The Razer Phone

MrRockliffe · 12 Nov 2017 at 12:07

kona786 said:
That lack of brightness is terrible, combined with a relatively reflective screen is bad form.

And poor contrast and colour accuracy

V_R · 12 Nov 2017 at 12:09

Well that's a shame...

Vita · 12 Nov 2017 at 13:30

That’s a good review. In person it doesn’t seem so bad but I’ll be cancelling my pre order. Not impressed with what they’ve found.

Glaucus · 12 Nov 2017 at 13:47

Battery life was always going to be terrible. I can't get over how many articles are say 4000mah is massive. Its a small boost over the standard 3000-3300 man batteries.and when you take into account energy density all phones should have 4000mah as standard by now.
Its a shame as I would like a phone with amazing stereo front facing speakers.

MrRockliffe · 12 Nov 2017 at 14:27

Glaucus said:
Battery life was always going to be terrible. I can't get over how many articles are say 4000mah is massive. Its a small boost over the standard 3000-3300 man batteries.and when you take into account energy density all phones should have 4000mah as standard by now.
Its a shame as I would like a phone with amazing stereo front facing speakers.

There are plenty of phones that destroy the Razer in battery life. Take the Note 8. It has a smaller battery, bigger, brighter screen. Yet much better battery life.

They've not optimised the software at all. If it's not even optimised for release, then there's little chance you'll have quality, regular updates

FishLicker · 13 Nov 2017 at 09:52

Rarely have I expected so much and been so disappointed with the end result. Good review by GSM (I've always liked their reviews), but the phone is so very, very flawed, and from a company with no experience in the sector, and questionable customer support in their own sector, and as such, is off my list now.

Looks like a two horse race for me now between the Pixel 2 and HTC U11+

V_R · 13 Nov 2017 at 15:34

Vita · 16 Nov 2017 at 00:53

kona786 · 16 Nov 2017 at 08:26

Good battery life there, but the guy doesn't even mention outdoor visibility.

V_R · 22 Nov 2017 at 12:16

That camera and vibration motor are terrible.

warren_1979 · 22 Nov 2017 at 21:27

I know that vibration sounds worse than the one on a £40 ZTE Open C I bought in 2014!

tiffanys · 23 Nov 2017 at 16:31

MrRockliffe said:
There are plenty of phones that destroy the Razer in battery life. Take the Note 8. It has a smaller battery, bigger, brighter screen. Yet much better battery life.

They've not optimised the software at all. If it's not even optimised for release, then there's little chance you'll have quality, regular updates

xiaomi note 4 lasts almost a week of normal usage.

chanjy · 23 Nov 2017 at 16:34

tiffanys said:
xiaomi note 4 lasts almost a week of normal usage.

Maybe if you don't use it at all and just keep it on standby...

kona786 · 23 Nov 2017 at 16:45

Going from MKB's review and a few others, it seems battery life is good.

Main downers are screen brightness and camera, though camera wasn't too bad using the Google cam apk.

bledd · 23 Nov 2017 at 23:52

Had my Nexus 5X for 2 years, so I'm treating myself to one of these

bledd · 27 Nov 2017 at 10:29

So I've ordered a rugged case for it. First phone that I'll ever have used with a case. After having 3x rubber backed phones in a row, I fear this will slide off the sofa without one!

V_R · 27 Nov 2017 at 11:25

How are you finding the phone? Aside from the reported camera and screen brightness niggles I think it looks like a good device.

bledd · 1 Dec 2017 at 14:10

It's really really fast!

Bigger than I'm used to, but I love it

Sickboy · 4 Jan 2018 at 14:52

It's beautiful and it's flawed right now, but it's amazing to use.

jrwagh333 · 10 Jan 2018 at 17:16

Project Linda looks amazing