Razer is at it again with Razer Phone 2 that’s dedicated to people who want the smartphone equivalent of a high-end PC with gaming specs

2. Razer is at it again with the second iteration of the
previous phone that’s dedicated to people who want the
smartphone equivalent of a high-end PC with gaming
specs. Razer’s new phone simply named Razor Phone 2, is
for the people who are deeply involved in mobile gaming,
want to stream gameplay, or think they can gain an edge in
their next match from gaming-oriented hardware.
The Razor Phone 2 is solely dedicated to deliver best
mobile gaming experience as possible. The phone is said to
deliver the best quality graphics for the users with a
minimum lag and flawless processing speed.
Description

3. The Razor Phone 2 has one of the most unique designs, apart from any
standard smartphone. The phone has unique placements for specs and
features with a mind-blowing body.
The most important part is that the phone is completely made out of
aluminum. The whole body is made out of aluminum except the front
display. Due to the aluminum body, the phone falls on a slightly heavier
side. The grip and feel of this phone feel amazing due to its flawless grippy
and ergonomic design.
The dimensions of this phone are as such, 8.5 mm x 79 mm x 158.1 mm, for
thickness, width and height respectively. The phone weighs approximately
220 grams. The phone is an IP67 dust and water proof, up to 1 meter for 30
minutes.
For a total immersive gaming experience, the Dolby Atmos stereo speakers
(THX-certified amplifiers) speakers are actually placed on the front of the
phone, above and below the display. The speakers make for huge bezels,
both on top and bottom. The front camera is placed on the top left corner
overlapping the speakers. On the back the rear cameras are centered
horizontally on the top half. Just below is the Razor logo which is RGB
illuminated Razer chroma logo. On the bottom, you can find the USB type-C
port. The volume keys are in a circular shape in the left side of the phone
and on the right is the power key which doubles as a fingerprint sensor.
The Razor Phone 2 comes in colors such as Mirror back, Rugged satin.
Design

4. Design Specs
Thickness 8.5 mm
Width 79 mm
Weight 220 gm
Waterproof Yes, IP67
Water Resistance Yes
Ruggedness Dust Proof
Height 158.1 mm
Colors Mirror back, Rugged satin
Fingerprint Sensor Yes (side-mounted)

5. The Razor Phone 2 has primarily dedicated itself to build
one of the best displays for an immersive gaming and
visual experience. Razor, being one of the best gaming
laptop and accessories company has tried to build the best
gaming phone as possible.
The display is amazing in this phone with a IGZO IPS LCD
capacitive touchscreen screen with 16M colors. The aspect
ratio of the display is 16:9 which is very cool because very
less company are able to come up with this aspect ratio for
a display. The display has the best pixel density that is 513
ppi with wide color gamut and the it can pull up to 580
nits. The screen resolution is 1440 x 2560 at 120 Hz. The
screen size is actually 5.72 inches and is said to cover up to
72.0% of the front.
The screen is protected with a Corning Gorilla Glass 5,
oleophobic coating and it is a capacitive touchscreen and
has a multi touch feature.
Display

6. Display Specs
Display Type IGZO IPS LCD
Aspect Ratio 16:9
Bezel less Display No
Pixel Density 513 ppi
Screen Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5,
oleophobic coating
Screen to Body Ratio 72.0%
Screen Size 5.72 inches
Screen Resolution 1440 x 2560pixels
Touch Screen Yes, Capacitive touchscreen,
Multi-touch

7. The Razor Phone 2, primarily being a gaming phone has
dedicated to giving the best experience for gaming,
graphics and video quality. Due to this, the phone has put
a minimum focus to the cameras.
That being said, it still has one of the standard cameras
you can get in the market. Razor decided to go with dual
camera set up with a 12 MP, f/1.8, 25mm (wide), 1/2.55",
1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS lens and another 12 MP, f/2.6,
1/3.1", 1.0µm, 2x optical zoom as the second lens. The
camera features on the main camera are namely Dual-LED
dual-tone flash, panorama and HDR. The main camera is
able to shoot videos in 2160p at 30/60fps and 1080p at
30/30/60/120fps resolutions. It does have optical image
stabilization. It is able to produce images of resolution at
1440 x 2560 pixels.
For the front camera, the contains a single standard
camera set up with an 8 MP, f/2.0 lens. The front camera
can shoot videos at 1080p at 30/60fps.
Camera

8. Camera Specs
Features Dual-LED dual-tone flash, Auto Flash,
Face detection, Touch to focus
Image Resolution 1440 x 2560 Pixels
Autofocus Yes, Phase Detection autofocus
Shooting Modes Continuous Shooting, Panorama, High
Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Resolution 8 MP Front Camera and 12 MP + 12
MP Main Camera
Physical Aperture F2.0
Optical Image Stabilization Yes
Flash Yes, LED flash
Video Recording 2160p@30/60fps,
1080p@30/30/60/120fps

9. Like discussed before, the Razor Phone 2 tries to max out on the
features and the performance being one of the few gaming
phones.
The phone comes with a Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845
(10 nm) chipset with an Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold &
4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) as its processors. For the gaming
part, it has a Adreno 630 graphics chip for the graphics. The
architecture of this phone is 64-bit and has 8 GB of RAM. This
combined with a solid display is sure to provide immersive
gameplay. The phone comes with the Android v8.1 (Oreo) but
will upgrade to Android v9.0 (Pie) on the first boot.
It has a single nano SIM capacity. The tray for the nano SIM and
the external storage is located in the left side of the phone
above the volume keys. It has a USB type-C and NFC with all the
standard network connectivity features.
The benchmarks for the phone are as Base mark OS II: 4789 /
Base mark OS II 2.0: 4163 Base mark X: 54750.
Performance

10. Performance Specs
Chipset Qualcomm SDM845
Snapdragon 845
Graphics Adreno 630
Processor Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo
385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo
385 Silver)
Architecture 64-bit
RAM 8 GB
OS Android v8.1 (Oreo)

11. The Razor Phone 2 has decided to go with a standard battery
choice which is a non removeable Li-Polymer 4000 mAh which
can be charged by a USB type-C port placed on the bottom of
the phone. The phone offers a fast battery charging at 18W
(Quick Charge 4+) and a fast wireless charging at 15 W.
Battery

12. Battery Specs
User Replaceable No
Quick Charging Yes, Super
Wireless Charging Yes (Quick Charge 4+)
Type Li-polymer
Capacity 4000 mAh

13. The Razor Phone 2 can be easily considered as one of the
high-end flagship phones with an expensive price point.
But this phone is definitely not for everyone since the
phone clearly compromises on basic features of a standard
smartphone such as camera quality and dual SIM feature
to focus mainly on the gaming factor. Other than that, it is
a solid A+ phone. The phone does however have a high
price point starting at 850 EUR.
The phone costs Rs 85, 379 and costs around $800 which
roughly equates to Rs 90,628.
Conclusion
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