Razer Phone Review: Two Months Later By Slashdot

Two months later and my view of the razor phone in relation to the many other Android phones on the market hasn't changed much. It's still a relatively chunky, Android powerhouse that caters to gamers more than the average Joe. However, the frequent updates and unveiling of project Linda, a laptop accessory, featuring a 13.3 inch display and keyboard powered by the razor phone itself has made the overall device. Much more appealing to me, a very light. Gamer. The chunky design of the phone is something I haven't really been able to completely shake on one hand, I like the smooth, aluminum and textured Racer logo, but the phone as a whole is a massive device in the hand and in the pocket.

The boxy shape works well for a laptop like the razor blade which razor obviously makes, but not for a smartphone. The front-facing stereo speakers sound absolutely great they're, one of the best of any smartphone on the market that I've ever tested, and I find myself frequently listening to music through these speakers around the house, as opposed to dedicated Bluetooth speakers. They are that good and there was a December update that fine-tuned. The speakers to improve audio quality as well now the lack of a headphone jack still annoys me a bit if I were a gamer I feel like I'd, be more fresh trading from the lack of a headphone jack than if I weren't, but no matter who you are, it still is annoying to have to use an adapter to listen to headphones or plug your phone into your car stereo. If we switch gears to the display, I will say that I have absolutely fallen in love with the fluidity of the software, largely in part due to the display the 120 Hertz display animations are so much smoother on this phone than any other device.

Something as simple as scrolling through Reddit looks so buttery smooth, and it's kind of hard to go back to a 60 Hertz display. The effect does lose its appeal ever so slightly via daily use, but when you switch phones, you really start to appreciate the high refresh rate. I do admire racer for keeping the software as minimal as possible. It runs a near stock android skin, with Google now available in the default launcher. The only thing I don't like are the green skinned icons, but hey those can be easily changed with an icon pack and launcher the game.

Booster feature in the settings is neat in that it'll. Let you boost your device's performance by shifting resources around to optimize the operating system. The custom mode is pretty neat because you can have this feature only be activated for graphic intensive games, which is obviously what I recommend, because many games like solitaire or words with friends can run just fine without having to use all the power of the Snapdragon 835 processor I've used this feature on and off over the past month or so, and it's kind of hard to say if it's actually working but I, don't really play a lot of graphic intensive games. If you're interested this app is available on the Play Store, if you don't have a razor phone, one of the biggest complaints with the smartphone is camera performance. It quite simply just isn't on par with other flagship phones.

This past month, though, Racer issued as software updates to improve camera performance, they've added a tee times, zoom button they've improved the shutter speed in low light and when using HDR, they've reduced noise and made shadows clearer, they've, improved picture quality with better color cast and improved image optimizations. So it's really neat to see companies like Racer and essential, releasing updates to improve camera performance after the fact after the phone has already launched, but I will say, I have yet to see a smartphone launched with a subpar camera and receive an update that puts its camera on par with the competition or at least make the subpar camera not so subpar for $700 the camera performance is still lacking. In my opinion. As for battery life, it has been consistent, offering me close to 2 days of moderate to heavy usage with the 120 Hertz, refresh rate turned on I'd, say: you're gonna, probably see realistically one and a half days of usage with this phone. So the introduction of project Linda at CES has made the razor phone more of an attractive purchase, but even then it still caters to a demographic that I don't belong to, that demographic is gamers.

The 120 Hertz, refresh rates, powerful processor and battery life make this phone an absolute joy to game on, but when we compare it to other $700 flagships, but design and camera just simply fall short. If you bought a razor phone I'm curious to hear your thoughts in the comments down below you've heard mine, as always on BUH HD from phone, calm, I hope you enjoyed this video. Thank you for watching, and I will see you right back here in the next one, see ya.

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