The Razer Phone is PC frill producer Razer's first cut at making a cell phone. It has the effective Snapdragon 835 processor, 8GB of RAM, and a show that Razer says will make this a definitive portable gaming gadget available. In any case, does the Razer Phone have what it takes to handle the recently discharged iPhone X? To discover, we took the two telephones and set them no holds barred to see if you should purchase a Razer Phone or an iPhone X.
Specs
NETWORK Technology
GSM / HSPA / LTE
LAUNCH Announced 2017, November
Status Available. Released 2017, November
BODY Dimensions 158.5 x 77.7 x 8 mm (6.24 x 3.06 x 0.31 in)
Weight 197 g (6.95 oz)
Build Aluminum body
SIM Nano-SIM
DISPLAY Type IGZO IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches, 89.6 cm2 (~72.7% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~515 ppi density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
- Wide Colour Gamut
- 120 Hz
PLATFORM OS Android 7.1.1 (Nougat)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835
CPU Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo)
GPU Adreno 540
MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 256 GB
Internal 64 GB, 8 GB RAM
CAMERA Primary Dual: 12 MP (f/1.8, 25mm) + 12 MP (f/2.6), 2x optical zoom, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED dual-tone flash, check quality
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, check quality
Secondary 8 MP, f/2.0
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
COMMS WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.2, 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+)
- MP4,WMV,H.264 player
- MP3,WAV,WMA,eAAC+,FLAC player
- Photo,video editor
- Document viewer
BATTERY Non-removable Li-Ion 4000 mAh battery
MISC Colors Black
Price About 750 EUR
TESTS Performance Basemark OS II: 4182 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 3492
Basemark X: 51455
Display Contrast ratio: 871 (nominal), 2.328 (sunlight)
Camera Photo / Video
Loudspeaker Voice 69dB / Noise 75dB / Ring 90dB
Audio quality Noise -80.3dB / Crosstalk -75.3dB
NETWORK Technology
GSM / HSPA / LTE
LAUNCH Announced 2017, September
Status Available. Released 2017, October
BODY Dimensions 143.6 x 70.9 x 7.7 mm (5.65 x 2.79 x 0.30 in)
Weight 174 g (6.14 oz)
Build Front/back glass, stainless steel frame
SIM Nano-SIM
- IP67 certified - dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
DISPLAY Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.8 inches, 84.4 cm2 (~82.9% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1125 x 2436 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~458 ppi density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating- Dolby Vision/HDR10 compliant
- Wide color gamut display
- 3D Touch display
- True-tone display
PLATFORM OS iOS 11.1.1, upgradable to iOS 11.3
Chipset Apple A11 Bionic
CPU Hexa-core 2.39 GHz (2x Monsoon + 4x Mistral)
GPU Apple GPU (three-core graphics)
MEMORY Card slot No
Internal 64/256 GB, 3 GB RAM
CAMERA Primary Dual: 12 MP (f/1.8, 28mm) + 12 MP (f/2.4, 52mm), OIS, phase detection autofocus, 2x optical zoom, quad-LED dual-tone flash, check quality
Features Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, check quality
Secondary 7 MP (f/2.2, 32mm), 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR
SOUND Alert types Vibration, proprietary ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack No- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Lightning to 3.5 mm headphone jack adapter
COMMS WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS
NFC Yes
Radio No
USB 2.0, proprietary reversible connector
FEATURES Sensors Face ID, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Messaging iMessage, SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
Browser HTML5 (Safari)- Fast battery charging: 50% in 30 min
- Qi wireless charging
- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- iCloud cloud service
- MP3/WAV/AAX+/AIFF/Apple Lossless player
- MP4/H.265 player
- Audio/video/photo editor
- Document editor
BATTERY Non-removable Li-Ion 2716 mAh battery (10.35 Wh)
Talk time Up to 21 h (3G)
Music play Up to 60 h
MISC Colors Space Gray, Silver
Price About 1000 EUR
TESTS Performance Basemark OS II 2.0: 4708
Display Contrast ratio: Infinity (nominal), 5.013 (sunlight)
Camera Photo / Video
Loudspeaker Voice 68dB / Noise 74dB / Ring 76dB
Audio quality Noise -93.7dB / Crosstalk -82.8dB
The Razer Phone is stuffed to the gills with top notch Android leader specs. The Snapdragon 835 has been attempted and-tried in the Galaxy Note 8, the LG V30, and the Pixel 2, and it's a capable chip with a considerable measure to offer. Packaged with the Razer Phone's 8GB of RAM, you have a gadget that packs a considerable measure of energy and ought to have the capacity to deal with all that you toss at it. So it's additional great when the iPhone X's A11 Bionic chip destroys the Snapdragon 835. Benchmarks aren't all that matters, yet they are a better than average method for checking execution, and the A11 contribute the iPhone X has over and again beaten the Snapdragon 835 in tests. While the iPhone X just has 3GB of RAM in the engine, iOS and Android gadgets handle RAM in an unexpected way, so the Razer Phone's additional 5GB of RAM doesn't really guarantee better performance.Neither gadget has an earphone jack, so it's great to see that the iPhone X accompanies the extra flag quality and highlights allowed by Bluetooth 5.0 — the Razer Phone is screwed over thanks to Bluetooth 4.2, regardless of the discarding of the 3.5mm port. Why remains a riddle, however it's a disgrace to see.The victor is less clear with regards to accessible storage room. While the Razer Phone is certainly the washout as far as inside capacity choices, just having a 64GB model to set against the 64GB and 256GB choices on the iPhone X, the Razer Phone has a MicroSD opening to reinforce that accessible space by up to 256GB.The victor here is entirely clear. There's most likely that the Snapdragon 835-controlled Razer Phone is effective — however the A11 Bionic processor is simply too very much upgraded with iPhone equipment. The iPhone X takes it.
