Razer is revealing its first smartphone (Update)

[AG1233]

So Razer is bringing out its own smartphone,the reveal for the smartphone will be taking place on November 1 and the teaser for the smartphone is available on their website.

Spoiler

This will be the company's first shot at a smartphone after acquiring Nextbit Robin back in January 2017.

 

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Razer has been making major hints about entering the smartphone market for some time, and now the gaming hardware and accessories company is going to officially reveal its first mobile product on November 1, according to a bare-bones teaser page on its website

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The page clearly shows a person holding some sort of smartphone, and Razer says this product will be its “biggest unveiling” yet. The company acquired Nextbit, the creator of the Android-powered Robin smartphone, in January 2017. This was the first hint that the company, best known for their gaming accessories for PCs and consoles, along with their high-end PC gaming laptops, was planning to enter the huge smartphone market.

 

A few weeks ago, Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan confirmed that the company was going to launch a mobile device before the end of 2017, and that it would be focused on “gaming and entertainment”. Last week, a Twitter post by Tom Moss, the head of Razer’s mobile division, had him standing next to Tan, who had what appears to be a heavily shrouded prototype for Razer’s phone in his pants pocket.

While I have pretty mixed feelings on Razer bringing out a smartphone, its too early to say how the phone will be considering no specs or price has been given yet.

 

Source-http://www.androidauthority.com/razer-teases-first-smartphone-reveal-made-november-1-806708/

 

EDIT-

@The Benjamins was able to find a link to GFX benchmark of the device which list down the specs of the device.If this is indeed true looks like the phone will have a SD835 along with 8GB of ram.Pretty much the specs of a flagship for a 2017 phone.

 

[Guest]

(Can't resist) But can it run Crysis?

[PlayStation 2]

everyone_rn: "is there a headphone jack"

[vanished]

I guess we won't have to worry about support lifespan since it will just break before it stops getting updates

[Guest]

It will require synapse to be installed on your PC and you'll have to reboot the phone and PC every update until you ask yourself if you really even need a phone anymore. That's it! This is the answer to our internet connected addiction!

[KenjiUmino]

1 minute ago, AG1233 said:

While I have pretty mixed feelings on Razer bringing out a smartphone, its too early to say how the phone will be considering no specs or price has been given yet.

i don't need specs and official price announcements to say how the phone will be: it will be expensive and quality control will be shit. 

[AG1233]

Just now, KenjiUmino said:

i don't need specs and official price announcements to say how the phone will be: it will be expensive and quality control will be shit. 

Well that's something we can agree on but I was trying not to shit on them before even showing a product.

[mynameisjuan]

Wonder how long the battery will last with all that RGB its going to have?

[The Benjamins]

From the image I feel it could be a hand held gaming system not a phone, or a mix of that.

 

Warning random speculation.

What if it was a gaming hand held device that uses AMD new apu and they announce that at the event too.

 

I would be fine with a phone and/or gaming system.

 

I do think it's interesting everyone is assuming it's a phone.

[TidaLWaveZ]

I've never made any razer purchases so quality aside I'll just say that this is a bold ass move and I see a failure chance of 90% and above.

 

What does razer have that makes them think they can be a successful cell phone company?

 

Either they have something that makes them extremely confident like a partner or an amazing source for parts, or they are going to fail miserably.

[AG1233]

7 minutes ago, The Benjamins said:

From the image I feel it could be a hand held gaming system not a phone, or a mix of that.

 

Warning random speculation.

What if it was a gaming hand held device that uses AMD new apu and they announce that at the event too.

 

I would be fine with a phone and/or gaming system.

 

I do think it's interesting everyone is assuming it's a phone.

Since the CEO has already confirmed they are going to launch a mobile phone before the end of 2017,I would say the chances of it being anything other than a mobile phone are really slim.

  

The 1st part from your statement could still be true tho a mix between handheld and a phone.

Edited October 11, 2017 by AG1233

[Mira Yurizaki]

15 minutes ago, tjcater said:

(Can't resist) But can it run Crysis?

No, unless it's running x86.

[The Benjamins]

2 minutes ago, AG1233 said:

Since the CEO has already confirmed they are going to launch a mobile phone before the end of 2017,I would say the chances of it being anything other than a mobile phone are really slim.

  

The 1st part from your statement could still be true tho a mix between handheld and a phone.

Maybe I miss that, I thought all the official statements said mobile device not phone.

 

Looks to be about the size of a Pixel XL (maybe a bit bigger)

[AG1233]

1 minute ago, The Benjamins said:

Maybe I miss that, I thought all the official statements said mobile device not phone.

