Entries in Razer (53)

Monday
Nov272017

Razer CEO explains removal of headphone jack on its first smartphone

A lot of people continue to gripe over the fact that we’re slowly starting to lose the headphone jack port. It seems a big enough issue for Razer’s CEO Min-Liang Tan to comment on. According to Tan, the company had to remove the headphone hack for two main reasons: improve battery capacity by as much as 500mAh as well as provide better thermal performance. It is a device geared towards gamers, both are necessary things.

Tan also added that the Razer Phone comes with an audio adapter that supports 24-bit THX-certified DAC. He also mentions the two Razer headphones the company has released specifically for the phone: the HammerHead and HammerHead BT. The former connects via the USB-C connector, while the latter connects via Bluetooth (which you can see in the photo above).

Source: GSMArena

Thursday
Nov022017

Razer unveils its beast of a smartphone

It’s been rumoured and teased but it’s now finally here. Razer has finally taken the wraps off the Razer Phone, a smartphone the company is gearing towards gamers but can also handle any other needs you might have. It has a bunch of standout features but one of the big ones is it’s the first smartphone to come with a 5.72-inch display with a 120Hz refresh rate, meaning the screen refreshes super-fast for smoother animation/movement in games as well as scrolling through the UI. It looks almost like the darker cousin of the Nextbit Robin, which makes sense as the company bought Nextbit earlier this year to make this phone possible. But it has a matte black finish with the Razer logo in Chrome instead of the usual green we see (although there will be a special edition version with the green logo at the back).

Aside from the design and the display, the Razer Phone is no slouch in other respects. It runs on Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, which is used by some of the big flagships now; Android Nougat 7.1.1, with Android Oreo 8.0 coming in the first quarter of 2018; a sizable 4,000mAh battery; 8GB of RAM; and 64GB internal storage with microSD expansion. It follows trends with a dual 12-megapixel rear camera setup with one a wide-angle lens and the other a telephoto one plus it has an 8-megapixel front shooter. Speaking of following trends, the Razer Phone doesn’t have a headphone jack, too. But the unit comes with a THX certified 3.5mm to USB-C DAC adapter. Razer said they needed to get rid of the audio jack for the battery and the speakers. One of the great things about the Razer is it retails for $699 in North America when you can expect it to break the $1,000 mark. The phone is expected to ship starting November 17th.

Source: TechCrunch

Thursday
Oct122017

Razer might be launching a smartphone on November 1st

When we say Razer, we think high-end gaming machines and peripherals. But that just might change pretty soon. The company teased an upcoming event happening on November 1st. The tweet talking about the announcement says “WATCH for our biggest unveiling…” and the image attached to the tweet also has the words “WATCH – coming soon, Nov 1” with a guy holding on to a mystery handheld device.

As you may or may not know, Razer bought smartphone startup Nextbit back in January. It isn’t unreasonable for us to expect this to be Razer’s attempt at entering the smartphone market. Back in June, Razer CEO Tan Min-liang has been quoted talking about how there are no mobile devices or mobile platforms catering to actual gamers. Whether that means, they’re entering the mobile smartphone market, we can’t say yet. But the event is happening sooner than later so we’re keeping our eyes peeled.

Source: GSMArena

Friday
Jul212017

Razer might be looking to get into the smartphone business

Is a Razer smartphone in the works? Apparently, it is. A new report from Bloomberg claims the company is working on one. And it’s targeting an IPO in Hong Kong around October that could value the business at US$5 billion. According to the report, some of the funds will be used to build this gaming-centric smartphone. It’s not an unlikely move for the company, even with its current focus on gaming laptops and peripherals. Razer bought smartphone company Nextbit earlier this year. They have said it’ll operate as an independent company but they haven’t really spoken about plans for Nextbit since then.

We won’t know at the moment if the phone will be sold under Nextbit or Razer and when it could be released—if it does hit the market. But with the IPO scheduled later in the year, we’re sure we’d have to wait until next year for this rumoured smartphone to come out (if it ever does, that is).