But in service of building a phone that's good for games, Razer seems to have built a phone that would be good for everyone. Combined with the "Ultramotion" 120hz display, we compared this feature to Nvidia's G-Sync technology. The display is a 5.7-inch 2K IGZO display with a wide color gamut. As leaked earlier, the device will be sporting stereo front-facing speakers with dual amplifiers.
As for battery, you get a big 4,000mAh one in the Razer Phone, which the company claims allows you to 'play all day'.
The Razer phone will sell for $699.
When designing the phone, Razer leveraged its experience in designing gaming laptops, according to Lin.
This panel does stand out in one key way: Razer has delivered a 120Hz Ultramotion display with its new phone. Yeah, it is just a rectangular slab like most other such phones, but the sharp angles and dark styling makes it look exceptionally unique and, dare I say it, sexy. But the $699 Razer Phone is genuinely innovative, and has unique features for gamers.
Several major game developers are working with Razer to ensure that their games are fully compatible with the Razer Phone's hardware.
The device has two volume buttons on one side with the power button on the other side.
Above: The Razer phone is designed to handle high-end mobile games. Also, it might not be the sexiest phone on the market, but there's no question that its design makes it ideal for gaming sessions, especially in landscape mode.
The display is one of the main attention grabbers here.
Pre-orders for the Razer Phone open November 1, with availability in Europe and North America to follow on November 17. Some of the games announced during the launch include Tekken, Final fantasy XV, and Arena of Valor. The phone will also only be available through a GSM network, like AT&T or T-Mobile.
With a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 platform and 8GB RAM as standard, the Razer Phone is just as powerful as some of the top-end flagships out there. Razer is leveraging contacts in the gaming industry to bring a lot of cool themes. Razer has partnered with Three as the exclusive launch carrier in the UK, Ireland, Denmark, and Sweden.
"What's less obvious is how a mobile gaming device fits into the equation", he said in an email. While most phones today refresh at 60hz, the Razer Phone does 120Hz which delivers a faster refresh for your gaming and every day use.
I spent a few minutes with the Razer phone at a pre-briefing last month and found the surprisingly sleek and light.
Though certainly strong enough for Candy Crush Saga, the Razer Phone has been engineered with high-performance mobile gaming in mind. Unfortunately, Razer's not implementing NextBit's cloud storage uploading solution, instead allowing you to add up to 2TB of capacity via the phone's microSD slot. As someone who spent five years covering mobile games almost exclusively, I'll be the first one to tell you the space has some Problems, mostly revolving around free-to-play mechanics (which are now also infecting AAA console games).
However, the iPhone 8 also has large bezels above and below the display, with the bottom bezel used to house a fingerprint scanner (which you'll find on the right edge of the Razer Phone), and neither phone has a 3.5mm headphone port.
Razer is into this competition by buying out nextbit which made only smartphone.
