Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs Microsoft Lumia 950

Samsung Galaxy Nexus
samsung galaxy nexus
Microsoft Lumia 950
microsoft lumia 950
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Microsoft
Announced October 2011 October 2015
Status Available - November 2011 Available - November 2015
Price - Rs. 27,300 ($399.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm
(5.33 x 2.67 x 0.35 in)
145 x 73.2 x 8.2 mm
(5.71 x 2.88 x 0.32 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 (region specific) LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300)
Messaging SMS, MMS, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Microsoft Windows 10
Processor Dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, TI OMAP 4460 chipset [Similar] Dual-core 1.82 GHz Cortex-A57 & quad-core 1.44 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808 [Similar]
GPU No [Similar] Adreno 418 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 32 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.65 inches [Similar] 5.2 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (316 ppi) [Similar] 1440 x 2560 pixels (564 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.72% 70.44%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1936 pixels [Similar] 20 MP, 4992 х 3744 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash Carl Zeiss optics
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection 1/2.4' Sensor Size, 1.12 μm Pixel Size, PureView Technology, Dual Capture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, optical stabilization, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, barometer sensor Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 200 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1750 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 290 h (2G)
Up to 270 h (3G)
Up to 288 h (2G)
Up to 288 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 17 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 23 h (2G)
Up to 18 h (3G)