Microsoft Lumia 950 XL vs Samsung Galaxy S7 edge (CDMA)

General Info

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	Black Onyx, Silver Titanium, Gold Platinum
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)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - G935V
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G935A HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - G935T
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 band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 20(800), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G935A
SAR US
- W/kg (head) - W/kg (body)	1.03 W/kg (head) 1.59 W/kg (body)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM	SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
-	- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) - IP68 certified - dust proof and water resistant over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes

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

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]	Dual-core 2.15 GHz & dual-core 1.6 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 430 [Similar]	Adreno 530 [Similar]
RAM
3 GB [Browse Similar]	3/4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32 GB	32/64 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 200 GB	microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot)

Rear Camera
20 MP, 4992 х 3744 pixels [Similar]	12 MP [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, f/1.7, 26 mm, 1/2.6" Sensor Size, 1.4 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@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
5 MP, 1080p [Similar]	5 MP, f/1.7, 22mm, 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, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 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

Internal
32 GB, 3 GB RAM	32/64 GB, 3/4 GB RAM - G935R
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 200 GB	microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG
-	Supported