Winner: iPhone X
Battery life and charging
This is the place it begins to get somewhat harder for Apple's ideal. Likewise with the outline, these telephones have adopted an altogether different strategy to battery size and enhancement. The iPhone X accompanies a 2,716mAh battery that ought to give a day's utilization, even with medium to overwhelming use. Quick charging is conceivable on the iPhone X, yet not with the link incorporated into the case — and you need to ask why. In the event that you put the $25 down for the quick charging link, you should see some really clever charging speeds — we saw it go from 25 percent to full in a hour and 40 minutes in our iPhone X audit. Remote charging is additionally accessible, utilizing the Qi standard, so in case you're an aficionado of not connecting links to your telephone that is a thing you can do.In differentiate, the Razer Phone packs in an incredible 4,000mAh battery, plainly leaning toward beast quality to the enhancement of the iPhone X's battery. We presume that the 120Hz screen may be a substantial draw on the battery, yet we'll need to leave that as hypothesis until the point that we get an opportunity to completely survey the Razer Phone. In any case, that enormous battery ought to have the capacity to see you as the day progressed — you should address why, on the off chance that it neglects to — and keeping in mind that there's no remote charging in light of the aluminum body, the Razer Phone comes stacked with the new QuickCharge 4.0+, which Razer cases will charge the battery from zero to 50 percent in 35 minutes. That is a great gloat if it's actual, particularly with a battery that size.We can't run this one until the point when we get an opportunity to completely test the Razer Phone. The iPhone X gets focuses for the remote charging, yet loses some for excluding quick charging in the crate. Until further notice, this is a tie.
Winner: Tie
Software
Looking at Android and iOS resembles contrasting apples and oranges. You can like both, and you can have a most loved over the other, at the end of the day they're two altogether different encounters, and whichever one you pick will be down to your own preferences.On the iPhone X, iOS 11 is an excellent bit of programming. It's quick and liquid, and runs easily both in applications and while swapping between them. The notable home catch has been evacuated to account for that flawless screen, and the usefulness it offered has been supplanted by signals. Swiping around to return to the landing page, get to the warning segment, and see your current applications is for the most part simple to get used to, however a portion of the signals were effectively confounded by iOS 11 itself, and caused a couple of minor niggles. You can locate our full breakdown of how iOS 11 performs in our review.If iOS 11 on the iPhone X is a very much oversaw walled cultivate, at that point Android on the Razer Phone is a "pick your-own-enterprise" LARP diversion set in an open woodland. Because of the execution of Nova Launcher Prime on the Razer Phone, the client has finish control over relatively all aspects of their telephone's interface. Keen on iOS 11's motions? Nova Launcher Prime has a route for you to give that a shot on your Razer Phone. It additionally has choices for loads more control, including what number of symbols can fit in your application cabinet or landing page. Customization through Nova Launcher Prime aside, the Razer Phone runs stock Android 7.1 Nougat, so there's no extra bloatware backing the telephone off, implying that Android on the Razer Phone is liquid and smooth. Razer has additionally said that the Razer Phone will get a refresh to Android 8.0 Oreo in mid 2018.The Razer Phone has a slight edge with the capacity to run some virtual reality (VR) applications, by means of Android's own help. Apple presently can't seem to execute any VR in its telephones, however they do have the edge in enlarged reality (AR). Be that as it may, both are genuinely little focuses in this battle.As ever, your decision between the two working frameworks is an exceedingly individual one. Whichever you pick, you'll see that the two telephones are smooth entertainers with a considerable measure to offer. This must be a tie.
Winner: Tie
Price and availability
You can at present pre-arrange the Razer Phone for $700 from the Razer Store. Soon after it dispatches on November 17 it will likewise be accessible in chosen Microsoft Stores, and on Amazon. It will come opened for use on your decision of system, however Sprint and Verizon clients ought to know that the telephone won't take a shot at their networks.The iPhone X is as of now accessible from every single significant bearer, and begins at an incredible $1,000 for the 64GB model. Moving up to the 256GB model will cost another $150, yet you can see the greater part of your purchasing alternatives in our iPhone X purchasing guide.The iPhone X might be accessible on more systems, yet the $1,000+ sticker price is demonstrating a troublesome pill to swallow. The less expensive cost of the Razor telephone wins this round.
Winner: Razer Phone
Overall winner: iPhone X
This shouldn't come as a shock for anybody. Apple's most recent telephone is a shocker in the two looks and usage. It has one of the smoothest portable working frameworks on the planet, and likely the most capable chipset inside. The camera is fit for taking some mind boggling pictures, and everything else has that characteristic of Apple quality. Without a doubt, Face ID may not be as quick as Touch ID, and you may in any case mourn the loss of the earphone jack, yet the iPhone X speaks to the following huge thing for Apple, and it's the new outline that the fans deserved.But that doesn't mean the Razer Phone is a terrible decision. Razer is showcasing this telephone towards gamers and individuals who utilize their telephone fundamentally to devour media. In that sense, the Razer Phone is a champ. The double speakers are extraordinarily uproarious and clear, and the 120Hz Ultramotion show is exquisite. Be that as it may, generally speaking, it can't beat Apple's iPhone X.