Razer Phone & Project Linda
"The best of both worlds"
The Razor Phone
Razer has always been a company that pushed products geared toward gaming, So it’s not surprising to hear that their entering into the smartphone realm. Not to confuse their new device with Motorola’s Razr flip phones, the “Razer Phone” is on par with today’s flagship devices. The overall design of the phone is simplistic – so much so, that if it wasn’t for it’s high refresh rate screen, you wouldn’t be able to recognize any differences with other generic phones.
Here are the Specs:
|
Processor |
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 835 Mobile Platform |
| System Memory |
8GB dual channel (LPDDR4, 1866 MHz) |
| Storage |
Internal: 64GB UFS External: microSD (class 10, 2TB max.) |
| Display |
5.7-inch IGZO LCD 1440 x 2560 120 Hz, Wide Color Gamut (WCG) Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Rear Cameras |
12MP AF f1.75 Wide 12MP AF f2.6 Zoom Dual PDAF Dual tone, dual LED flash |
| Front Camera |
8MP FF f2.0 |
| Sound |
Stereo Front-facing speakers Dual Amplifiers Audio Adapter with THX certified DAC Type C – Custom DAC, NO AUX |
| Power |
4000 mAh lithium-ion battery Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 4+ |
| Wireless |
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Bluetooth 4.2 NFC |
The screen is quiet pleasant, especially being able to to play with it in person. Its QHD 1440p resolution is standard for modern devices, but having a 120hz screen makes navigating very fluid like. The speakers are clear and loud, and supposedly one of the few phones that are compatible with Netflix HDR. Mobile games perform very well, noting that it has one of the higher end snap dragon processors in them.
I still wouldn't call the Razor Phone a gaming device though, especially because it's lacking a dedicated GPU like we've seen in nVidia shield line – but a device geared for entertainment.
Project Linda
Project Linda will act as shell for the device, basically converting your phone to a full-on Android laptop. You can run all of your Android apps with Linda, as well as access all of your media – which is quiet attractive to those that want a mobile and workstation solution. The laptop dock is said to have a QHD touch screen and internal battery, a single USB port I/O devices, Type C for charging, and and AUX port. They have not released an price for Project Linda just yet, but I'd estimate in the $200-$300 range.