New Razer phone with 120 Hz refresh rate- Thoughts?

[Yakk]

The heatsink is built into the aluminum body of the phone, so the whole device is a heatsink for the phone. That should help alot with gaming and VR. Though I wonder if cooling the SOC will come at the expense of burning your hands?

That's what Samsung does, the interior metal plate is also the heatsink which heats up the edge of the phone all around to exhaust the heat outside of the phone. If you have a case which protects the edge of the phone it also limits the effectiveness of that type of heatsink to get rid of the heat and cause the phone to warm up.

 

[shortylickens]

they at least have the right idea with PUTTING THE BIGGEST DAMN POSSIBLE BATTERY IN YOUR PHONE THAT YOU CAN!!!!

yeah I'm sick of the batteries getting smaller as the computers get faster. thats a losing system right there.

 

[sweenish]

yeah I'm sick of the batteries getting smaller as the computers get faster. thats a losing system right there.

While I do agree with your larger point, that's a false dichotomy. Our SoCs are getting faster, yes. But they also get faster while using less power.

As to the phone itself, people seem to be forgetting that is basically Nextbit's second phone. So while it may be Razer's first official go, this is a sophomore effort, and the Nextbit Robin did have excellent software support as far as updates go. Things may change under Razer, but I am hoping for the best.

The phone is not quite my style, as most Razer products are not my style. But like MKBHD said, the things this phone is bringing are also great for everyday use, not just gaming. So, I hope they are able to carve out their niche. Maybe other OEMs will catch on, especially with regards to battery capacity. I hope that the screen doesn't tank the battery life too hard.

 

[shortylickens]

While I do agree with your larger point, that's a false dichotomy. Our SoCs are getting faster, yes. But they also get faster while using less power.

As to the phone itself, people seem to be forgetting that is basically Nextbit's second phone. So while it may be Razer's first official go, this is a sophomore effort, and the Nextbit Robin did have excellent software support as far as updates go. Things may change under Razer, but I am hoping for the best.

The phone is not quite my style, as most Razer products are not my style. But like MKBHD said, the things this phone is bringing are also great for everyday use, not just gaming. So, I hope they are able to carve out their niche. Maybe other OEMs will catch on, especially with regards to battery capacity. I hope that the screen doesn't tank the battery life too hard.

They use less power so manufacturers think its OK to make the batteries smaller.

Sorry, I should have listed that as the middle step. I feel like an underpants gnome.

 

[Elixer]

I don't see how they can call this a "gaming phone" if it don't have a 3.5mm jack.

I also really hope it does better than the robin's pathetic all plastic design which allowed it to easily crack.

I also noticed that they are now doing a fire sale on the Nextbit Robin phones for $99. No warranty at all, and the cloud servers will be shut down at the end of the year, so, that $99 still looks to be too much for a plastic phone with 0 storage expandability options and no warranty at all.

 

[sweenish]

I know that I certainly judge my phone purchases based on how easily I can purposefully break them.

Tongue in cheek aside, I'm just curious to see how it fares for reviewers. I don't like JerryRig videos at all. I find them to be absolutely pointless. There is no rigor, and barely any real data points to go by. "Turns out that if you scratch up a fingerprint sensor to hell and back with an Xacto, it stops working."

 

[Elixer]

I dunno, I think people would want to know if you happen to stick your phone in your back pocket, and you sit down, that it won't bend & crack.

Sure, most people wouldn't bend it like he is doing, but, lots of phones do survive that bend test with no damage at all.

 

[sweenish]

I do get that argument, but I just hate the videos. I like numbers and actually being able to compare two things to each other in a consistent way.

But I also treat my phones like the big-ticket items they are.