Microsoft Lumia 950 And 950 XL Slash Their Price For The Launch

By Staff Reporter

Oct 29 2015, 09:53 AM EDT

Microsoft Lumia 950 (codenamed Talkman) and 950 XL (codenamed Cityman) will be amongst the first phones to run on Windows 10. Today, they are now available for pre-order.

No longer just a desktop operating system, Windows 10 will now start running on smartphones as well and we will see them in action first with Lumia 950 and 950 XL. PC Advisor also bears good news to Windows followers that are looking to get the to-be-released phones - their prices will be slashed!

International Business Times notes that it is priced at £449.99 for a 32GB storage variant of the Lumia 950, whereas its large-screen edition, 950 XL, is priced at £529.99. Original prices were set at £500 and £550, considering these are flagship handsets targeted towards business and not consumer markets.

Window's Central posted sample photos of the new Lumia sets, and the color, detail and sharpness of the photo shows quality that can match that of high-end DSLRs. The phone's camera will have the following highlights:

20-megapixel
F/1.9 aperture
1.12-micron pixel size
ISO up to 12800
Zeiss optics
5th generation Optical Image Stabilization
Triple LED natural flash
4K video recording
Rich Capture automatically chooses the best camera mode
Completely new color processing algorithm

The Nokia Lumia 950 has a 5.2in Quad-HD screen (2560x1440, 564ppi) and 32GB of storage (plus microSD that can be expanded to as much as 2TB). The Lumia 950 XL has a larger 5.7in display (a slightly lower pixel density, 518ppi, because resolution is the same) and the same camera, storage and software setup.

Both phones will have the iris-scanning technology to support the Windows Hello, which gives users the ability to unlock phones by just looking at the screen.

Other key specs of the phone are as follows: