Nokia Lumia 950 - what we were waiting for

In Moscow on November 24, 2015, a presentation of smartphones developed jointly by Nokia and Microsoft was held. This is the long-awaited replenishment of the line "Lumiya". Recently, the company named pleased fans of the Windows Phone platform only with models from the middle and budget price segments. But the subject of our review today is the Nokia Lumia 950 smartphone, whose price is from 36 to 45 thousand rubles, diversified the company's trading range.

What did the users expect from Lyumiya 950?

Many fans of the platform believed that sooner or later the company "Microsoft" should release a real "bomb", which will have a lot of subtleties and chips. And in fact the company succeeded. How did the company please its fans? Everything is very simple. "Microsoft" took the desktop and mobile versions of Windows and combined them into one system called Windows 10. This was what the platform fans expected, and they took this move, as they say, with a bang. By the way, the 950-th model came out with the addition of XL.

Nokia Lumia 950: Features

The model we are considering has received a 5.2-inch diagonal display. At the same time, its improved version boasts a larger screen. Its diagonal is 5.7 inches. The resolution here is applied by WQHD, and if we are talking about screen matrices, then this is the OLED type. The pixel density of the 950 and 950XL models is 564 and 518 units per inch, respectively.

A compact variation is equipped with a Qualcomm family processor (model Snapdragon 808). Recall that its clock frequency is 1.8 gigahertz. But the phage variant works on the basis of the Snapdragon 810 processor, at a frequency of 2 GHz. Both models are equipped with 3 gigabytes of RAM (a lot, is not it?). The volume of the internal flash drive is 32 GB. The device supports the option of installing an external memory card up to two terabytes in size. This is a microSD device.

The cameras are quite powerful. The main module has a resolution of 20 megapixels. It has a six-element optics. Optical stabilization of the fifth generation is used to obtain high-quality images. To take photos and videos in low light conditions, you can use triple LED flash. It also helps you take photos and shoot videos even in the total absence of lighting. From the front side we can find a camera for making self-images. It has a resolution of 5 megapixels. I remember a similar device in the line "Lumii" already was. "Frontalka" shoots video as a Full HD. But the main module is already in 4K.

The two models are equipped with devices for working in cellular networks of the fourth generation. Speech, of course, is about LTE modules. Autonomous work is provided by accumulators with a capacity of 3,000 (at 950) and 3,300 (at 950XL) milliamps per hour. In full, the device uses the so-called fast charging technology. There is also the possibility of charging the device with wireless devices. Here we have the standard Qi. In the talk mode, the device lasts up to 18 hours. In standby mode, the smartphone will be able to work 12 days.

Subtleties of the 950th software

Although the manufacturer also said that one of the fundamental factors used in the development of the device was the merging of stationary and mobile versions into one single Windows 10, the onboard subject of our current review still carries a Mobile prefix with it. And this means only that Microsoft will work in this direction further. We can only wait for the moment when the problems (can they be called so?) In the software part will be solved by the specialists of the firm, and we will get what we have been waiting for so long. Nevertheless, customers who dare to buy a Nokia Lumia 950 phone, which costs up to 45,000 rubles, get a really powerful solution for this money, which leaves the feeling of using a real portable computer enclosed in a compact smartphone case. By the way, during the presentation in Moscow, representatives of the company focused on such opportunities. Nokia Lumia 950, the review of which is presented in this article, instantly became the embodiment of the motto: "It works like a personal computer."

Conclusion

The device is delivered to the international market in two, we can say, classical color solutions. It is white and black in color. An interesting fact is that during the leak of information on the Net we had the opportunity to see the third option - blue. However, there are no such devices on the market.