**The Best Windows Phones You Can Buy Right Now: A Review of the Lumia 950 and 950 XL**

As I looked at the numbers alone in the Windows Store, I couldn't help but notice that both the Lumia 950 and its larger counterpart, the 950 XL, have a significantly smaller market share compared to their Android counterparts. However, despite this, these two phones are undoubtedly among the best Windows phones available right now.

One of the standout features of both devices is the fantastic new PureView camera. With a whopping 20 megapixels, f/1.9 aperture, optical image stabilization, triple LED flash, and 4K video capabilities, this camera system delivers some truly exceptional results. I was impressed by the speed at which it launched and took pictures, making it a joy to use. While there were moments when it struggled to focus, the resulting photos were stunning, with excellent exposure, natural colors, and plenty of detail. The sensor's 4x3 format may be limiting for some photographers who prefer wider aspect ratios, but 16 megapixels is still more than enough for capturing high-quality images.

The camera app also features a clever "living image" setting, which allows you to capture a second or two before ending on the high-resolution still. This feature is essentially the same as Apple's live photos, and it adds a nice touch to the photography experience. Additionally, both phones come equipped with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera that takes decent selfies and solid 1080p video.

For those who are used to seeing ads for the latest iPhone models, they may be familiar with the feature of capturing live images as a way to add context to still photos. This is exactly what the Lumia 950's "living image" setting does, allowing you to capture a brief moment before ending on the high-resolution still image. While it can be a bit annoying for those who prefer their photos without this extra layer, it's still a nice feature that sets these phones apart from their Android counterparts.

**Battery Life: A Mixed Bag**

One area where both phones struggle is in terms of battery life. While they're not the worst offenders, they're certainly not among the best either. The 950 XL does have a slightly larger battery, but this doesn't seem to translate into significantly better battery life. According to Microsoft, you can expect around 19 hours of 3G usage and 300 hours of standby time from both devices.

In reality, I found that both phones lasted around a full day with about 20% of the battery remaining at 10 p.m. However, this was still slightly shorter than I'd like to see, especially considering their more powerful processors. The good news is that fast charging is available on both devices, which can recharge them from 0-50% in under an hour.

To make your battery life last even longer, you can enable the Battery Saver mode, which reduces power consumption by limiting background data usage and turning off unnecessary features like location services and push notifications. You can also manually lower the screen brightness to reduce power consumption.

**Sound Quality: A Disappointment**

Unfortunately, the sound quality on both phones is a bit of a letdown. The single speaker on the back of the phone, beside the camera, can get quite loud but lacks any real depth or resonance. This makes it suitable for making calls and watching YouTube videos, but not ideal for listening to music or watching movies.

However, I was pleased to find that call quality is generally good, with no issues with reception or signal loss. This is a significant improvement over many of the Android phones in this class.

**Conclusion: A Mixed Bag**

Overall, both the Lumia 950 and its larger counterpart, the 950 XL, are excellent Windows phones that offer some truly unique features and advantages. The camera system is exceptional, and while the battery life could be improved, fast charging and the Battery Saver mode help to mitigate this issue.

If you're a die-hard Windows fan or just looking for an alternative to Android and iOS, these two phones are definitely worth considering. However, if you're not particularly bothered about Windows or prefer the ecosystem of your current phone manufacturer, there may be better options available on the market.

