Razer is a company known for its gaming accessories, and the Razer Phone 2 is its first ever Android smartphone. The Phone is a high-end device built with gamers in mind, which is why it features top-of-the-line hardware and plenty of memory packed inside a chunky body made to be gripped during intense gaming sessions.

The Razer Phone 2 brings power, a super-smooth display, RGB lights, water resistance, wireless charging and a non-removable 4,000 mAH battery.

Technology

• 2G bands: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
  CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
• 3G bands: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1800 / 1900 / 2100
• 4G bands: LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 48, 66(1700/2100), 71(600)
• Speed: HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat18 1200/150 Mbps
• GPRS: Yes
• EDGE: Yes
• OS: Android 8.1 (Oreo), planned upgrade to Android 9.0 (Pie)
• Chipset: Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm)
• CPU: Octa-core (4×2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4×1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver)
• GPU: Adreno 630

Availability

• Announced: October 2018
• Release: October 2018

Body

• Dimensions: 158.5 x 79 x 8.5 mm (6.24 x 3.11 x 0.33 in)
• Weight: Unknown
• Build: Front glass, aluminum body
• SIM: Nano-SIM
  – IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
  – RGB Illuminated Razer Chroma Logo on the back

Display

• Type: IGZO IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
• Size: 5.72 inches, 90.2 cm2 (~72.0% screen-to-body ratio)
• Resolution: 1440 x 2560 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~513 ppi density)
• Multitouch: Yes
• Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass 5, oleophobic coating
  – Wide Colour Gamut
  – 120 Hz
  – 650 nits

Memory

• Card slot: microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)
• Internal: 64 GB, 8 GB RAM

Camera

Main Camera

• Dual: 12 MP, f/1.8, 25mm (wide), 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
  12 MP, f/2.6, 1/3.1″, 1.0µm, 2x optical zoom
• Features: Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR
• Video: [email protected]/60fps, [email protected]/30/60/120fps, stereo sound rec.

Selfie Camera

• Single: 8 MP, f/2.0
• Video: [email protected]/60fps

Sound

• Alert types: Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
• Loudspeaker: Yes, with Dolby Atmos stereo speakers (THX-certified amplifiers)
• 3.5mm jack: No
  – 24-bit/192kHz audio
  – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
  – Type-C to 3.5 mm headphone jack adapter

Connectivity

• WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
• Bluetooth: 5.0, A2DP, LE
• GPS: Yes, with A-GPS
• NFC: Yes
• Radio: No
• USB: Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

Features

• Sensors: Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
• Messaging: SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
• Browser: HTML5
  – Fast battery charging 24W (Quick Charge 4+)
  – Wireless fast charging 15W
  – MP4,WMV,H.264 player
  – MP3,WAV,WMA,eAAC+,FLAC player
  – Photo,video editor
  – Document viewer

Battery

• Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery

Miscellaneous

• Colors: Black

Price In Nigeria

• About ₦300,000 ($799)