Samsung Z3 vs Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Z3

Samsung Z3

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Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM

Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM

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Samsung Z3 or Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Z3 Microsoft Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM
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Release date 2015, October 2015, October
Dimensions (HxWxD) 141.6 x 70 x 7.9 mm | 5.57 x 5.57 x 2.76 in 151.9 x 78.4 x 8.1 mm | 5.98 x 5.98 x 3.09 in
Weight 137 g | 4.83 oz 165 g | 5.82 oz
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Colors Black, Silver, Gold Black, White
Battery 2600 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 3340 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 15 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 55 h
Stand by time - Up to 288 h (2G) / Up to 288 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 25 h (2G) / Up to 19 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 75 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5" in 5.7" in
Screen area 68.9 cm2 89.6 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 69.5% 75.2%
Screen resolution 720 x 1280 px 1440 x 2560 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 294 PPI 515 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4
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/2.2 -20 MP, f/1.9, 26mm (wide), 1/2.4'', 1.12µm, OIS, AF
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR 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 5 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/2.2 5 MP, f/2.4
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Tizen 2.3, upgradable to 2.4 Microsoft Windows 10
Chipset - Spreadtrum SC7730 - Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 (20 nm)
CPU - Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 - Octa-core (4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A57)
GPU Mali-400 Adreno 430
External memory microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM

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Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Hybrid Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-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)
Speed HSPA HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, LE 4.1, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.70 W/kg (head)     0.77 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.53 W/kg (head)     0.48 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

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

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity - Iris scanner, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, sensor core
Other extras
- MP4/H.264 player
-MP3/WAV/AAC/Flac player
-Photo viewer
-Document viewer

- Microsoft Continuum support
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-Qi wireless charging (market dependent)
-Fast battery charging
Versions
- Versions: Z300H/DD (India)

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