Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Note5 vs Microsoft Lumia 950 XL vs Google Pixel XL

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Microsoft Google
Announced August 2015 October 2015 October 2016
Status Available - August 2015 Available - November 2015 Available - October 2016
Price Rs. 40,800 ($600.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 34,000 ($499.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 67,000 ($769.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum Black, White Very Silver, Quite Black, Really Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 153.2 x 76.1 x 7.6 mm
(6.03 x 3 x 0.3 in)
151.9 x 78.4 x 8.1 mm
(5.98 x 3.09 x 0.32 in)
154.7 x 75.7 x 8.6 mm
(6.09 x 2.98 x 0.34 in)
Weight 171 g (6.03 oz) 165 g (5.82 oz) 168 g (5.93 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 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, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- S Pen stylus
- - Fingerprint Sensor
- Google Magic

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop) Microsoft Windows 10 Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 Dual-core 2.15 GHz Kryo & dual-core 1.6 GHz Kryo, Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 821
GPU Mali-T760MP8 Adreno 430 Adreno 530
RAM 4 GB 3 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 32 GB 32/128 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 200 GB No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 AMOLED capacitive touchscreen AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches 5.7 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (518 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (534 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 76.92% 74.43% 71.22%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No FM radio No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels 20 MP, 4992 х 3744 pixels 12 MP, 4608 x 2592 pixels
Flash LED Flash Carl Zeiss optics Dual-LED (dual Tone)
Features Autofocus, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR 1/2.4' Sensor Size, 1.12 μm Pixel Size, PureView Technology, Dual Capture, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, f/2.0, 1.55µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, Optical Stabilization, Dual-video Rec. 2160p@30fps, optical stabilization, stereo sound rec. 2160p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.0, 1.4 µm pixel size, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps/ LTE Cat9 450/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.1, A2DP v4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot 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, DLNA, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0, USB Host Type-C 1.0 reversible connector Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32/128 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 200 GB No
USB OTG Supported - -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable battery
Capacity 3000 mAh 3340 mAh 3450 mAh
Stand by - Up to 288 h (2G)
Up to 288 h (3G)
Up to 456 h
Talk Time - Up to 25 h (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)
Up to 26 h