Microsoft Lumia 950 Review: Can a Smartphone Be Your PC?

According to Digital Trends, this feature “allows your phone to power any monitor as if it were a full PC, while leaving your phone fully independent and operable”.

At this point, Cortana is already able to look online for information, but Microsoft says that speech recognition is what the company’s trying to significantly improve right now, in order not only to better work in English but also to offer support for more languages. And indeed if you install a fresh version of Windows 10 via MCT, it simply means you’ll have to download the subsequent updates post-installation – just a minor inconvenience. Now they just need to make the phone more fun to use on its own – and feel like more than a side project for the real money-maker: Windows 10 everywhere else. Much like iOS, there aren’t very many things to change about the home screen on Windows 10 Mobile, but there is enough.

In addition to Continuum, Windows 10 for phones also includes Microsoft’s new Windows Hello sign-in feature.

When I use this Lumia 950, I feel like I’m working with a derivative of the Windows operating system for desktop machines.

The DVR products let customers to see live TV streaming whenever they wanted, while Google Maps seemed to kill the customer Global Positioning System market.

To use the app, you have to connect your Lumia 950 or 950 XL to Microsoft’s special $100 Display Dock.

Still, the question remains – how ready for prime time is the Windows 10 Mobile OS?

Both phones surprise with new features and looks. 35,800) comes with a 5.2-inch WQHD OLED display powered by 1440×2560 pixels of resolution. The company has reaffirmed that the new Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL will hit the shelves in the coming days. Microsoft Lumia 950Xl will also feature liquid cooling technology to dissipate the heat.

Context is key if you’re considering the Microsoft Lumia 950 to replace an aging Windows Phone or even an iPhone.

We’re still waiting on a few crucial details to fall into place before we release a Lumia 950 Review.

Benchmarks show that the Lumia 950’s performance isn’t quite flagship-class, though. Although it is basically a lightened version for mobile, the Lumia 950 can still perform adequate tasks like a hybrid when paired with a Microsoft Display Dock. It is great in low-light thanks to super high sensitivity sensors and a large aperture. Verizon users, like me, can’t even use it, and thank God.

Global Business Times stated that Microsoft may be planning to make Win32 desktop apps operate on compatible phones using Continuum. If the talks are true, Microsoft may have finally approved the development of a Surface phone, moving beyond its line of laptops and tablets.