Personally, I think the 950 XL is the more attractive option due to its slightly larger screen and faster processor. But ultimately, the choice between these two phones depends on your individual needs and preferences.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi guys welcome back to the tech chat now the Microsoft Lumia 950 and 950 XL are the best windows phones you can buy right now quad HD screens multi-core processors fantastic 20 megapixel cameras that shoot 4k video as well as all that they support microSD cards and have removable batteries so you don't always have to have a charger with you but most importantly they run the latest Windows 10 operating system this is the first unified version of Windows that makes these phones more like a proper PC than ever before especially with support for continuum but we'll talk about that a bit later so it's great to see that we finally have high-end flagship windows smartphones that can give the best Android and Apple phones a run for their money but let me tell you why I don't think most of us should be rushing out and buying one a time soon now I'm reviewing the Lumia 950 and the 950 XL together as aside from the size difference and minor cosmetic changes to the rear camera and the volume and power buttons on the side they're essentially the same phone the only other significant difference between these two is that the XL features a slightly faster Snapdragon 810 processor that's compared with the Snapdragon 808 in the Lumia 950 but in my tests in both benchmarks and reality the really isn't a great deal of difference in performance here while I noticed wasn't my loaded asphalt 8 airborne one of the more intensive games on the windows app store and the XL loaded about a second faster than the 950 so there's not really much difference in the real world and so it's basically comes down to the form factor for size 5.2 versus 5.7 after which one you're going to buy or prefer while the specs and the price suggests these are premium phones I think the materials and the build quality in the design make it feel a little bit cheaper as you do think they look quite smart especially in black the other option is white because it has the silver finish around the camera even though the plastic body feels a bit cheap a bit like the Nexus 5x is nowhere near as premium as the iPhone 6s or galaxy s6 for example but the good news is that Microsoft has opted for function over form and this plastic body while not the most premium not only keeps the weight down but removing it reveals the microSD card and battery on the base of the phone is a new USB type-c port which supports faster data transfer and charging and is also completely reversible so no more fumbling around trying to get the plug-in lasting at night on the back is the new 20 megapixel PureView camera which is flanked by a triple LED flash on one side and a speaker on the other in terms of size even though the XL has a half an inch bigger screen than the normal 950 it's not actually that much bigger it's not point one millimeters thinner even and only 15 grams heavier than the 950 which makes it surprisingly light given the screen size the other benefit is the XL has a much better screen to body ratio at 74% that compares to 69% on the stun and 950 so it's relatively more compact it is definitely still a two-handed device though it's not as portable as the Lumia 950 so where the XL definitely still a phablet definitely still two-handed so you may want to consider that when you're choosing between them if you're looking to buy one of these phones fortunately the plastic back is actually a bit textures a bit rubbery to it so it's gripper ball so it's a lot less slippery than say the iPhone 6s plus and lot less likely to fall on your hand so the Lumia 950 s are available in black or white and while they may not feel the most premium I think it actually looks quite smart quite professional and it has the added functionality of a removable and replaceable back cover now the screens are protected by Gorilla Glass 4 they both feature the same beautiful AMOLED quad HD display the 5.2 inch Lumia 950 is therefore slightly sharper with 565 pixels per inch that compares to 518 on a 5.7 inch XL the blacks are deep the whites are rich and has good viewing angles although there is a slight green tint when viewing them from a cue angle overall it's a really nice display the colors aren't as vibrant as the ICS 6 or technically accurate as the iPhone 6s Plus for example but the AMOLED screen still looks great the maximum brightness is pretty disappointing though at about 328 Nets that compares to about 500 and 90 on the iPhone 6 plus but here's a trick if you set the brightness to auto when the phone detects it's in a bright environment like if you're in sunlight outside it boosts it way up to 628 nits which is incredibly bright to keep it on auto so how fast are these new high-end Windows Phones was hard to say on paper the Snapdragon 808 and 810 processors are the best you can get in a 2015 phone even if you will be seeing the next-gen 820 chips in phones from February or March it's also worth noting that the excel use of the 2.1 version on the Snapdragon 810 chip which supposedly doesn't any of the overheating issues that the earlier models suffered from the plastic back cover does get a little bit warm if it's charging or downloading large files or playing intensive games but I wouldn't describe it as hot or anything or uncomfortable it's just a bit warm but even with high-end processors and three gigabytes of RAM it's actually difficult to see the benefit of all this power windows phones have always felt pretty fast even on the earlier Windows 7 and Windows 8 phones the Live Tiles home screens ran smooth and felt responsive so even though these phones are pushing quad HD resolution displays which does require more power it's sometimes hard to tell just how fast they are in everyday use interestingly the XL model did seem a bit quicker when swiping left to review all the app lists so to really charge the phones and get a better idea of