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so if you ask me what is the coolest thing I've seen so far it's a yes 2018 you're actually looking at it yeah I know it's kind of early for that claim but what you're seeing is not a laptop no it's something else entirely this is hi mary that i'm jules wong with pocket now and let's talk about razors project Linda so before we begin do any of you remember the asou spat phone yeah I don't blame you if you don't but this is just to show that the concept of extending the use of a smartphone dates back years ago it makes sense for one device to serve all your needs and Samsung and Huawei have given it a stab last year even if to a lukewarm reception I'd say the PadFone failed because Android was just not ready and Dex requires just too many gadgets for you to jump in only to kill your mobility project Linda is a different animal Android is all grown up and we've seen the power of the clock on Snapdragon 835 imagine the chassis of the Razer stealth carve out a slot for a trackpad and turn your razor phone into a laptop yes we're talking about an aluminium body which almost feels too light because inside you've got less internals there's a battery here to charge your razor phone there's built-in storage in case you want to offload some of your files from the phone to the dock best of all there is a ton of i/o here as well from a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack to USB C and USB a there's even a 720p webcam and dual array microphones for communication and you could say you've also have a fingerprint scanner as the design of the dark allows the phone's biometrics to be accessible the coolest party trick is the button at the top right corner presents it here a cool drilling noise which is actually the USBC connector recessing into the chassis to allow you to access the razor phone to undock you simply lift the phone out and that's it and then to dock back you just follow the same procedure backwards and the connection to the laptop screen only takes one or two seconds this is a full size keyboard with backlit keys that you could customize just like you can with pretty much every razer computer and the top row serves to bring the usual Android navigation keys and there's also a key at the bottom to launch the applications heck even the Razer logo at the back lights up for those of you that complained at the razer phone didn't have this functionality oh and if you're asking yourself where the speakers are well the razer phone has more than enough of that and they're actually pointing in the right direction but it comes to the user-interface yeah it actually gets better razors launcher adopts the functionality that pretty much reminds us of Windows with an alternative to a Start button for apps and a navbar at the bottom your phone now becomes your track pad so it dims so that you can control the display and yes I found myself trying to press the button on the trackpad repeatedly just to remember was a phone you know what I think the reason for that is because this actually feels natural the idea makes so much logical sense to me razer claims that this is still a work in progress we're plans are for the screen to support touch which is still not available at the moment and also for the phone to allow dual app launching with both screens serving different purposes so what's the catch well I'm shocked to see that this is just the concept racer has garnered a lot of fame for showing off concepts of CES and I'm just hoping that this is one that actually gets launched when compared to others project Linda is here at the show to grab some feedback from consumers in our thoughts and I have to say so long as Razer finds an aggressive price tag for this I'd be willing to buy it just as it is even without the touchscreen let us know what you think in the comments down below and while you're at that make sure you subscribe to our channel for more videos like this one you can follow Jules at Pointe Jules on Twitter me and Jaime underscore that are on Instagram at high memory that I please give this video a thumbs up if you like what you saw I am hi Mary vana we've got more coverage from CES 2018 coming soon