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The 950's 5.2" display actually ends up as a 5" display, the same as on the now quite old Lumia 930 and 830, thanks to the virtual controls. Making the benefit of a screen that's a full half inch bigger very relevant indeed. You see, quite apart from other considerations, remarked on below, everyone who tries the two phones comments that there's not that much difference in size, in the hand - so why wouldn't you then go for the phone with the larger screen? In it, I weighed up the specs of the 950 and 950 XL and decreed that for only a small increase in size you might as well go for the device with the highest specification and largest screen. It all started when the two flagships were announced - obviously - with a companion piece to this one penned in mid-November before anyone had looked at either device for more than a few minutes.