the performance I wanted to test them against some graphically intensive games unfortunately there's not actually that many available on the Windows Store that's something we'll talk about later but there's real racing too but not real racing 3 for example which is available on iOS and Android so I settled on asphalt 8 airborne which both phones played flawlessly to be fair though the XL did load it about second faster than the normal 950 so that's a little bit of the benefit of the fastest Snapdragon 810 but in the actual gameplay there was no difference in quality or framerate so these are of course the most powerful windows phones you can buy so of course they can handle anything you throw at it from the Windows Store the problem though is that the world performance doesn't really translate into a smooth user experience throughout the phone yes the live tiles home screen is fast and smooth but those random pauses little hiccups when swiping between menus and scrolling through the app store for example these feels a bit slow in a bit sluggish and it feels like it has to catch up sometimes basically it just doesn't feel as polished as I thought it would for Windows 10 device so while it may not be quite as smooth as I'd like you can't deny it the Windows Phone Live Tiles homescreen is so much nicer and better than iOS or Android phones yes you can get widgets on Android but the Live Tiles interface which we used to call Metro is great for seeing a slideshow of your pictures through the Photos app looking at headline news recent messages emails and missed calls it's genuinely useful to see at a glance who just phoned you or what the most recent text message says without even opening the app each tile has three sizes you can play around with a layout and prioritize AppStore important to you you can even personalize it by changing the background color the tile color and the opacity as well as adding an extra column on a 950xl by enabling the show more miles option to make use of the bigger screen everything else though is pre similar to iOS and Android you swipe down from notification settings menu swipe left to reveal the app drawer or list in this case tap the search button to activate Cortana hold the back button to view previous apps and hold the windows button to activate the one-handed mode which is obviously a bit more useful on the XL Cortana is just as useful as Siri or Google Voice I think you can ask for the time the weather set reminders text and call people standard stuff I'll be looking at Cortana more closely in upcoming Siri versus Google versus called tana video so stay tuned for that on my channel another feature I'll talk a bit more about in a future video is Windows continuum which turns your phone into a proper PC both the 950 Anna 950 XL support it you just need the optional Microsoft display dock plug it in via the type-c USB port connect the mouse keyboard and a monitor it basically tells the phone into a makeshift PC which can run full-size Windows 10 apps it is a little bit limited though at the moment only runs first party Microsoft apps like edge office and mail for now but it is a promising start another pretty cool feature is what they call Windows hello the 950 phones don't have fingerprint readers but they do have iris game technology which Microsoft Corp Windows hello it uses the front camera to register and scan your eye to unlock the phone it's currently in beta and you do need a backup pin but it works reasonably well the phone needs to be about a foot away from your face and so if you do it in public it looks a bit like you're taking a selfie or something it works well in low-light too as it uses a near infrared camera to track your eye it's all pretty cool but if I'm honest it's not something I'd use regularly it quickly gets annoying having to bring up the phone to your face every time you want to unlock it so I think I might stick with a pin the biggest problem with the 950 and 950 XL is the Windows Phone store this has always been an issue and I think it's one of the main reasons most of us haven't really given Windows Phones a chance yet I wanted to see if the app store really is all that bad so I made a video dedicated to finding out if I could get most of the core apps I use every day on my galaxy s6 on my own success on my Windows Phone you can find a link to that video on my channel or by clicking on the YouTube card things somewhere but long story short it's still not good enough yes there's Facebook there's Twitter Spotify Netflix Kindle and Dropbox but Instagram is still in beta there's no Chrome browser no Google Maps or Amazon Prime and only even that many good modern games looking at the numbers alone in the Windows Store and he has about percent of the number of apps that the Google Playstore does let's talk about something a bit more positive let's talk about the fantastic new PureView camera it's really really good 20 megapixels f 1.9 aperture optical image stabilization triple LED flash 4k 30 video and full manual control of the ISO white balance brightness and shutter speed it's really quick to both launching the camera app and taking a picture so I'm really really impressed with the camera I did find the 950 struggle to focus from time to time but when it got it right the pictures were stunning good exposure natural colors lots of detail overall it takes excellent photos although it's worth noting that the sensor is four by three so if you want to take sixteen by nine widescreen photos you'll have to drop down to 16 megapixels but that's still plenty some more prosumer photographers will be disappointed by the lack of war support but if you've seen adverts for new iPhone 6s and loved the look of the live photos feature this basically has that the capture living image setting is enabled by default unlike the iPhone we call it a second or two or video before ending on the high resolution still it's pretty cool and gives a better context to the photo although you can always turn off if you find it annoying even the front facing five megapixel camera which takes pretty