Leaked Microsoft Lumia 850 renders show a thin, metallic Windows 10 smartphone that might be coming soon

posted by Florin T. / Dec 04, 2015, 11:02 AM

Months before Microsoft announced the Lumia 950 XL, Lumia 950, and Lumia 550 as its first Windows 10 smartphones, we heard that the company was also working on a Lumia 750 and a Lumia 850. Since the 750 and 850 weren't unveiled at the same time with the 950 XL, 950, and 550, some believed that they may have been cancelled. However, according to @OnLeaks, the Lumia 850 is still part of Microsoft's plans.

Interestingly, it's said that the Lumia 850 is built around a metal frame, and measures 155.9 x 77.23 x 6.92, thus becoming the thinnest Lumia smartphone to date. Assuming that these dimensions are correct, the 850 will be slightly larger than the Lumia 950 XL, which sports a 5.7-inch display and measures 151.9 x 78.4 x 8.1 mm. This means that the handset certainly doesn't have a 5-inch screen, as previously rumored, but a much larger one.

@OnLeaks revealed some renders of the Microsoft Lumia 850 (seen below), saying that they're based on industrial sketches received from a trusted source. Obviously, for now we can't know if this is indeed what the upcoming smartphone will look like. Hopefully, Microsoft will soon shed some light on this.

Microsoft Lumia 850

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source: @OnLeaks / Nowhereelse (translated)

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35 Comments

1. WeezyF

Posts: 155; Member since: Jul 09, 2015

This is what the 950/950xl should have looked like.

posted on Dec 04, 2015, 11:07 AM 11

12. Cheezwiz

Posts: 500; Member since: Dec 29, 2014

the 950 XL looks great as is. Not sure what major difference you see other than "ooh shiny" metal.

posted on Dec 04, 2015, 12:37 PM 5

14. Unordinary unregistered

This looks absolutely gorgeous

posted on Dec 04, 2015, 1:57 PM 1

2. Arch_Fiend

Posts: 3951; Member since: Oct 03, 2015

Looks Like The Nexus 5X Without FPS And Side LED?

posted on Dec 04, 2015, 11:16 AM 13

3. Hexa-core

Posts: 2131; Member since: Aug 11, 2015

They look much better than Nexus 5X. Try trolling smarter.

posted on Dec 04, 2015, 11:20 AM 3

16. Arch_Fiend

Posts: 3951; Member since: Oct 03, 2015

Not Trolling I Just Thought It Looked Like The 5X.

posted on Dec 04, 2015, 2:48 PM 7

20. -RP44-

Posts: 3; Member since: Nov 27, 2015

It does look like Nexus 5X, you are right.

posted on Dec 04, 2015, 3:24 PM 4

27. Astonvan

Posts: 237; Member since: Aug 14, 2015

Hey what happened to Deca-core. any idea where he is??

posted on Dec 05, 2015, 4:51 AM 0

29. VZWuser76

Posts: 4974; Member since: Mar 04, 2010

Sorry but that's the first thought I had when I saw it.

posted on Dec 05, 2015, 12:27 PM 0

4. Hexa-core

Posts: 2131; Member since: Aug 11, 2015

Heck, MS got a hard job to make W10 grab significant attention.

posted on Dec 04, 2015, 11:22 AM 0

5. lalalaman

Posts: 638; Member since: Aug 19, 2013

actually the nexus camera hump was the same as of L925 and L1520.....MS/nokia they are just implementing their older design

posted on Dec 04, 2015, 11:30 AM 3

17. Arch_Fiend

Posts: 3951; Member since: Oct 03, 2015

Aw Ok.

posted on Dec 04, 2015, 2:49 PM 0

6. Shubham412302

Posts: 586; Member since: Nov 09, 2011

And now every phone looks the same. Chinese phones had that camera bump before nexus 5x.

posted on Dec 04, 2015, 11:31 AM 1

24. Johnnokia

Posts: 1158; Member since: May 27, 2012

Nexus 5X design is so similar to Nokia Lumia 925

posted on Dec 04, 2015, 10:04 PM 1

7. CX3NT3_713

Posts: 2362; Member since: Apr 18, 2011

MS stop making phones, and focus on fixing the operating system!!!

