Phone Comparison - Nokia Lumia 730 Dual SIM vs Nokia Lumia 638 vs Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia Microsoft
Announced September 2014 December 2014 October 2015
Status Available - September 2014 Available - December 2014 Available - November 2015
Price - Rs. 7,999 ($117.63) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 34,000 ($499.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Orange, green, white, black Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 134.7 x 68.5 x 8.9 mm
(5.3 x 2.7 x 0.35 in)
129.5 x 66.7 x 9.2 mm
(5.1 x 2.63 x 0.36 in)
151.9 x 78.4 x 8.1 mm
(5.98 x 3.09 x 0.32 in)
Weight 134 g (4.73 oz) 136 g (4.8 oz) 165 g (5.82 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2300 / 2500 / 2600 (Bands 3, 7, 38, 39, 40, 41) 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, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features ClearBlack display - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 Microsoft Windows 10
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810
GPU Adreno 305 Adreno 305 Adreno 430
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 8 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, ClearBlack Display AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 4.5 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.20% 64.43% 75.30%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 6.7 MP, Carl Zeiss optics 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 20 MP, 4992 х 3744 pixels
Flash LED flash No Carl Zeiss optics
Features Auto focus, 1/3.4'' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama Auto focus, 1/4 1/2.4' Sensor Size, 1.12 μm Pixel Size, PureView Technology, Dual Capture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec. Yes 2160p@30fps, optical stabilization, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera 5 MP, 720p [Similar] No [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Up to 296 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP, LE/ apt-X after WP8 Denim update v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery (BV-T5A) Li-Ion Battery (BL-5H) Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2200 mAh 1830 mAh 3340 mAh
Stand by Up to 600 h - Up to 288 h (2G)
Up to 288 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 22 h (2G)
Up to 17 h (3G)
- Up to 25 h (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)