Gadgetory

it's another smartphone from Razer this is the new Razer phone to the guys behind the original gaming phone I did a video on it last year got a lot of attention from you guys and I think the reason is that many of you are looking for differentiating factors in the smartphone space not just another phone but another phone with some different features and possibly a different focus so that's kind of what this one is I do expect it to be an improved version of the previous one and that's interesting because the previous one had some features on it we're kind of unprecedented be 120 Hertz display and these stereo speakers which were probably the best speakers I had ever tested in this space on a smartphone it's the best speaker I've ever heard on smartphone I think I even did a dedicated video comparing the razer speakers to almost all of the other flagship smartphones your focus should be multimedia sound is a big part of that it has a pretty big battery also 4,000 milliamp hours that's kind of a must Gaming is very resource intensive can drain your battery life quickly this new model also adds wireless charging supposedly so I'm kind of happy about that it also came out with their very own wireless charger with the RGB effect going on as well show the world the device that redefined the standard in mobile gaming now meet the Razer - this is very similar looking to the past one giant speaker grills on the top and bottom everybody's talking about screen to body ratio in the case of the Razer phone - it's a sound trade-off better speakers in exchange for not the greatest screen to body ratio this is a very nice unboxing experience a razer branded sim tool that is very cool so unfortunately even though this device is focused on multimedia there is no headphone jack built-in but they have given you this adapter right here Type C - mini jack nice braided type C charge cable quick charge power brick Razer branded right there squared off edges I mean you just don't see this very often if you get their laptops for example this aesthetic it carries through to those devices also there is a new camera unit on the back as well that was one of the criticisms with the previous version the camera wasn't a huge focus for razor on that particular device creating a better camera which this one proposes to be more attractive to people that want a substitute for some other flagship there's a new Sony sensor dual lens setup so glass back which opens up the wireless charging ability that's a trade-off I'm willing to make personally the location of the fingerprint scanner baked into the power switch your thumb kind of lands on it like this there's no curved edges and because of that design decision you open up the opportunity to fit a fingerprint scanner in this region right here round buttons for volume control USB type-c port capable of quick charge as I said earlier and then of course if the expandable storage which lives within the SIM card tray that's kind of a must for a phone targeting the group of people that this particular phone is targeting okay let's go ahead and power this up so what is so special about this phone why are people talking about it first things first it is of course a display it's not OLED I do need to tell you immediately so you have to kind of adjust your expectations but it does have that as far as I know no other smartphone has is a hundred and twenty Hertz display it creates this incredible scrolling effect here and you're not gonna see this properly in the video you're watching but when you experience this in person it's like oh my god I wish every display I ever used to scroll like this it is so responsive it feels like you're dealing with the more sensitive touchscreen now unfortunately there is no OLED display that I'm aware of in a smartphone that's capable of doing this to my eyes it does seem brighter than the previous version which is good but to really get a feel for it I have to use it over a more extended period of time outside in sunlight now since this is a razor device you have the chroma app baked right in and this will allow you to control the logo on the back and the chroma effects you can customize this to flash different colors for different types of notifications so it's not just for looks there's also some functionality baked in now I do want to check out these speakers as I mentioned the previous version it totally changed my perspective and my expectations in general as far as what smartphone speakers are capable of so I'm gonna launch some YouTube here to start when I saw this online and I saw the demonstration I was like come on show me what David Copperfield is this doesn't look right that sounds good wow that is that's loud initial impressions here a lot of sound coming out of there because you do have these configuration options you can also kind of overdo it to experiment with it get it where you like for YouTube music and so on but the capacity is there the capabilities are there I'm gonna have to compare it to some others in an upcoming video we'll find out if it's still the sound champion but it's definitely up there that's for certain okay now what about the cameras so you have the one x and you have the two x this image it's pretty sharp pretty decent now by default it's got an automatic HDR setting so it will take a look at the image and try to determine if HDR could help it or not so because the new device has wireless charging they have done their very own wireless charger it's got three coils an adjustable base and of course the Razer chroma built-in charger which has some weight to it there you go glowing Razer green and then the cycling the breathing effect now there's a button on it which I think disables the light it does that's a must all right I got a snooze every so often regenerate some cells and have some REM sleep you know it can't be doing so with the discotheque there you go charging rapidly as well so it's a quick charge Wireless charge now the cool thing about this dock is it'll work in portrait mode but it will also work in landscape there you go charging rapidly once again so if you do want to use it to watch video on a desk for example as I mentioned earlier that's kind of a nice angle to do so okay so this has been a preliminary unboxing not a full review in fact it can't be yet that video will be coming up at some point in the future you know I love to look at smart phones that are taking a slightly different approach and this is definitely one of them the exclusive 120 Hertz display it even has a special cooling plate which aims to keep the device cooler during extended gaming sessions the one area that I'm a bit concerned with is price especially considering where we're at today I know I keep talking about it but this thing is gonna be around 800 bucks but where we're gonna have to really figure out whether or not that price is justified is when we truly examine this camera in more depth and check out this screen and other environments outdoors and so on so what do you guys think are you interested in this phone should this be one that I switched to exclusively at some point let me know down in the comments section I know I'm left with a bunch of questions and I could see myself testing some of this stuff to see how it works in the real world and basically to figure out if Razer has a place in this flagship discussion in this $800 starting price discussion choose-your-own-adventure is this my next smartphone switch coming up shortly on unbox therapy it's the Razer foam - would you personally buy a gaming phone are you satisfied with the standard run-of-the-mill smartphone let me know in the comments down below there you have it unboxing first impressions razor phone -