Hands-on review: Microsoft Lumia 950

By Joe Osborne

Microsoft may be batting a thousand when it comes to category-crushing computing devices, but it’s been on the receiving end of the crushing when it comes to phones for, well, a long time.

But those days could be over, as its flagship Lumia 950 challenges some of the strongest phones around with some powerful hardware and compelling features. This is the posterchild for Windows 10 Mobile, and it already does a stellar job of showcasing the operating system (OS).

The Lumia 950 uses every end of the updated mobile OS to great effect – at least at first glance. There’s Cortana integration throughout, Office support, Windows Hello iris-based security and the option to use the phone as a PC through the Continuum feature, to start.

But before I get into all of that, let’s take a closer look at the phone itself.

Pretty in plastic with plenty of pixels

What you’ll notice first about the Lumia 950 is that, like all the others before it, it’s clad in a matte white or black polycarbonate shell. For a phone that starts at $549 (£450, about …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Phones