Microsoft Lumia 950 Dual SIM vs Samsung Galaxy S8

Microsoft Lumia 950 Dual SIM

Samsung Galaxy S8

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100

HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100
4G network

-

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700)
HSDPA speed

42.2 Mbps

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

5.76 Mbps

5.76 Mbps
LTE speed

LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload

-
LTE-A speed

-

LTE-A, (4CA) Cat16, 1024 Mbps download, 150 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Design
Build

-

Corning Gorilla Glass 5 back panel
SIM

Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Height

145 mm

148.9 mm
Width

73.2 mm

68.1 mm
Thickness

8.2 mm

8 mm
Weight

150 g

155 g
Payment

-

Samsung Pay(Visa, Mastercard)
Waterproof

-

IP68 - 1.5 m and 30 minutes
Dust proof

-

IP68
Colors

Black, White

Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold, Midnight Black, Orchid Gray

Display
Display type

AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

5.2 inches

5.8 inches
Resolution

1440 x 2560 pixels

1440 x 2960 pixels
Pixel density

565 ppi

570 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

-

Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Multitouch

-

Yes

Hardware
CPU

-

Octa-core
CPU

Dual-core 1.82 GHz ARM Cortex-A57

Quad-core 2.3 GHz
CPU(second)

quad-core 1.44 GHz ARM Cortex-A53

quad-core 1.7 GHz
Chipset

Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808

Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 - US / Exynos 8895 Octa - EMEA
GPU

Adreno 418

Adreno 540 - US
Memory RAM

3 GB

4 GB
Internal storage

32 GB

64 GB
Memory card

microSD

microSD
Memory card max

200 GB

256 GB

Main camera
Main camera

20 MP

12 MP, f/1.7 , 26 mm
Primary camera resolution

4992 x 3744 pixels

-
Primary camera video

2160p@30fps

2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps
Primary camera optics

Carl Zeiss optics

-
Primary camera Autofocus

autofocus

-
Primary camera flash

triple-LED RGB flash

LED flash
Primary camera video optical stabilization

optical stabilization

-
Primary camera optical image stabilization

optical image stabilization

optical image stabilization
Primary camera phase detection autofocus

-

phase detection autofocus
Primary camera video dual video

-

dual-video record
Primary camera video hdr

-

HDR
Primary camera video stereo sound record

stereo sound record

-
Camera features

1.12 µm pixel size, 1/2.4' sensor size, HDR, PureView technology, face detection, geo-tagging, panorama

1.4 µm pixel size, 1/2.5" sensor size, Auto HDR, face/smile detection, geo-tagging, panorama, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

-

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

-

Yes
USB

Type-C reversible connector

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth

v4.1

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

-

Yes
Bluetooth AptX

-

Yes
NFC

-

Yes
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes
GPS Navigator

Beidou

-
GALILEO

-

Yes
BDS

-

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

SMS(threaded view)

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

MMS

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

IM

IM
Messaging Push Email

Push Email

-
Messaging Push Mail

-

Push Mail
Java

No

No
Sensors

Accelerometer, barometer, compass, gyro, proximity, sensor core

Iris scanner, SpO2, accelerometer, barometer, compass, fingerprint (rear-mounted), gyro, heart rate, proximity