Razer Phone 2 - Work hard, Play hard !!

Razer Phone 2 launched - Everything you need to know !!

When Razer launched its first smart phone previous year, it was quite clear that company was aiming towards gamers and the phone was gaming eccentric. Frankly, Razer phone did not performed that well in the market as it was not made for everybody. Now, Razer launched the second version of their smartphone on 10th october, 2018 which is Razer Phone 2. And it is a pretty significant upgrade from the previous Razer Phone. Let's discuss about the phone itself.

Display and Camera - 

Razer Phone 2 bears a 5.7" quad hd display with 120Ghz refresh rate and that includes both touch sampling and display refresh rate so, that display must be silky smooth with no lag and the display is colour accurate and sharp with HDR support. Now coming to the camera, this phone has dual rear cameras at the back, primary camera is a 12-megapixel wide angle lens with an aperture of f/1.7 supporting optical image stabilization and secondary camera is a 12-megapixel telephotot lens with an aperture of f/2.6. But, it does not support 4k video recording. On the front, it has an 8-megapixel shooter with an aperture of f/2.0 which is decent enough but the good point is that it supports full hd video recording at 60 fps.

Design and Software -

Now talking about design, this phone still comes with an aspect ratio of 16:9 and it already looks dated by 2018 standards but it seems like Razer chose features over design because it comes with a whole lot of features and we will talk about that later Talking about software, Razer Phone 2 comes Pre-installed with Prime Nova Launcher on top of android Oreo 8.1. So, users should expect a whole lot of customization and features built in already on the launcher. But one special feature is Razer Chroma, which features an illuminated lighting at the back of the phone with razer logo. The phone also has chroma configuration app through which one can set presets and sync chroma lighting with notifications and supports upto 16.8 million colors. 

Storage and Hardware -

On the hardware side, Razer Phone 2 features a flagship grade Snapdragon 845 clocked at 2.8Ghz paired with 8GB of RAM. And comes with adreno 630 graphic processing unit which absolutely delivers immense experiences and can easily handle games like PUBG and Fortnite. Also, Razer Phone 2 supports vapor chamber cooling system that allows heat to spread throughout entire phone surface and helps dissipate the heat.

This device packs in a massive 4000 mAh lithium-ion battery with support of qualcomm quick charge 4.0+ and even supports wireless charging. The device comes with either 64GB or 128GB of internal storage and supports microSD expansion upto 1 TB. 

Other Features and Pricing -

The phone is priced at 799$ for 64GB storage / 8GB RAM variant and the 128GB storage variant will be available later. 

• IP67 water resistance upto 1 meter
• Dual front facing speakers with 24-BIT DAC and dolby atmos support
• Wireless Charging
• Razor Cortex app for gaming customization and optimization.
• Wi-Fi 802.11ac and Bluetooth 5.0

Well, this was all you need to know about Razer Phone 2 and it is clear that company has tried hard to make this phone a daily driver for many smartphone users. But still it somewhere lacks and design was a big steal as well. Overall, it is a good phone for heavy gamers but still not a complete package for those who want to use this phone as a daily driver.