decent pictures and solid 1080p video can produce living images as well as for video the phones support up to 1080p 60 or 4k 30 which is great and generally quality's excellent recorded sound is very good as well thanks to the four microphones on the phone detail is good and there's very little noise even in dark conditions the bottom line is the 950 and a 950 XL are two of the best camera phones you can buy right now even if the icons in the apps UI are a little bit smaller than fiddling now let's move on to battery life I'll start with the good news it's removable so you can always buy an extra battery and swap them out if you're running low and don't have a charger to hand the not-so-good news is that the battery on both a 950 and 950 XL is pretty mediocre the XL has about 10 percent larger battery we should despite having a larger screen and more powerful processor does translate to a slightly better battery life by an extra hour or two microsoft claim you'll get 19 hours on 3G and 300 hours of standby life generally both phones last is about full day for me with about 20% left only 950 by 10 p.m. and about 25% on the XL fortunately both phones feature fast charging so you can charge it from about 10 to 50% in and a half an hour as well as supporting wireless Qi or Chi charging you could also make your phones last a bit longer by any the battery saver mode and manually lowering the brightness on the whole battery life is pretty solid its average and similarly mediocre is the sound quality unfortunately the single speaker on the back beside the camera can get very loud but audio quality isn't particularly impressive it's fine for the odd YouTube video or loudspeaker call but it sounds tinny and lacks any depth fortunately the call quality is pretty good I didn't have any issues with reception or signal loss either so let's wrap this review of the lumia 950 and 950 XL are the best windows phones you can buy right now but that doesn't necessarily mean you should go out and buy one if you're unsure ask yourself these questions what do you want a Windows Phone if yes do you want a high-end Windows Phone if also yes then you may want to consider one of these all you don't have to do is choose whether you prefer a normal 5.2 inch 950 or the larger slightly more expensive and a bit faster 5.7 inch Excel model I actually really like these phone the camera is excellent Windows Phone has features I'd love to see on iOS and Android and it may might not feel like the most premium phone but I think it looks pretty good and quite smart generally performance is also solid although not consistent throughout however there are still big gaps in the App Store and Windows 10 software isn't as smooth or with polished throughout as I would have liked so if you are a big windows fan I definitely do recommend the lui 950 s and out of the two I think I'd personally opt for the Excel model if you're not particularly bothered about windows I think there are better phones out there on the market so I hope you found this review helpful thank you very much for watching and please do like and subscribe and of course let me know what you think of the 950 in the comments belowhi guys welcome back to the tech chat now the Microsoft Lumia 950 and 950 XL are the best windows phones you can buy right now quad HD screens multi-core processors fantastic 20 megapixel cameras that shoot 4k video as well as all that they support microSD cards and have removable batteries so you don't always have to have a charger with you but most importantly they run the latest Windows 10 operating system this is the first unified version of Windows that makes these phones more like a proper PC than ever before especially with support for continuum but we'll talk about that a bit later so it's great to see that we finally have high-end flagship windows smartphones that can give the best Android and Apple phones a run for their money but let me tell you why I don't think most of us should be rushing out and buying one a time soon now I'm reviewing the Lumia 950 and the 950 XL together as aside from the size difference and minor cosmetic changes to the rear camera and the volume and power buttons on the side they're essentially the same phone the only other significant difference between these two is that the XL features a slightly faster Snapdragon 810 processor that's compared with the Snapdragon 808 in the Lumia 950 but in my tests in both benchmarks and reality the really isn't a great deal of difference in performance here while I noticed wasn't my loaded asphalt 8 airborne one of the more intensive games on the windows app store and the XL loaded about a second faster than the 950 so there's not really much difference in the real world and so it's basically comes down to the form factor for size 5.2 versus 5.7 after which one you're going to buy or prefer while the specs and the price suggests these are premium phones I think the materials and the build quality in the design make it feel a little bit cheaper as you do think they look quite smart especially in black the other option is white because it has the silver finish around the camera even though the plastic body feels a bit cheap a bit like the Nexus 5x is nowhere near as premium as the iPhone 6s or galaxy s6 for example but the good news is that Microsoft has opted for function over form and this plastic body while not the most premium not only keeps the weight down but removing it reveals the microSD card and battery on the base of the phone is a new USB type-c port which supports faster data transfer and charging and is also completely reversible so no more fumbling around trying to get the plug-in lasting at night on the back is the new 20 megapixel PureView camera which is flanked by a triple LED flash on one side and a speaker on the other in terms of size even though the XL has a half an inch bigger screen than the normal 950 it's not actually that much bigger it's not point one millimeters thinner even and only 15 grams heavier than the 950 which makes it surprisingly light given the screen size the other