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00:00Hey, how's it going? Dave2D here. So Razer just announced their new product, the Razer
00:06Phone, and I've been using their engineering sample for a little bit, I thought I'd share
00:10some of my thoughts with you guys. Now I don't feel like it was an unexpected product announcement,
00:14they did purchase the Nextbit company a little while ago, and if you don't remember them,
00:18they made the Robin Phone. This was an interesting phone, I felt like it was one of my favorite
00:23looking phones from last year, but it fell short on the technical perspective. The Razer
00:28Phone is a completely different beast in terms of the insides, it's got similar aesthetics,
00:32I mean it's boxy and it's got, I don't know, the same kind of vibe to it. Now the Robin
00:37was a colorful plastic phone, but the Razer Phone is black, it's all metal, it feels very
00:41tanky. Squared off corners with a very beefy feel to the device. It's got an industrial
00:46look, but it's comfortable to use. The Razer logo is on the back, and it's pretty subtle,
00:51it's black and silver, nothing crazy, and it's not lit with RGBs or anything like that.
00:55There is, if I'm not mistaken, a limited edition green logo that you can get, like
00:59if you're one of the earlier adopters, you can pick up one with a green Razer logo, which
01:03is kind of cool. The buttons on this thing are really nice, it's a very tactile click,
01:07when you press it, you can really feel when it activates, and the fingerprint scanner
01:11is just like on the Robin, side-mounted power switch with the fingerprint scanner built
01:15in. It looks kind of small because the power button is just this oval instead of a circle,
01:19but it works fast and it's reliable. It is a flagship phone, it's running the Snapdragon
01:23835, which is a really capable processor. It's got 64 gigs of storage, expandable with
01:28microSD, and I haven't been able to test the cameras, but the back is running two 12 megapixel
01:34shooters, one shoots wide, one shoots zoomed. They're both mounted top-left with a little
01:38bit of a protrusion. The selfie cam up front is 8 megapixels, but let's switch gears and
01:43talk about what makes this phone special, and the first thing is the screen. This is
01:47a 5.7 inch screen, it's an IGZO panel, wide color gamut, but it's 120Hz. Now, this isn't
01:53the first phone out there with 120Hz panel, but because it's Razer, and because their
01:57products are usually geared towards gaming, this is going to make for an amazing gaming
02:03experience. High refresh rate on mobile devices is not common, but when you combine that with
02:08a fast processor, you get a really smooth visual experience. You're able to see twice
02:12as many frames as before, so every animation or movement in games, or just even the UI,
02:18will look really clean. Now, this is something that's hard to showcase in my YouTube videos
02:21because I shoot at 24 frames per second, and this is happening at 120 frames per second,
02:26but even the system UI feels incredibly smooth, and games that can support the higher refresh
02:31rate are going to look awesome. The speakers up front are really good. They're stereo speakers,
02:35one on each side, and they're front-facing, so it's just a really good location. They
02:39get loud, there's dual amplifiers in here, and the sound quality is quite good. There's
02:43no headphone jack, though. There's a USB-C port for both charging and for USB-C headphones,
02:48but they also include an adapter for USB-C to the regular 3.5 millimeter jack. There's
02:53also a THX certified DAC in here for really high quality audio output. This thing has
02:588 gigs of RAM, which is a ton. There's a lot of laptops, and even desktops, that still
03:02have 8 gigs of RAM, and whether or not it's useful really depends on how Razer manages
03:07the memory. If they have a really aggressive memory management, then it won't be, but I
03:11feel like they'll just let the app sit in memory, and it'll be fine because it has so
03:15much memory. They also have a big battery in here, 4,000 milliamp hours, and supports
03:19Qualcomm Quick Charge 4+. We're looking at a 50% charge in less than 15 minutes. It's
03:24quite impressive. So, 4,000 milliamp hour battery with quick charge time, can't go around
03:29with that, right? Phone overall is quite impressive. The specs are really cool. I mean, the 120
03:34hertz panel looks, it looks nice. As for the pricing, 700 bucks. It's not the cheapest
03:39phone, but with hardware like this, you kind of expect it to be at that price. I'm going
03:43to be doing a more thorough review once I get my retail unit in, just kind of spend
03:46more time with it, but that's basically it. A first look at the Razer Phone. Okay, hope
03:51you guys enjoyed this video. Thumbs if you liked it, subs if you loved it. See you guys
03:54next time.