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  • Microsoft’s two new flagship phones are brilliant.

  • The Lumia 950 is a good-looking and powerful rival to Sony,

  • while the 950 XL should be able to take on Samsungs big phones.

  • But the one thing that really sets them apart is this little box.

  • Its called Microsoft Continuum and it does something pretty cool.

  • It basically lets you turn your 950 or 950 XL into a computer

  • Plug it in there, and then into a screen and Voila...

  • You have a big Windows 10 PC.

  • You can even add a mouse and keyboard for full computer control.

  • Look how quickly it works, we can easily open up Word here.

  • And very impressively this is not the little mobile version,

  • this is a full screen Word.

  • All of Microsofts Apps scale up like this,

  • so you get proper desktop versions.

  • Whats really handy is the different ways you can control it.

  • You can tell Continuum to mirror the screen of your 950

  • or run apps independently like a separate computer.

  • If you want different things on the phone and big screen,

  • you can still use the 950 as a phone,

  • but check out this great feature.

  • The phone can also turn into a track pad like on a laptop.

  • Or you can add a mouse and keyboard to get some serious work done.

  • All in all, if you only really use you laptop or PC for work and a bit of internet,

  • we think Continuum and a Lumia 950 or 950 XL could happily replace it.

  • If you want to see more on Continuum and the two phones,

  • head over to The Lowdown now and subscribe to this channel.

Microsoft’s two new flagship phones are brilliant.

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