benefit is the XL has a much better screen to body ratio at 74% that compares to 69% on the stun and 950 so it's relatively more compact it is definitely still a two-handed device though it's not as portable as the Lumia 950 so where the XL definitely still a phablet definitely still two-handed so you may want to consider that when you're choosing between them if you're looking to buy one of these phones fortunately the plastic back is actually a bit textures a bit rubbery to it so it's gripper ball so it's a lot less slippery than say the iPhone 6s plus and lot less likely to fall on your hand so the Lumia 950 s are available in black or white and while they may not feel the most premium I think it actually looks quite smart quite professional and it has the added functionality of a removable and replaceable back cover now the screens are protected by Gorilla Glass 4 they both feature the same beautiful AMOLED quad HD display the 5.2 inch Lumia 950 is therefore slightly sharper with 565 pixels per inch that compares to 518 on a 5.7 inch XL the blacks are deep the whites are rich and has good viewing angles although there is a slight green tint when viewing them from a cue angle overall it's a really nice display the colors aren't as vibrant as the ICS 6 or technically accurate as the iPhone 6s Plus for example but the AMOLED screen still looks great the maximum brightness is pretty disappointing though at about 328 Nets that compares to about 500 and 90 on the iPhone 6 plus but here's a trick if you set the brightness to auto when the phone detects it's in a bright environment like if you're in sunlight outside it boosts it way up to 628 nits which is incredibly bright to keep it on auto so how fast are these new high-end Windows Phones was hard to say on paper the Snapdragon 808 and 810 processors are the best you can get in a 2015 phone even if you will be seeing the next-gen 820 chips in phones from February or March it's also worth noting that the excel use of the 2.1 version on the Snapdragon 810 chip which supposedly doesn't any of the overheating issues that the earlier models suffered from the plastic back cover does get a little bit warm if it's charging or downloading large files or playing intensive games but I wouldn't describe it as hot or anything or uncomfortable it's just a bit warm but even with high-end processors and three gigabytes of RAM it's actually difficult to see the benefit of all this power windows phones have always felt pretty fast even on the earlier Windows 7 and Windows 8 phones the Live Tiles home screens ran smooth and felt responsive so even though these phones are pushing quad HD resolution displays which does require more power it's sometimes hard to tell just how fast they are in everyday use interestingly the XL model did seem a bit quicker when swiping left to review all the app lists so to really charge the phones and get a better idea of the performance I wanted to test them against some graphically intensive games unfortunately there's not actually that many available on the Windows Store that's something we'll talk about later but there's real racing too but not real racing 3 for example which is available on iOS and Android so I settled on asphalt 8 airborne which both phones played flawlessly to be fair though the XL did load it about second faster than the normal 950 so that's a little bit of the benefit of the fastest Snapdragon 810 but in the actual gameplay there was no difference in quality or framerate so these are of course the most powerful windows phones you can buy so of course they can handle anything you throw at it from the Windows Store the problem though is that the world performance doesn't really translate into a smooth user experience throughout the phone yes the live tiles home screen is fast and smooth but those random pauses little hiccups when swiping between menus and scrolling through the app store for example these feels a bit slow in a bit sluggish and it feels like it has to catch up sometimes basically it just doesn't feel as polished as I thought it would for Windows 10 device so while it may not be quite as smooth as I'd like you can't deny it the Windows Phone Live Tiles homescreen is so much nicer and better than iOS or Android phones yes you can get widgets on Android but the Live Tiles interface which we used to call Metro is great for seeing a slideshow of your pictures through the Photos app looking at headline news recent messages emails and missed calls it's genuinely useful to see at a glance who just phoned you or what the most recent text message says without even opening the app each tile has three sizes you can play around with a layout and prioritize AppStore important to you you can even personalize it by changing the background color the tile color and the opacity as well as adding an extra column on a 950xl by enabling the show more miles option to make use of the bigger screen everything else though is pre similar to iOS and Android you swipe down from notification settings menu swipe left to reveal the app drawer or list in this case tap the search button to activate Cortana hold the back button to view previous apps and hold the windows button to activate the one-handed mode which is obviously a bit more useful on the XL Cortana is just as useful as Siri or Google Voice I think you can ask for the time the weather set reminders text and call people standard stuff I'll be looking at Cortana more closely in upcoming Siri versus Google versus called tana video so stay tuned for that on my channel another feature I'll talk a bit more about in a future video is Windows continuum which turns your phone into a proper PC both the 950 Anna 950 XL support it you just need the optional Microsoft display dock plug it in via the type-c USB port connect the mouse keyboard and a monitor it basically tells the phone into a makeshift PC which can run full-size Windows 10 apps it is a little bit limited though at the moment only runs first party Microsoft apps like edge office and mail for now but it is a promising start another pretty cool feature