Microsoft Lumia 950 XL vs Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

Price Comparison (India)

-	Rs. 50,900 Rs. 50,900 Rs. 50,520

Manufacturer
Microsoft	Samsung
Announced
October 2015	February 2016
Status
Available - November 2015	Available - March 2016
Price
Rs. 34,000 ($499.00) [Similarly Priced]	Rs. 50,900 ($748.53) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Black, White	Various
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
151.9 x 78.4 x 8.1 mm (5.98 x 3.09 x 0.32 in)	150.9 x 72.6 x 7.7 mm (5.94 x 2.86 x 0.3 in)
Weight
165 g (5.82 oz)	157 g (5.54 oz)
SIM Type
-	Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, Dual Stand-by)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 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
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM	SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
-	- Heart rate sensor - Fingerprint sensor - IP68 certified - dust and water resistant - Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
Notification LED
-	Yes

OS
Microsoft Windows 10	Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor
Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 [Similar]	Quad-core (2x 2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x 1.6 GHz Kryo)/ Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose & 4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) , Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820/ Exynos 8 Octa 8890 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 430 [Similar]	Adreno 530/ Mali-T880 MP12 [Similar]
RAM
3 GB [Browse Similar]	4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32 GB	32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 200 GB	microSD upto 256GB

Type
AMOLED capacitive touchscreen	Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, Curved Edge Screen, Always-on display
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
5.7 inches [Similar]	5.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1440 x 2560 pixels (518 ppi) [Similar]	1440 x 2560 pixels (534 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
74.43%	76.13%
Multi-Touch

Rear Camera
20 MP, 4992 х 3744 pixels [Similar]	12 MP, 4608 x 2592 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	Phase Detection Autofocus, Dual Pixel, f/1.7, 1/2.6' Sensor Size, 1 µm Pixel Size, Smart Optical Image Stablization, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video
2160p@30fps, optical stabilization, stereo sound rec.	2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
5 MP, 1080p [Similar]	5 MP, f/1.7, Dual Video Call, Auto HDR [Similar]

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 Cat9 450/50 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.1, A2DP	v4.2, A2DP, LE, apt-X
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB
Type-C 1.0 reversible connector	microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser
HTML5	HTML5