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it's taken us a bit to get it but thanks to the good people at clove we finally get to test Windows 10 mobile on something a little roomier I'm Michael Fisher with PocketNow and this is a very quick look at the Microsoft Lumia 950 XL again we owe a lot to the folks at clove for getting us this review device folks pay them a visit at clove dot code at UK if you want one of these for your own collection the first thing to note about the 950 XL is that while it is bigger than the 950 it doesn't feel that much bigger that's an automatic win for the XL because it's bringing a bigger battery better processor and a half inch more screen size among others some might even say that the look is classier with the XL but I'll leave that up to you for now otherwise all of the Windows 10 mobile highs and lows seem to be accounted for here from the futuristic windows hello iris scanner and wireless charging to the fairly Spartan App Store and software bugs that remind you just how young Windows 10 still is there are little changes here and there the new side button configuration will take some getting used to but the most obvious of the 950 XL advantages is its big screen size here's where Windows 10 really gets a chance to shine while you can leave the Start screen and its default configuration which doesn't give you any advantage over the 950 flipping a single toggle in the settings menu opens up that quad HD panel to all the tiles you can dream up this won't be for people who already find the live tile look too busy and it's a long way from the easy glance ability of Windows Phone 7 but if you can figure out a configuration that works for you there's room here for a lot of information making the 950 XL feel more like a small Windows tablet than a phone and if you type as much as you take in the added real-estate gives you plenty of room to spread out especially in landscape it's a very roomy typing experience so far on day one the 950xl seems very well named despite the added specs it's a very similar in hand feel to the 950 with the primary standout being that added screen size as we hit into the full review we're going to keep an eye out for how well the 810 processor performs versus the 808 and the smaller phone especially in continuum how much longer the bigger battery holds out how much more utility the added screen size brings and whether all that makes the excels larger price tag worth it if there's something in particular you want us to cover leave it in the comments below one more time thanks to our friends at clove for their vise loan pay them a visit at clove code UK if you want a 950xl of your own and follow us on social media to pocket now is at pocket now until next time this has been michael fisher captain to bones on twitter thanks for watching stay tuned for more