The Razer Phone 2 - The Gaming Phone,#Helpful Post 

hey guys this is Austin the razor phone

2 is official and it takes everything

that was good about the original and

brings it up a notch

was the added benefit of not having a

notch

the original razor phone was a

polarizing device what it did well it

did really well what didn't work though

was basically a deal-breaker the

highlight last year was the 5.7 inch

1440p XO display now what made this so

good for gaming wasn't just the pure

size of the display or the quality but

the frame rate as opposed to basically

every other smartphone out there which

is capped at 60 frames per second the

razor phone can go all the way up to 120

fps and that continues with the razor

phone to the 120 Hertz panel carries

over this year but with some key

improvements most notably brightness so

the last year's panel actually was a

good solid accurate display but it just

didn't get all that bright thankfully

that is something that has been improved

with the razor phone - with up to 50%

more brightness now mind you when we

were able to try it on a brief hands-on

the difference wasn't massive but it is

definitely going to be at least somewhat

brighter than last year the fluidity is

just as impressive as it was last year

with a full 120 Hertz refresh rate

everything is buttery smooth not just

games I mean the UI itself is one of the

most noticeable things we're doing

something simple like scrolling through

a web page or some email now the closest

competitor is actually the iPad pros

with pro motion this is a very similar

feeling with that 120 Hertz refresh rate

and it's really some things that you

kind of have to see to really understand

what's kind of interesting is that the

game support actually is a little bit

more hit and miss so on the Android side

a lot of titles only hit around 30

frames per second much less 60 or even

120 but a fair few games are becoming

optimized for that higher refresh rate

either with running with unlocked frame

rates or with running with some kind of

higher mode that will at least target

something like 90 FPS when it does

support it it makes a big difference but

the issue is is that well a lot of games

don't even come close but I guess the

hardware is there my actual favorite

feature though are the speakers now with

a razor phone one what you got were two

incredibly loud incredibly detailed

speakers and that carries over to the

razor phone too but with some key

upgrades

unlike most other phones with dual

speakers such as the iPhone which takes

advantage of the earpiece as well as the

bottom firing speaker and don't get me

wrong that does sound good but with

having to

huge proper speakers aimed directly at

your face it makes a big difference it's

really straightforward the razor phone

has the best speakers on any smartphone

period now not only are they rich and

detailed but a big part of it is the

stereo separation now it is further

helped by the fact that it does have

Dolby 5.1 surround support which is

weird because there are two speakers but

you move past that what you're kidding

is something that does give you some

real presence music and video sound good

but it's especially noticeable in games

so specifically with hub G you can

really tell where people are around you

purely using the speakers which is

really impressive the only downside to

the whole audio setup is that we still

don't have a headphone jack which would

be nice on the ultimate gaming phone but

I mean at least there's a good dongle in

the Box the screen speakers were really

the strong suit is the original RAZR

phone it's nice to see they've been at

least somewhat enhanced for this new

version and that's going to definitely

be a trend it is a very similar phone of

the original RAZR phone just improved in

some not so subtle ways see the problem

with the og was that while it was a good

gaming phone it really wasn't good for

much beyond that there was no water

resistance no wireless charging the

screen was a little bit dim in daylight

and the biggest issue was that the

camera was straight-up abysmal no credit

where credit's due

they have improved the camera quite a

bit with firmware updates but there's

only so much you can do with the

hardware that's included which is where

the razor phone 2 comes in thankfully

they've stepped up the game with new

Sony sensors improved optics for both

the standard as well as telephoto

cameras and a fully rewritten software

stack from the ground up to better take

advantage of photos that are not crunchy

and terrible the phone I tried wasn't

running final software so I'm not able

to share the images that I took on it

but it was a big improvement over the

original razor phone no no it probably

won't compete with the iPhones and the

pixels and the galaxies of the world but

at the very least it should be a usable

camera which is very nice in your

expensive flagship gaming phone and that

is a big deal when you're spending this

kind of money you should expect no

compromises so one of the additions this

year is full IP 67 water resistance now

that's actually kind of impressive

considering just how huge those speakers

are it's not easy to waterproof

something like that there's also a new

glass back which supports wireless

charging it up to 15 watts speaking of

the glass back while the overall

dimensions of the

phoner very similar there is a

revolutionary new feature this year an

RGB chroma Razer logo yes it actually

isn't as bad as it might seem so you can

of course turn it fully off and the

colors are not only going to be full RGB

but fairly subtle it kind of looks more

like a colored logo than a bright flashy

damer logo gamer logo gamer unlike other

gaming phones the razer phones design is

fairly subdued now sure it doesn't have

the same sort of flash as the ROG phone

but a lot of people myself included

probably would prefer something that's

just a little bit more subtle the rest

of the specs are good but nothing all

that crazy

you've got the snapdragon 845 paired

with 8 gigabytes of RAM 64 gigs of

storage expandable via microSD as well

as a big 4 thousand milliamp power

battery the only thing that's really

remarkable is the vapor chamber cooling

unlike a lot of other water-cooled

smartphones which have a tiny little

heat pipe razor instead opted to go for

a nearly full sized vapor chamber which

goes directly on top of the processor

now how much of a difference this makes

is remain to be seen but it does make a

big difference when it comes to gaming

for long sessions when you don't want to

throttle down to like half your normal

clock speed like some other smartphones

the razor phone really did kick off the

gaming phone trend something I don't

think is going anywhere anytime soon but

the real question as it was last year is

do you actually need a gaming phone take

a look at the PC space for example

there's a very clear need for gaming

focused hardware sure you can play some

games on ultrabooks but it's not going

to be anywhere near the experience of

playing something with proper CPU

especially proper dedicated graphics on

the mobile side though that need is

there but the actual hardware really

hasn't caught up so when you consider

that the $800 Razer phone has the same

spec as a 400 hour poco phone sure the

razor phone might not throttle quite as

much but the overall experience not

counting the screen the speaker's the

actual performance itself isn't going to

be massively different all that being

said the razor phone one had a ton of

potential but some major drawbacks

whereas the razor phone 2 can be really

summed up very simply it is a refinement

of that original design and it really is

what the razor phone one should have

been that $800 price though it means

that this is squarely up against the

high-end flagship of the world now the

main question for me is going to be the

camera

I really don't think it's going to match

up to the very very high-end stuff like

the pixels and the galaxies but as long

as it is decent enough I think that'll

be good enough for most people but the

difference between good enough and great

is a huge one in this space right now

the real elephant in the room right now

is the ROG phone now on paper it does

have some superior specs in some ways it

does have the headphone jack some

additional accessories and that 90 Hertz

OLED display so I would like to think

that the Razr phone ROG would be a good

head-to-head comparison but until the

ROG phone comes out it's really hard to

nail that down there's no doubt that the

razor phone too is a big step forward

with that high refresh rate display the

loud speakers and the solid performance

it should be a real winner if you're

into gaming I'm really curious what do

you guys think about the concept of a

gaming phone and is it really worth the

extra money