Phone Comparison - Microsoft Lumia 950 XL vs Samsung Galaxy A9 vs Micromax Canvas Xpress 4G Q413

general General Info

Manufacturer Microsoft Samsung Micromax
Announced October 2015 December 2015 November 2015
Status Available - November 2015 Coming Soon - January 2016 Available - November 2015
Price Rs. 34,000 ($499.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 33,000 ($499.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 5,999 ($88.22) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 151.9 x 78.4 x 8.1 mm
(5.98 x 3.09 x 0.32 in)
161.7 x 80.9 x 7.4 mm
(6.37 x 3.19 x 0.29 in)
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Weight 165 g (5.82 oz) 200 g (7.05 oz) -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300) LTE LTE band 3(1800), 40(2300)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows 10 Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 652 Quad-core 1.0 GHz, Mediatek MT6735P
GPU Adreno 430 Adreno 510 -
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 32 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches 6.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (518 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (367 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 74.43% 75.93% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM radio FM radio with RDS; recording FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 20 MP, 4992 х 3744 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash Carl Zeiss optics LED Flash 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, f/1.9, OIS, 1/3'' sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR Autofocus
Video 2160p@30fps, optical stabilization, stereo sound rec. 1080p@30fps 720p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP, 1080p [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat7 350/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

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

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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3340 mAh 4000 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 288 h (2G)
Up to 288 h (3G)
- Up to 182 h
Talk Time Up to 25 h (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)
- Up to 6 h 30 min