Razer Phone review By Engadget

Razors tagline is for gamers by gamers, and it brings that philosophy to every piece of hardware. It makes from its high-end laptops to its gaming accessories. It's no exception when it came to making its first ever smartphone simply named the razor phone. The handset is what the company is calling a phone made for gamers with his gorgeous display show-stopping, audio and stellar performance. We can see why, let's start with that display, it's quite a large one at 5.7 inches and its HD resolution is on par with other flagships out there. What really sets the razor apart, though, is that 120 Hertz refresh rate, which is a first in a globally available phone like this.

What this means is that action-packed games with high frame rates like Final Fantasy 15, we'll look buttery smooth without much stutter or lag, which is great except not. A lot of mobile games support this sort of refresh rate. Yet racer has said, though, that is working with a number of developers to optimize certain titles for the racer phone, such as the aforementioned Final Fantasy, 15, arena, valor and shadow gun. Another standout feature are those front speakers, while most phone speakers are tinny and all the racer phones are pretty outstanding, each speaker has its own amplifier and, as the phone is equipped with Dolby Atmos for mobile there's, hardly any distortion or crackling even at high volumes. If you'd rather not blast your gaming audio, though you might be disappointed to know that, like the iPhone and the latest pixel phones, the razor phone does not have a headphone jack.

Instead, it comes with a USB c2 headphone adapter that packs a 24-bit THX certified digital to analog converter or, of course, you could just use a pair of Bluetooth headphones. Now, let's move on to other parts of the phone. The phone itself is well pretty clunky and heavy. It has straight edges all the way around which can dig into your hands. Its large size also means small handed folks like myself, can't use it one-handed at least not easily.

Its blocky slab design struck me as boring and uninteresting on its right side is the power button, which also acts as a fingerprint sensor on the left. Are the two volume buttons above the display? Is the 8 megapixel front-facing camera a USB-C port is on the bottom and on the rear, is a 12 megapixel dual camera? One is a wide-angle lens, while the other is for telephoto shots, there's also a dual tone: LED flash right off the bat I'll say that the camera is okay, but not great shutter speeds feel a little slow and if you use HDR, that's even more of a delay photo quality is a bit hit or miss pictures. Take it in daylight, where sharp enough, but colors seem too muted. Low-Light photos alright, as well, though some poorly lit ones looked fuzzier than others. The razor phone has a hefty 4000 William battery and in my initial test it easily lasted more than a day between charges, even with a super bright screen and a few heavy gaming sessions peppered throughout the razor phone ships with Android nougat with the Nova prime launcher pre-loaded, which offers plenty of customization options right off the bat.

It also comes with a neat game: booster app that lets you customize the frame rate resolution and processor clock speed for each individual game so that you don't have to make global changes that affect the entire phone. For example, if you want a full 120 Hertz frame rate for your games, but don't need that kind of experience for everyday browsing. You can set that accordingly in order to save battery life and when you do optimize the game for performance, the results are pretty great. I played a few graphically rich games like Altos adventure, entitled assault and was very pleased with the rich colors and sharp detail to be fair. They were very good even without the optimizations, but the higher resolution and increased refresh rate took it to the next level.

The experience was certainly a lot better than playing those same games on other, less powerful phones. Those front-facing speakers deliver an immersive audio experience as well with his gorgeous display and great audio. The razor phone is a that puts gaming at the forefront and does it well. It's large bulky design is not for everyone, but for those who take mobile gaming seriously, the razor phone is a solid option.

Source : Engadget