Razer announced its latest smartphone Razer Phone 2, a second gaming smartphone which is the successor of the last year’s Razer phone. The brand is mostly known for gaming junkies as it sways its authority in the gaming world. The Razer Phone 2 comes with an improved design, upgraded specs and some unique features.
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Gaming has become a dominant form of entertainment and gamers tend to be early adopters of cutting-edge technology. The new Razer Phone 2 is an entertainment powerhouse with unique features and various improvements over the original. With this the company to establish its authority in the new gaming smartphone market. The new device inherits the design features from its predecessor, is now being dubbed as an entertainment and gaming beast.
Specifications: Razer phone 2
The smartphone boasts a screen 5.7” IGZO LCD panel with QHD resolution instead – Razer believes 16:9 is best for multimedia. The new screen is 50% than before, hitting a maximum of 580 nits (470 nits typical). The company claims that the new panel is better at preserving detail in dark scenes. It supports HDR and DCI-P3 wide colour gamut for better visuals in both games and videos. t also has that fast 120Hz refresh rate, which is yet to be seen on any other smartphone.
The device is powered by the latest Snapdragon 845 with Vapor Chamber Cooling that allows heat to spread throughout the phone via a custom vapor chamber which vastly increases the surface area for heat to dissipate, resulting in fewer hot spots and up to 8GB of RAM and 64GB of UFS storageThere’s a microSD slot to expand the storage.
On the camera, It sports dual 12-megapixel rear camera system with one wide-angle camera and another telephoto camera capable of 2x optical zoom. At the front, Razer Phone 2 is equipped with an 8-megapixel selfie shooter that records 1080p videos at 30 frames per second.
The Razer Phone 2 brings back the powerful front-facing stereo speakers. They are Dolby Atmos-certified and each is fed by a dedicated amplifier and is backed by a 4,000mAh battery.
A logo is the best way to get more info about the brand at a glance. The logo on the back is RGB backlit and supports Chroma. This means that the Razer logo on the back will match the colour of its LED lights to the lights on the phone. Razer also has a new pair of USB-C noise cancelling headphones that have synchronized RGB lighting as well (both accessories are sold separately). The company ditched the 3.5mm phone jack, but Razer bundles a 24-bit DAC dongle with the phone. The smartphone runs on Android 8.1 Oreo with Nova Launcher.
Pricing:
The Razer Phone 2 has been priced at $799.99 (roughly Rs. 59,500) in the US.The Pre-orders starts today at 12.01 am.The phone comes in two storage variants namely 64GB storage model that has a “classy mirror back” and a 128GB storage variant with “rugged satin finish”.The 128 GB variant is yet to be revealed.