posted on Dec 04, 2015, 11:51 AM 3

23. elitewolverine

Posts: 5192; Member since: Oct 28, 2013

Works fine here, they even just released another update today...try harder?

posted on Dec 04, 2015, 9:09 PM 2

8. gersont1000

Posts: 473; Member since: Mar 13, 2012

To the people that make stupid comments such as this looks like the Nexus 5X, just shut up. You're just like the i-Diots that used to say any phone with rounded corners was a ripoff of the iPhone. What do you expect, for other phones to have sharp edges and corners that will cut you? How about on the new iPhones that "copied" several Android phones and rounded out the edges? Phones are so slim now that most will have to have a camera hump to accomodate the width of the camera module. Stop saying this or that phone copied this other one. It's a phone, a rectangle with a screen that takes up most of one side, and several design traits are necessary for comfort or operability. There can't be that much differentiation except for small details.

posted on Dec 04, 2015, 11:57 AM 13

22. craiger

Posts: 5; Member since: Nov 22, 2014

Sir, you are a genius. Sometimes the most simple observations are the truest. From a short distance, a smartphone is a smartphone is a smartphone. The only real difference seems to be what's on the inside. Externals have reached critical mass.

posted on Dec 04, 2015, 7:39 PM 0

28. boosook

Posts: 1442; Member since: Nov 19, 2012

I've got a 5X and this phone actually does look like the 5X, trust me. And the 950 looks like the 5X as well. Live with it.

posted on Dec 05, 2015, 9:57 AM 0

30. VZWuser76

Posts: 4974; Member since: Mar 04, 2010

If they do look similar, how is that wrong? The camera humps look similar on both. And as some have stated, there were earlier Lumias that look similar as well. No one is saying they shouldn't have done it, they're simply saying they look similar. No one that I've seen in the comments mentioned anything about copying besides you. Can we not make observations like that anymore? Should we check in with you now to rule on what we can and cannot say? Get over yourself.

posted on Dec 05, 2015, 12:33 PM 0

35. gersont1000

Posts: 473; Member since: Mar 13, 2012

It's not a problem to say they look alike, but the insinuation when most say it is that it is copying the other phone.

posted on Dec 07, 2015, 10:24 AM 0

9. Martineverest

Posts: 521; Member since: Oct 27, 2015

With continuum?

posted on Dec 04, 2015, 12:10 PM 0

11. rishav20193

Posts: 242; Member since: Jul 18, 2015

i dont think so.....may be continuum will be given in high ends from next year or 2017..... but for now its for flagships only

posted on Dec 04, 2015, 12:21 PM 0

10. rishav20193

Posts: 242; Member since: Jul 18, 2015

expecting a high end phone 1080P, 2GB, 16/32GB WITH SD CARD, SD 620 PROCESSOR & ofcrs an awesome camera (16 mp may be)

posted on Dec 04, 2015, 12:18 PM 0

13. DnB925Art

Posts: 1168; Member since: May 23, 2013

I bought a 640 cheap not too long ago and I am impressed by the OS, though apps are definitely lacking, it's not a bad OS, and I'm a heavy Android/ChromeOS guy (typing this on my Toshiba Chromebook 2 (2015). I hope MS does something significant as competition benefits us all and pushes both Android and iOS to innovate. That being said, that render looks really nice in white.

posted on Dec 04, 2015, 1:54 PM 2

15. Sharky

Posts: 259; Member since: Jun 24, 2008

Are you sure this isn't a Nexus 5X running the WM10 ROM for android phones? Joking aside, I'm interested both in this phone and the progression of the WM10 ROM for Android Phones. Hope to see it expand beyond the Mi 4.

posted on Dec 04, 2015, 2:30 PM 0

21. FrankUnderwood2

Posts: 243; Member since: Oct 01, 2015

where is the camera shutter key? Lumia 830 had it. why MS removed it on Lumia 850?? No surprise they are going down.

posted on Dec 04, 2015, 4:12 PM 1

34. der_damo

Posts: 213; Member since: Sep 16, 2014

yeah, the shutter key is the reason why phones are selling less - try harder.

posted on Dec 07, 2015, 3:02 AM 0

36. jontaylor07

Posts: 169; Member since: Oct 12, 2015

Well, since this is a purported leak and not the announcement, we'll just have to wait and see if MS makes this phone, and if so, will it have a camera button?