Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge vs Microsoft Lumia 950

Price Comparison (India) - -

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Microsoft
Announced October 2011 March 2015 October 2015
Status Available - November 2011 Available - April 2015 Available - November 2015
Price - Rs. 34,900 ($513.24) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 27,300 ($399.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Green Emerald Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm
(5.33 x 2.67 x 0.35 in)
142.1 x 70.1 x 7 mm
(5.59 x 2.76 x 0.28 in)
145 x 73.2 x 8.2 mm
(5.71 x 2.88 x 0.32 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 132 g (4.66 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 (region specific) LTE 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)
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.58 W/kg (head)
1.34 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.33 W/kg (head)
0.59 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
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hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Microsoft Windows 10
Processor Dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, TI OMAP 4460 chipset Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 Dual-core 1.82 GHz Cortex-A57 & quad-core 1.44 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808
GPU No Mali-T760 Adreno 418
RAM 1 GB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 32/64/128 GB 32 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4, Curved Edge Screen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.65 inches 5.1 inches 5.2 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (316 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (564 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.72% 71.96% 70.44%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1936 pixels 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels, OIS 20 MP, 4992 х 3744 pixels
Flash LED flash LED Flash Carl Zeiss optics
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama 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, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 2160p@30fps, optical stabilization, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call, HDR [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

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

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 200 GB
USB OTG - Supported -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1750 mAh 2600 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)