Microsoft Lumia 950: AT&T to Release First Windows 10 Phone, Might Be Only US Carrier
The Microsoft Lumia 950, the first Windows phone to feature Windows 10, is coming to AT&T on Friday, with pre-orders beginning Monday.
AT&T might be the only carrier to feature the Lumia 950, and AT&T stores will have stock of the new phone on Friday, The Verge reports.
An important feature on the Luma 950 and its Windows 10 operating system is Continuum. With the feature, users can start a task on the phone and finish it on a laptop, desktop or tablet. AT&T will sell the necessary Microsoft Display Dock separately.
With the Display Dock, the Lumia 950 transforms itself into a PC. Users will be able to attach a mouse, a monitor and a keyboard to their phones, making them even more powerful.
Meanwhile, Windows Hello will allow users to unlock their phones, visit websites and purchase apps or movies by showing their faces to the device.
The Lumia 950 will have a 5.2-inch QuadHD display, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, a USB-C port, Qi wireless charging, and a removable battery. It will also accept microSD cards. The processor inside the Lumia 950 will be the hexa-core Snapdragon 808, according to The Next Web.
The camera inside the Lumia 950 will be 20 megapixels (MP). Microsoft says that this camera will be of higher quality than its very popular camera inside the Lumia 1020.
The larger Lumia 950 XL will have a 5.7-inch QuadHD display and the same features as the smaller Lumia 950, except it will use an octa-core Snapdragon 810 processor. Microsoft is holding off on the 950 XL until Nov. 25, when it sell for $649.
The exclusive AT&T Lumia 950 can be purchased through the company's Next plan. The cheapeast option is the Next 24 plan, which offers the phone for $19.97 per month for 30 months. When purchasing a Lumia 950 from AT&T, customers will also be able to purchase a Microsoft Surface 3 for just $399.99.
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