If you held off on getting a Razer Phone due to its expensive price tag, Razer just gave you a huge reason to rethink your decision. When the Razer Phone was unveiled, there was a lot to like about it, from its 5.7-inch Full HD display to the beefy 4,000mAh, but its $700 price made it a tough proposition for potential customers. Now that rumblings of its successor are starting to...
The plug will be pulled on the Robin in less than two months. Owners of Nextbit’s only phone ever released have been notified that, on March 1, the servers managing cloud storage are going to be shut down. It’s a decision coming one year after Razer acquired the company and folded the team into a dedicated mobile division that recently produced the Razer Phone. With the Robin no longer...
Razer’s first phone features quite a unique design, and JerryRigEverything already put the Razer Phone through durability tests that showed it won’t hold up great over time. He then proceeded to tear down the Razer Phone in his latest video, which won’t be an easy task for most people. The plastic grille covers will have to be removed using a heat gun to reach the primary screws. In...
Razer is known for making some of the best computer hardware around. It is natural to assume that that craftsmanship would extend to its brand new Razer Phone. That’s what JerryRigEverything wanted to confirm with his durability testing of the Razer Phone, and the results were a bit of a mix bag. The Razer Phone’s body is made of anodized aluminum coated in a slick black paint. It...
The Razer Phone isn’t the only product without a headphone jack. Apple, Motorola, and others have removed it in recent years. Rather than letting consumers continue to take advantage of a simple wired connection, these companies want to sell more premium accessories that rely on Bluetooth instead. It was surprising to see Razer omit such a common feature, but the company’s founder has...
After weeks of endless teases, Razer on Wednesday unveiled its first entry into the smartphone market: Razer Phone. Razer’s journey began when it purchased Nextbit at the beginning of the year. With the acquisition, it got the blueprint of the Robin, a unique device with a “cloud first” approach. Razer is trying to ensure the Razer Phone will be different, and that starts with a...