Huawei Y5II vs Microsoft Lumia 950 Comparison and Differences

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Huawei Y5II

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Microsoft Lumia 950

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Huawei Y5II or Microsoft Lumia 950 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Huawei Y5II Microsoft Lumia 950
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Release date 2016, April 2015, October
Dimensions (HxWxD) 143.8 x 72 x 8.9 mm | 5.66 x 5.66 x 2.83 in 145 x 73.2 x 8.2 mm | 5.71 x 5.71 x 2.88 in
Weight 135 g | 4.76 oz 150 g | 5.29 oz
Body Build Plastic body
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Colors Obsidian Black, Arctic White, Sand Gold, Rose Pink, Sky Blue Black, White
Battery 2200 mAh,  Removable Li-Po 3000 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 288 h (2G) / Up to 288 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 23 h (2G) / Up to 18 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 67 h
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5" in 5.2" in
Screen area 68.9 cm2 74.8 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 66.6% 70.5%
Screen resolution 720 x 1280 px 1440 x 2560 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 294 PPI 564 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Other specs - ClearBlack display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 8 MP, Single 20 MP, Single
Camera specs -8 MP, AF, f/2.0 -20 MP, f/1.9, 26mm (wide), 1/2.4'', 1.12µm, OIS, AF
Functions LED flash Zeiss optics, triple-LED RGB flash, panorama, HDR
Video 720p@30fps 2160p@30fps, stereo sound rec., 1080p@30/60fps (after SW update)
Front camera, selfie 2 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 2 MP 5 MP, f/2.4
Functions LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 5.1 (Lollipop); EMUI 3.1 Microsoft Windows 10
Chipset - Mediatek MT6735P (28 nm)
- Mediatek MT6582 - 3G model
- Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808 (20 nm)
CPU - Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53 - 4G model
-Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 - 3G model
- Hexa-core (4x1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 & 2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A57)
GPU Mali-T720MP2 - 4G model
Mali-400MP2 - 3G model
Adreno 418
External memory microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM

Benchmark

GeekBench 4 Single Core 473
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 1347
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 782

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300) - EMEA 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) - USA
Speed HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat6 300/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, LE 4.1, A2DP

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio FM radio
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity, compass - Iris scanner, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, sensor core
Other extras
- Microsoft Continuum support
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-Qi wireless charging (market dependent)
-Fast charging
Versions
- Also known as Huawei Y5 2, Huawei Honor 5, Huawei Honor Play 5, Huawei Honor 5 Play

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