Microsoft began selling its flagship smartphone Lumia 950 in the United States. This is the first Communicator that immediately came preloaded with Windows 10 Mobile. The first reviews about the new product too positive: journalists are not impressed with the new flagship of Microsoft.
On 20 November, the smartphone appeared in the range of U.S. mobile operator AT&t model of the Lumia 950 XL will be sold in specialty American stores Microsoft without reference to the operator.
Presented at the event in October, Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL is equipped with OLED-display with a resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels. The diagonal of the older model is 5.7 inches, the Junior is 5.2 inches. The basis of the Lumia 950 XL was an 8-core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, and Lumia 950 is based on Qualcomm Snapdragon 808. The amount of RAM in the smartphone is 3 GB.
Rear panel houses the camera with a 20 megapixel 1/2,4-inch sensor, the RGB Triple LED flash, optical image stabilisation and Carl Zeiss lens with aperture f/1.9. The camera can record video in 4K resolution at 30 frames per second. 5-megapixel camera on the front panel is equipped with a lens with an aperture of f/2.4. Built-in flash memory provides 32 GB using microSD cards up to 2 TB.
As noted by Microsoft, the new model Lumia 950 Windows 10 ensures a more personalized experience from your mobile device. And with Continuum smartphone with the help of the accessory Display Dock to use as a portable personal computer. It allows you to make a work space suitable monitor or TV.
Foreign journalists who managed to hold Lumia 950 in the hands, not strongly impressed devices. According to the observer of The Verge, in this device there is nothing that forced him to abandon the smartphone on iOS or Android. And the smartphone does not look convincing debut step for Windows 10 on mobile devices.
He still has issues with the application ecosystem, indicates Ars Technica. “Ten” on mobile devices still cannot boast of having a set of popular programs and customer services that are available within the App Store and Google Play. In addition, the mobile Windows 10 is not yet fully ready and needs some work. And the Continuum function, according to ZDNet, albeit interesting, but at the moment does not reveal their full potential.
The cost of the Lumia 950 and 950 XL in Russia will amount to 44 990 rubles and 49 990 rubles, respectively.
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