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Razer Phone 2

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Display

The Razer Phone 2 has a 5.7-inch Quad HD LCD with a 120Hz refresh rate.

Back

The back has an illuminated Razer Chroma logo on it.

Design

The big Razer Phone 2 is difficult to use with one hand.

Top

The phone is IP67 waterproof and supports wireless charging, an improvement over its predecessor.

Bottom

A USB-C charging port is on the bottom. There's no 3.5mm headphone jack.

Left

Two dot-like volume buttons are on the left, along with a SIM/microSD card slot.

Right

The recessed power button on the right doubles as a fingerprint sensor.

120Hz Screen

The 120Hz screen allows for smoother gameplay.

Speakers

A pair of loud stereo speakers on the top and bottom of the phone make for thunderous audio.

Cortex

Not all games support 120Hz, but the Cortex app can point you toward the ones that do.

Game Settings

The Cortex app also lets you tweak the settings of each individual game, controlling clock speed, resolution, and screen refresh rate.

Chroma

The Razer Chroma app let you control the RGB logo on the back. You can pick just about any color.

Customization

There are a variety of lighting effects to customize the logo and the option to enable it to flash for notifications.

Colors

The RGB Chroma lighting effect is eye-catching and fairly bright.

Camera

There are a pair of 12MP cameras on the back.

Racing

Racing games particularly excel at taking advantage of the phone's 120Hz screen to improve responsiveness.

FPS

Several first-person shooters also take advantage of the 120Hz screen.

Apps

The phone runs Android 8.1 Oreo with Razer's custom skin on top.

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Ajay Kumar

Ajay Kumar

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Ajay has worked in tech journalism for more than a decade as a reporter, analyst, and editor. He got his start in consumer tech reviewing hundreds of smartphones and tablets at PCMag as a Mobile Analyst, and breaking the hottest Android news at Newsweek as a tech reporter. 

In his most recent role, he’s worked in content marketing for a B2B SaaS company and in a PR capacity at an AI startup. Previously, he was Managing Commerce Editor at Android Police and Section Editor, Mobile at Digital Trends, where he spearheaded his team's coverage of breaking news, features, reviews, roundups, deals and more. He also worked at Lifewire as a Tech Commerce Editor, putting together tested best-of lists and assigning product reviews. 

As an avid tech enthusiast and traveler, Ajay loves tinkering with the gaming PC he built, adding new smart home devices to his apartment, and scoping out ancient ruins in new countries.

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