Phone Comparison - Microsoft Lumia 550 vs Samsung Galaxy S7

Microsoft Lumia 550
microsoft lumia 550
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general General Info

Manufacturer Microsoft Samsung
Announced October 2015 February 2016
Status Available - December 2015 Available - March 2016
Price Rs. 7,999 ($117.63) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 43,400 ($638.24) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black, Gold, Silver
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 136.1 x 67.8 x 9.9 mm
(5.36 x 2.67 x 0.39 in)
142.4 x 69.6 x 7.9 mm
(5.61 x 2.74 x 0.31 in)
Weight 141.9 (4.97.0.32) 152 g (5.36 oz)
SIM Type - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, Dual Stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Heart rate sensor
- Fingerprint sensor
- IP68 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows 10 Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
User Interface - TouchWiz UI
Processor Quad-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210 [Similar] Quad-core (2x 2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x 1.6 GHz Kryo)/ Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose & 4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) , Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820/ Exynos 8 Octa 8890 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 304 [Similar] Adreno 530/ Mali-T880 MP12 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 2 TB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, Always-on display
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches [Similar] 5.1 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (315 ppi) [Similar] 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.94% 72.33%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio FM radio -
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels [Similar] Dual Pixel 12 MP, 4608 x 2592 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone)
Features Auto focus, 1/4' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.7, 1/2.6' Sensor Size, 1 µm Pixel Size,Smart Optical Image Stablization, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video 720p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera 2 MP, 480p [Similar] 5 MP, f/1.7, Dual Video Call, Auto HDR [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat9 450/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP v4.2, A2DP, LE, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 2 TB
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2100 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 672 h (2G)
Up to 672 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 16 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)
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