ISSUE 65 • ANDROID ADVISOR 61BUYING GUIDErate (120Hz). It’s also stuck with the 16:9 aspect
ratio, which might seem an odd choice in a market
increasingly dominated by 18:9 bezel-less displays,
but the company argues the extra screen space is
a boon for games, which are still for the most part
optimized for 16:9 screens.
What’s changed is the brightness. Razer claims
the new screen is 50 percent brighter, maxing out
at a whopping 645cd/m^2 – which if true would
make this brighter than any phone we’ve ever tested.
In person, it’s hard to spot the difference in
quality between the first- and second-generation
smartphones. This is clearly a small tweak to a
screen that’s mostly unchanged – but since theThe Razer Phone 2’s screen is mostly unchanged,
but since the original boasts arguably the best
smartphone display out there, that’s no bad thingISSUE 65 • ANDROID ADVISOR 61BUYING GUIDErate (120Hz). It’s also stuck with the 16:9 aspect
ratio, which might seem an odd choice in a market
increasingly dominated by 18:9 bezel-less displays,
but the company argues the extra screen space is
a boon for games, which are still for the most part
optimized for 16:9 screens.
What’s changed is the brightness. Razer claims
the new screen is 50 percent brighter, maxing out
at a whopping 645cd/m^2 – which if true would
make this brighter than any phone we’ve ever tested.
In person, it’s hard to spot the difference in
quality between the first- and second-generation
smartphones. This is clearly a small tweak to a
screen that’s mostly unchanged – but since theThe Razer Phone 2’s screen is mostly unchanged,
but since the original boasts arguably the best
smartphone display out there, that’s no bad thing