is what they call Windows hello the 950 phones don't have fingerprint readers but they do have iris game technology which Microsoft Corp Windows hello it uses the front camera to register and scan your eye to unlock the phone it's currently in beta and you do need a backup pin but it works reasonably well the phone needs to be about a foot away from your face and so if you do it in public it looks a bit like you're taking a selfie or something it works well in low-light too as it uses a near infrared camera to track your eye it's all pretty cool but if I'm honest it's not something I'd use regularly it quickly gets annoying having to bring up the phone to your face every time you want to unlock it so I think I might stick with a pin the biggest problem with the 950 and 950 XL is the Windows Phone store this has always been an issue and I think it's one of the main reasons most of us haven't really given Windows Phones a chance yet I wanted to see if the app store really is all that bad so I made a video dedicated to finding out if I could get most of the core apps I use every day on my galaxy s6 on my own success on my Windows Phone you can find a link to that video on my channel or by clicking on the YouTube card things somewhere but long story short it's still not good enough yes there's Facebook there's Twitter Spotify Netflix Kindle and Dropbox but Instagram is still in beta there's no Chrome browser no Google Maps or Amazon Prime and only even that many good modern games looking at the numbers alone in the Windows Store and he has about percent of the number of apps that the Google Playstore does let's talk about something a bit more positive let's talk about the fantastic new PureView camera it's really really good 20 megapixels f 1.9 aperture optical image stabilization triple LED flash 4k 30 video and full manual control of the ISO white balance brightness and shutter speed it's really quick to both launching the camera app and taking a picture so I'm really really impressed with the camera I did find the 950 struggle to focus from time to time but when it got it right the pictures were stunning good exposure natural colors lots of detail overall it takes excellent photos although it's worth noting that the sensor is four by three so if you want to take sixteen by nine widescreen photos you'll have to drop down to 16 megapixels but that's still plenty some more prosumer photographers will be disappointed by the lack of war support but if you've seen adverts for new iPhone 6s and loved the look of the live photos feature this basically has that the capture living image setting is enabled by default unlike the iPhone we call it a second or two or video before ending on the high resolution still it's pretty cool and gives a better context to the photo although you can always turn off if you find it annoying even the front facing five megapixel camera which takes pretty decent pictures and solid 1080p video can produce living images as well as for video the phones support up to 1080p 60 or 4k 30 which is great and generally quality's excellent recorded sound is very good as well thanks to the four microphones on the phone detail is good and there's very little noise even in dark conditions the bottom line is the 950 and a 950 XL are two of the best camera phones you can buy right now even if the icons in the apps UI are a little bit smaller than fiddling now let's move on to battery life I'll start with the good news it's removable so you can always buy an extra battery and swap them out if you're running low and don't have a charger to hand the not-so-good news is that the battery on both a 950 and 950 XL is pretty mediocre the XL has about 10 percent larger battery we should despite having a larger screen and more powerful processor does translate to a slightly better battery life by an extra hour or two microsoft claim you'll get 19 hours on 3G and 300 hours of standby life generally both phones last is about full day for me with about 20% left only 950 by 10 p.m. and about 25% on the XL fortunately both phones feature fast charging so you can charge it from about 10 to 50% in and a half an hour as well as supporting wireless Qi or Chi charging you could also make your phones last a bit longer by any the battery saver mode and manually lowering the brightness on the whole battery life is pretty solid its average and similarly mediocre is the sound quality unfortunately the single speaker on the back beside the camera can get very loud but audio quality isn't particularly impressive it's fine for the odd YouTube video or loudspeaker call but it sounds tinny and lacks any depth fortunately the call quality is pretty good I didn't have any issues with reception or signal loss either so let's wrap this review of the lumia 950 and 950 XL are the best windows phones you can buy right now but that doesn't necessarily mean you should go out and buy one if you're unsure ask yourself these questions what do you want a Windows Phone if yes do you want a high-end Windows Phone if also yes then you may want to consider one of these all you don't have to do is choose whether you prefer a normal 5.2 inch 950 or the larger slightly more expensive and a bit faster 5.7 inch Excel model I actually really like these phone the camera is excellent Windows Phone has features I'd love to see on iOS and Android and it may might not feel like the most premium phone but I think it looks pretty good and quite smart generally performance is also solid although not consistent throughout however there are still big gaps in the App Store and Windows 10 software isn't as smooth or with polished throughout as I would have liked so if you are a big windows fan I definitely do recommend the lui 950 s and out of the two I think I'd personally opt for the Excel model if you're not particularly bothered about windows I think there are better phones out there on the market so I hope you found this review helpful thank you very much for watching and please do like and subscribe and of course let me know what you think of the 950 in the comments below\n"