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Microsoft Lumia 950 vs Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016)

General Info

Manufacturer
Microsoft Samsung
Announced
October 2015 December 2015
Status
Available - November 2015 Available - February 2016
Price
Rs. 27,300 ($399.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 21,900 ($322.06) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Black, White Black, White, Gold, Pink Gold
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
145 x 73.2 x 8.2 mm
(5.71 x 2.88 x 0.32 in)
144.8 x 71.0 x 7.3 mm
(5.7 x 2.8 x 0.29 in)
Weight
150 g (5.29 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
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) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.2 inches [Similar] 5.2 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1440 x 2560 pixels (564 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
70.44% 72.38%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Microsoft Windows 10 Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor
Dual-core 1.82 GHz Cortex-A57 & quad-core 1.44 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808 [Similar] Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 418 [Similar] -
RAM
3 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32 GB 16 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
20 MP, 4992 х 3744 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
Carl Zeiss optics LED flash
Features
1/2.4' Sensor Size, 1.12 μm Pixel Size, PureView Technology, Dual Capture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama
Video
2160p@30fps, optical stabilization, stereo sound rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
5 MP, 1080p [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
FM radio FM radio, recording
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.1, A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot
USB
Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
3000 mAh 2900 mAh
Stand by
Up to 288 h (2G)
Up to 288 h (3G)
-
Talk Time
Up to 23 h (2G)
Up to 18 h (3G)
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