NVM it does say mobile device, my bad on that 

[The Benjamins]

4 minutes ago, AG1233 said:

NVM it does say mobile device, my bad on that 

REKT

 

ya I feel people are assuming phone, which seems to be a high chance, but device could be tablet, or hand held console too.

 

EDIT: If it is a phone I hope they make it unique with maybe dedicated gaming buttons joy stick and have some powerful CPU/GPU in it, It should be a gaming first phone.

[KenjiUmino]

Just now, AG1233 said:

Well that's something we can agree on but I was trying not to shit on them before even showing a product.

i try not to shit on them more than they deserve it. and boy do they deserve it.

 

they used to sell quality stuff for a reasonable price but that flipped around one day and the quality went down hill. it's not even funny.

 

owned the copperhead and never looked back,

owned the original deathadder and never had a problem. 

 

both mice took a lot of abuse but are still in use and still delivering. 

 

but whatever the fuck happened since then is beyond me.

 

original naga = dead

green naga = gettin dodgy

orochi = scroll wheel tried to get dodgy on me but i could fix that with a drop of glue  

black widow tournament edition = piece of shit, either debouncing is not done proper in firmware or switches are just trash. 

laptops = bad design with overheat problems and whatnot

 

and don't get me started on that cloudbased driver thingy that does not even allow to update firmware manually from a .bin file like the old software used to. 

[Curufinwe_wins]

Title -> its.

[BloodyWaters]

27 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

everyone_rn: "is there a headphone jack"

There better be

[AG1233]

7 minutes ago, KenjiUmino said:

i try not to shit on them more than they deserve it. and boy do they deserve it.

 

they used to sell quality stuff for a reasonable price but that flipped around one day and the quality went down hill. it's not even funny.

 

owned the copperhead and never looked back,

owned the original deathadder and never had a problem. 

 

both mice took a lot of abuse but are still in use and still delivering. 

 

but whatever the fuck happened since then is beyond me.

 

original naga = dead

green naga = gettin dodgy

orochi = scroll wheel tried to get dodgy on me but i could fix that with a drop of glue  

black widow tournament edition = piece of shit, either debouncing is not done proper in firmware or switches are just trash. 

laptops = bad design with overheat problems and whatnot

 

and don't get me started on that cloudbased driver thingy that does not even allow to update firmware manually from a .bin file like the old software used to. 

Wow you sure have had rough with them.  

Well I have not personally used any Razer products,so I can't say from my own experience but I have heard enough bad shit about Razer's build quality and customer service that I will try and stay away from than unless they bring out a fantastic product.

[KenjiUmino]

1 minute ago, AG1233 said:

Wow you sure have had rough with them.  

Well I have not personally used any Razer products,so I can't say from my own experience but I have heard enough bad shit about Razer's build quality and customer service that I will try and stay away from than unless they bring out a fantastic product.

what bothers me is that it went bad pretty much over night. and this happened with many other companies too 

[chilicheeseburger]

Only Razer product I own is a pair of headphones I got as a gift a couple of years ago. Not the best but the quality is alright. What puts me off from buying Razer stuff myself is the quality issues lots of people report and the exaggerated gamer aesthetic. With that said I still find this an interesting move by them and i could imagine something like the Nvidia shield but as a phone.

[suicidalfranco]

i razer phone? let me guess:

4K screen

SD835

overclocked

no heatpipe

SoC below the battery or near the edges to keep the adhesive warm

and will follow the Edge path, and never be talked about, mentioned or remembered 

[PSUGuru]

Going to be a shit product just like every recent product from Razer.

[EnergyEclipse]

But the real question is, will it be more plastic than Kim Kardashian like every other Razer product in existence?

 

 

[EnergyEclipse]

2 hours ago, KenjiUmino said:

i try not to shit on them more than they deserve it. and boy do they deserve it.

 

they used to sell quality stuff for a reasonable price but that flipped around one day and the quality went down hill. it's not even funny.

 

owned the copperhead and never looked back,

owned the original deathadder and never had a problem. 

 

both mice took a lot of abuse but are still in use and still delivering. 

 

but whatever the fuck happened since then is beyond me.

 

original naga = dead

green naga = gettin dodgy

orochi = scroll wheel tried to get dodgy on me but i could fix that with a drop of glue  

black widow tournament edition = piece of shit, either debouncing is not done proper in firmware or switches are just trash. 

laptops = bad design with overheat problems and whatnot

 

and don't get me started on that cloudbased driver thingy that does not even allow to update firmware manually from a .bin file like the old software used to. 

So I am not the only person having that disconnection issue with my Blackwidow. Once the Masterset 120 hits the UK it can have tournaments with everything else my bin.