This year has carried an onslaught of gaming phones. Riding the tide of mobile gaming, manufacturers from Asus to ZTE have launched phones targeting the fast-growing demographic of dedicated mobile gamers.
Razer claims credit for kindling the gaming smartphone craze with its eponymous 2017 flagship. Now the company is back with Razer Phone 2 — a phone that retains all the features that made the original special, speeches its main weaknesses, and adds more style and power.
Here’s everything you want to know about the Razer Phone 2.
A familiar design
The Razer Phone 2 looks a lot like its predecessor, which, in turn, observed a lot like the Nextbit Robin (Razer bought Nextbit in January 2017). We actually don’t mind the boxy, Robin-on-steroids look. It’s still new and it stands out in a sea of notched displays and rounded corners. It’s also highly useful, having room for a 4,000mAh battery, a vapor cooling system, and huge stereo speakers… but not a 3.5mm audio jack, seemingly, which is a shame.
On the obverse, the Razer Phone 2 looks almost identical to the Razer Phone, but there are a couple of prominent changes on the back. The double cameras are now centered and Razer’s triskelion logo is now illuminated by its trademark Chroma LED system.
One other change: The Razer Phone 2’s back is made of glass, not metal. The crystal looks fancier, but it’s likely less tough than the previous unibody construction.
16.8 million colors
Almost the whole thing that Razer touches gets a splash of Chroma. In the case of the Razer Phone 2, Chroma is additional than eye-candy. The backlit logo acts as a big notification LED, hire you to know when you become a message or a like without looking at the screen. Using a devoted app, users can pick from 16.8 million colours — talk about over choice — and you can also set lively effects by selecting from static, spectrum cycling, and “breathing.” Turn the whole thing off if you need to save battery.
Wireless charging and water resistance
The Razer Phone 2 one-ups its precursor with fast wireless charging, made conceivable by the glass back. Razer will also sell you a distinct wireless charger that features — no points for solving — Chroma effects.
Real gamers will game just about wherever, so the Razer Phone 2 now features confrontation to water and dust, rated IP67.
A much brighter 120Hz display
The Razer Phone 2’s LCD display features a 120Hz refresh rate. Games enhanced to take advantage of this feature will look just a bit smoother. For more precise gaming, the phone also features 120Hz touch sampling, giving you a theoretic edge over your in-game opponents.
Razer fixed one of our biggest issues with the Razer Phone: brightness.
Razer says it’s fixed one of the display subjects we noted in our innovative Razer Phone review: the average brightness. The Razer Phone 2 hits 645 nits in brightness, or about 50 percent advanced than the first generation.
Power overwhelming…
Well, not actually overwhelming, but still attractive great. Like most of its flagship peers, the Razer Phone 2 comes with a Snapdragon 845 processor (2.8GHz, Adreno 630 GPU). You get sufficiently of RAM — 8GB — to keep those gaming meetings in memory while you deal with real life, but only 64GB of storing, which is on the low side for strategies in this class. You can add more storing via microSD, at least.
The Razer Phone 2 features a “vapor chamber cooling system,” designed to dissipate warmth away from the processor. Less heat means less CPU regulating, which translates into higher frame rates and smoother presentation over longer periods of time. Razer claims its new phone offers 30 percent more presentation than its predecessor.
Speaking of more power, the Razer Phone 2’s speakers are flashier and crisper than the originals. In a demo we were exposed, the phone reached 98 dB and announced great.
The camera should be better
There’s no way everywhere it — the Razer Phone had a bad camera. We called it “terrible” and a “mess” in our review and it was not essentially due to the dual-lens hardware. The camera app needed basic functionality like a pointer of which camera you’re using, while image dispensation was often poor.
Razer Phone 2 dual camera close up
The Razer Phone 2's camera might not be horrible.
Razer promises a “vast development” for its sophomore effort. Razer Phone 2 has two 12MP cameras on the hindmost, a wide-angle (f/1.75) and a 2x telephoto (f/1.75). Both sensors feature phase discovery autofocus and the wide-angle has optical image steadying as well.
The camera app has received a makeover, and should now be easier to use with one hand. Razer also dedicated to updating its imaging software on the regular. Check out our Razer Phone 2 hands-on for more details on image superiority.
Great battery life
The Razer Phone 2 features a 4,000mAh battery, on par with heavyweights like the Galaxy Note 9 and the Huawei Mate 20 (coming very soon). Despite the battery size residual, the same as last year, Razer managed to advance battery life by plummeting the power ingesting of the 120Hz display.
When you run out, you can become back to 50 percent battery measurements in 30 minutes, thanks to the Quick Charge 4+ charger.
Razer Phone 2 price and obtainability
We’ve become used to pricy flagships, the Pixel 3 is the newest example. At $800, the Razer Phone 2 is definitely not reasonable, but it’s not grossly exclusive either when you consider what it offers.
At launch, the Razer Phone 2 will be existing in glossy or matte black finishes with 64GB of storing. The phone will be sold in U.S., Europe, and Asia, with pre-orders preliminary Oct. 11 at 12:01 AM PT on Razer.com. A variant with a transparent back will be launched down the road.
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