Microsoft Lumia 650 review: The final mainstream Windows 10 Mobile Lumia, with metal frame.
The last mainstream Lumia.
Lumia 650 was the final non-flagship Lumia — premium metal frame and AMOLED on Windows 10 Mobile as the platform was already dying.
01Display
68/100At 68/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2016 — 8 points above the cohort average.
02Camera
50/10050/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2016.
03Performance
40/10040/100 trails the 43-point cohort average for budget phones of 2016.
04Battery
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker battery results among budget phones of 2016 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
66/100At 66/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among budget phones of 2016 — 6 points above the cohort average.
06Value
60/10060/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2016.
- Premium-feeling metal frame at $200.
- AMOLED + 6.9 mm slim.
- Continuum-ready Windows 10.
- microSD + jack.
- Last mainstream Lumia — platform died.
- 1 GB RAM.
- 2,000 mAh battery.
- No 8 GB option.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 6-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .