Hands on The Razer Phone comes with a 120hz display and incredibly good speakers
0Hands-on The Razer Phone comes with a 120hz display and incredibly good speakers.
Smartphones in 2017 have been defined by devices with curvy form factors and ever-shrinking bezels. Razer’s first smartphone – simply called the Razer Phone – is having none of that.
It’s a big, boxy, chunk of metal with the first 120 hz display on a smartphone and hearty bezels sporting the best speakers I’ve heard in the category. I found myself a little in love.
Those in the know might remember Razer acquired Nextbit earlier this year to jumpstart its smartphone efforts. The Razer Phone is pretty much an exact marriage of the two companies’ design language: the boxiness of the Nextbit Robin and the stealthy dark metal of Razer devices. Considering the device’s emphasis on gaming and huge speakers, I don’t mind the large bezels, and the 16:9 aspect ratio assures there isn’t any weird letterboxing or compatibility issues in games. There’s a limited edition model with a neon green logo, but most people will be getting the model with a more palatable silver color.