can easily fit in most pockets because of its slim profile and rather lightweight construction. The build is excellent – the rear cover fits perfectly around the chassis and there are no squeaks or creaks.

Handling a phone made of matte plastic is always a pleasure and this choice of materials pretty much guarantees an excellent grip. Operating the Lumia 950 XL with just one hand, or taking pictures, is rather easy and you don’t feel the phone will slip any moment now – a rarity these days.
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The Lumia 950 XL back panel is removable and what’s more, the battery bellow it is removable as well, which allows you to carry a spare if a single battery charge is not enough.

Speaking of removable stuff, the Lumia 950 XL is among the few high-end phones to actually offer a microSD slot, so you can expand the built-in storage cheaply and easily.

The Lumia 950 XL has a USB Type-C connector – it’s the new reversible connector for USB that builds on top of USB 3.1. If you like to use USB OTG or USB Host, you should either get the Microsoft’s Display Dock or other compatible accessory or adapter. If none of those matter to you, it’s enough to know that the port provides speedier transfer speeds but none of your existing chargers will fit. In fact, we couldn’t get the Lumia 950 XL to work with any other USB Type-C cable or charger we had around, so we could guess they have some sort of a proprietary implementation. Not good, Microsoft, not good!