Nokia McLaren VS Microsoft Lumia 950XL: 50MP Pureview, 3GB RAM

Nokia McLaren was supposed to be the successor of Lumia 1020, when Nokia and Microsoft were still a team under their business merging contract. This smartphone concept, created by Nokia, was later cancelled by Microsoft and never made it to mass production.

Meanwhile, Lumia 950XL is Microsoft’s newly launched flagship in 2015. The handset was developed and produced when Nokia was no longer part of the company, so it was purely a Microsoft smartphone from A to Z.

In terms of display size, Nokia McLaren VS Microsoft Lumia 950XL fall into 2 different categories: The McLaren sports a handy 5” inch screen, while the Lumia is a phablet with huge 5.7” display.

It seems that both devices are targeted at the camera smartphone market. Lumia 950XL from Microsoft “only” has a 20MP camera ZEISS Pureview (which is bigger than most smartphone cameras nowadays). However, the McLaren comes with a whooping 50MP ZEISS Pureview, which easily impresses everyone who gets to know about it.

We don’t know much about Nokia McLauren besides the camera, the display size and a 3D Touch sensor in board. If the McLauren is available in the market, I bet with 50MP itself, it can already sell crazily well.

Meanwhile, the selling point of Lumia 950XL is a combination of different specs: Premium 20MP, strong 3GB RAM and special liquid cooling to keep the device from overheating.

To be very fair, both devices feature very elegant and decent designs, although each person will tend to prefer a different one. The Nokia McLaren looks like it is 100% alloy body, while Lumia 950 XL from Microsoft has a plastic casing. While many people claim that a metal case makes the device feel more premium, other prefer plastic since it is light and easily adaptable.

Personally, I am very impressed with the Nokia McLaren design thanks to its big, protrusive camera module located on the back. The big camera with whooping 50MP Pureview ZEISS is just to appealing to refuse!

I have my favorite between the two, though I know each of them are better than the other in their own ways. How about you? Visually, specs-wise, brand-wise, which smartphone from Nokia McLaren VS Microsoft Lumia 950XL is your favorite?