Razer Phone 2 Could Be Launched End of This Year; Will Have Qualcomm’s Flagship Chipset

Aug. 7, 2018



Chen didn’t reveal any concrete details related to the device, such as its specifications or the name of the next Razer Phone (which everyone is already calling the Razer Phone 2) at the expo. He only confirmed that thesecond-gen phone would be powered by the latest Qualcomm flagship chipset.

However, it is currently unknown whether it will be the Snapdragon 845 SoC, which is the most obvious choice, or the Snapdragon 855 SoC, which is based on the 7mm technology and issaid to arrivelater this year.

That’s pretty much all we know about the Razer Phone successor at this point, which will also be marketed as a gaming phone but it will be interesting to see what innovations it will have on board.

TheRazer Phonesported a 120Hz display, a first for a smartphone, coupled with 8GB of RAM and dual front-facing stereo speakers to provide an elevated gaming experience. It also packed all other important features we need on a smartphone, but their importance was diminished in front of the gaming features.