Razer Phone Review and GIVEAWAY By MUO

Have you ever looked at your smartphone and couldn't help but feel disappointed with its peasantry 30fps display? What about feeling that the sound being produced is coming from an asthmatic mouse blowing through a straw? Well, even if you haven't the PC master-race has come to the rescue. This is Yousef for make yourself calm and, let's find out if the racer phone has got what it takes to dance with the big boys. Now I've got to admire racer. Here they didn't want to arrive meekly in such a competitive market. You know maybe trying out a few entry level devices seeing how it goes. Oh ho, no, they are pursuing the flagships.

Racer is a new to the technology industry by any means, but they are to the smartphone market, which is a completely different animal. Fortunately, they got a bit of a nudge in the right direction by one of the most effective means possible. Yes, throwing money at the problem. Racer acquired next bit in January 2017 next bill has a team made up of former members of Google's Android team, and a former head of design from HTC copy-pasting is quite evident when you look at the necks but Robin and arrays the phone side by side. Their designs are very, very similar raises.

Mad scientist then poured some gaming pedigree into the device and released the first Android phone yet specifically for a gaming experience for you, unboxing enthusiasts Racer has not disappointed accompanied by the note from the Racer team. You get a beautifully engineered box, a striking, similar movable tool, a type C to type C charging, cable, a power, brick and well. There's no easy way to say this: a type C, 2, headphone, adapter, rest assured I have deducted some marks with this and finally, weighing in at 197 grams is the razor phone. The design is somewhat polarizing. You either love it or detest it.

I personally think it's awesome now bear with me on this I know it lacks an edge-to-edge display, and it's quite blocky economically. This might be a problem for some, as it doesn't quite have the ergonomics of a curvier more hand friendly smartphone, but there's a method to this madness. The design is rather iconic. It stands out and it's something different. The blocky design also gives more space for the battery and the massive heat pipes that are used for thermal cooling.

The bezels also make for a much more comfortable gaming experience without the bezels there'd be no place to rest your thumbs and without the bezels there'd, be no place to put the speakers featuring Dolby Atmos audio. Now you heard that correctly front-facing very loud Dolby Atmos audio speakers check out the full review on our website to find out more about this. The speakers on this phone are nothing short of amazing, the only major downside to the audio being the lack of a headphone jack. It's okay, it's okay, Apple didn't do it, so we don't have to kick up a fuss taking a closer look at the device. We have the volume buttons on the left, the dual megapixel cameras on the back and an eight megapixel shooter on the front.

If selfies are everything also on the front, are the aforementioned speakers and on-screen buttons accompanying this SIM tray on the right is a brilliantly placed fingerprint sensor? It feels really natural not to mention being blisteringly fast. This is kind of the implementation people were asking for on the iPhone 10 on the bottom is the USB-C charging port, which brings us to the first debut of a technology that this phone is bringing to the market that is Qualcomm quick charge.4.0 plus this means a cooler faster, more power efficient way of charging your phone, the spec sheet on the eraser phone, is what you would expect from a flagship. It's got the Snapdragon 83 5, 8, gigabytes of RAM, 64 gigabytes of internal storage, which you can expand with the micro SD card up to 2 terabytes and finally, a 1440p IPS display wait. A second IPS I thought. You said this was a flagship.

Well, my friends, this is no ordinary IPS display. This display is capable of 120 Hertz. Now this may sound like pcmasterrace gamer e stuff, but man Android has never felt this good, and this is another first for the smartphone industry. If you've used the iPad pros with Apple's promotion, you would understand how much of a difference it makes everything from general UI scrolling as well as, of course, gaming feels as smooth as swimming in 600 gallons of double cream. The refresh rate is also variable so when you're, just idling on your home screen or sharing what you're, having for lunch and social media, the refresh rate tones down to preserve the battery granted, this is not going to be as bright or as colorful as the o LEDs from the competition, but 120 Hertz on an OLED is just something our species hasn't made feasible.

Yet as soon as a bunch of people in lab coats figures that out IPS will have to do. The smoothness isn't going to be translates on this video as you're, watching it in 24 FPS. But this is something you have to try for yourself. High refresh rate displays aren't new. We've got them on computer monitors, but it's really special when it's at your fingertips, complementing the smooth experience is a very near stock, Android setup with just a few useful features here and there, for example, it has a do not disturb gaming mode, which stops all notifications, while gaming in full-screen awesome.

Now one of my concerns was the battery at 120 Hertz, even though Racer has crammed a 4000 William power battery in their well, even on the highest refresh rate setting the Racer got me through the day comfortably and then some change tapping out at about five and a half to six hours of screen on time. Now, before you hand, your Christmas money over to Racer know that there are a few issues. First off the vibration and haptic feedback could have been better traversing through the internet. Some of these devices seem to be a little worse than others. Racer has since released a software update, making it a little less bad.

We've, of course, spoken about the headphone, jack and OLAC valve, but my friends we've saved the worst for last, and that goes to the cameras now. I realized that this phone is aimed at gamers, not photography, aficionados, but it's still in flagship territory. Racer has promised to improve the camera quality in further software updates, but as it stands, the cameras are way below the competition pictures were quite soft, dynamic range was lackluster, and the native camera app should immediately be replaced by a third-party one. If you are going to buy this phone, it's almost at ease because you can take somewhat okay pictures in the right conditions, but then you're, disappointed by the sluggish shutter lag now I'm, not too bothered by it as cameras on a smartphone are not a major requirement for me personally, and I assume the person looking for a gaming phone isn't going to care either, but the vast majority of the market is going to require significantly better cameras. Another debut that the Arabia phone is bringing us is HDR ready, content via Netflix, well how they kept this quiet.

I don't know, but this combined with the front-facing speakers, is going to be an unmatched industry. First for media consumption. Another announcement at CES was code named project Linda. This shell basically transforms your razor phone into a laptop. There hasn't been any price or release dates announced, but it looks really cool.

It features an RGB keyboard and extra battery and even a little cutout at the front, which means you will be able to log in via the fingerprint sensor impressive. Now. This is all conceptual and I have my reservations whether this is going to become an actual product or not, but this does provide an insight as to where racer wants to take this product and potentially attract game developers for supporting more mobile games in the future. I'm up for that which brings us to the million-dollar question. Is this enough to make you switch regarding price? The razor phone is less expensive than the top-tier flagships, like the iPhone, 10 or note 8, it's priced closer to the tier 2 flagships like the iPhone, 8 or Samsung Galaxy s 8.

If photography is a huge part of your use case, I would steer clear of the razor phone. However, if you're looking for the smoothest, Android experience to date, excellent, audio and silky smooth gaming, it would be hard-pressed not to consider the razor phone. Don't forget to check out our article on our website for more detailed review. Give us the thumbs up. If you enjoyed this video or a thumbs down.

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Source : MUO