Razer Phone: Plans | Pricing | Specs

Alex Kidman

Last updated: Mar 17, 2021

The first phone from Razer is high-end and pitched solidly at the gaming market.

Fast performance
UltraMotion display
Dual-lens camera
8GB RAM

All-black design is bland
Snapdragon 835 is now somewhat old for a premium phone
Best suited for gamers
No headphone jack

5.7 inches

Display size

1440 x 2560px

64GB

Internal storage

12 MP

Rear camera

4,000 mAh

Battery size

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Display

Display Size

5.7 inches

Resolution

1440 x 2560px

Pixels per inch (PPI)

515 ppi

Camera

Rear camera megapixels

12MP

Rear camera aperture size

f/1.75

Video recording

Front camera megapixels

8MP

Front camera aperture size

f/2.0

Physical Dimensions

Dimensions

158.5mm x 77.7mm x 8mm

Weight

197g

Connectivity

NFC

Yes

Wi-Fi

802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

Network category speed

N/A

Power, storage and battery

Processor

Snapdragon 835

RAM

8GB

Operating system

Android 7

Internal storage

64GB

External storage support

Up to 2TB

Battery capacity

4,000mAh

Device features

Headphone jack

Yes

Fingerprint sensor

Yes

Water resistance rating

N/A

Wireless charging

Launch price (RRP)	$0
Launch date	2017-11

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A multi-award winning journalist, Alex has written about consumer technology for over 20 years. He has written and edited for virtually every Australian tech publication including Gizmodo, CNET, PC Magazine, Kotaku and more. He has also been the Editor of Gizmodo Australia, PC Mag Australia, CNET.com.au and the Tech and Telco section at Finder. Alex has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New England and a serious passion for retro gaming.

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Design
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Performance
Battery life
Verdict
Pricing and availability
Specifications

Firstly, it's nothing to do with the classic Motorola Razr, so you put that connection out of your mind!

Razer is a company best known for its extensive range of hardware for the PC gamer. This started as peripherals and then moved on to gaming PCs, then even slickly designed gaming tablets.

The company has now set its sights on phones and the Android-powered Razer Phone is the first to come out of Razer's brand new mobile division. It's a smartphone built for gaming and Razer is putting a lot into it.

Design

Simple all-black design.
No headphone socket.

The Razer Phone has an 8mm thick aluminium frame, which is impressively thin, but against the more showy designs of most premium phones, it can't help but feel a little severe and maybe even a little under-designed.
It's very much in line with Razer's design ethos and totally looks the part of a Razer device. If you've ever used a Razer mouse, keyboard, laptop or any other gear then it will feel familiar, but that also means its design is rather more limited to appealing to that core gamer crowd.
Audio is an interesting mix of design limitations too. The Razer Phone features front-facing speakers in its frame. They're powered by Dolby Atmos, giving the Razer Phone some serious oomph as a standalone speaker.
The flip side here is that, like the Google Pixel phones or Apple's iPhone lines, there's no standard 3.5mm headphone jack. Razer does supply a USB-C headphone jack converter with the Razer Phone, complete with a THX-certified 24-bit digital-to-analogue converter for superior sound through your headphones, which does lessen the sting a little.
On the screen, Razer lavished a little extra attention, with what it calls an UltraMotion display. It features a 120Hz refresh rate, much faster than other competing displays, along with a 5.72-inch Quad HD screen. Yes, before you ask, that's a deeply weird and different size for a screen.

Camera

Dual-lens cameras onboard.

Performance

Snapdragon 835 is a great processor, but it's showing its age now.
8GB of RAM gives the Razer Phone space to impress.
No water resistance.

When Razer announced the Razer Phone back in 2017 for sale in the USA, it was with the then-current Snapdragon 835 processor, accompanied by an impressive 8GB of RAM. A potent combination at the time, but by the time Razer got around to launching the Razer Phone in Australia, it had been replaced in the premium space by the Snapdragon 845 on most flagship phones.
That doesn't mean the Razer Phone can't keep pace, especially thanks to that generous RAM inclusion. However, it does mean that its place in the premium ladder has slipped somewhat, simply because it's running on older technology. We've not been able to test the Razer Phone just yet, but our experience with similar configurations suggests that it should be a capable, if not quite-cutting edge handset.
Razer's gaming gear is typically quite robust, because it has to take punishment over hundreds and thousands of gaming hours. It's a pity, then, that the Razer Phone lacks formal water resistance, because again this is something that's rather standard in the premium space now.
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Battery life

Impressive 4,000mAh battery.
Lacks wireless charging.

At a time when many manufacturers were stepping away from hefty battery inclusions in flagship phones following the fiasco that was the Samsung Galaxy Note7, Razer rather boldly packed a 4,000mAh battery into the Razer Phone. Based on its very high refresh rate it may have been necessary, but in any case you shouldn't have too many woes getting the Razer Phone to last through a day.
Razer does innovate in the gaming space with additional features on most of its products, but not for wireless charging on the Razer Phone. It's not present, although you could use a third-party wireless charging case to add it, if you can find one.
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Verdict

A gamer's phone at heart.

The Razer Phone is very much a play to Razer's heartland of gamers, with features and specifications laser-targeted to appeal to the needs of gamers.
There's nothing wrong with that, but the passing of time does mean that even if you are a keen gamer in the Android world, there are many other competing phones that cover these features a little better and faster than the Razer Phone can manage.
Like most Android handsets, that means that your best bet for the Razer Phone is if you can buy one at a relatively low asking price.
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Pricing and availability

Price: RRP $1099
Where to buy: Amazon | eBay

Specifications

Display

Display Size

5.7 inches

Resolution

1440 x 2560px

Pixels per inch (PPI)

515 ppi

Camera

Rear camera megapixels

12MP

Rear camera aperture size

f/1.75

Video recording

Front camera megapixels

8MP

Front camera aperture size

f/2.0

Physical Dimensions

Dimensions

158.5mm x 77.7mm x 8mm

Weight

197g

Connectivity

NFC

Yes

Wi-Fi

802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

Network category speed

N/A

Power, storage and battery

Processor

Snapdragon 835

RAM

8GB

Operating system

Android 7

Internal storage

64GB

External storage support

Up to 2TB

Battery capacity

4,000mAh

Device features

Headphone jack

Yes

Fingerprint sensor

Yes

Water resistance rating

N/A

Wireless charging

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