ISSUE 65 • ANDROID ADVISOR 69BUYING GUIDEstatic green when the battery is full, and a sort of
angry flashing red when it detects that the phone
isn’t positioned correctly for charging.
That’s all well and good, but remember two big
caveats here: it’s expensive at £99, and the lighting
will only ever be a nuisance if you tend to charge
your phone overnight by your bed.Software
The Razer Phone 2 ships with Android 8.1, though
the more recent Android 9 will reportedly roll out
to owners before too long.
Once again Razer is running a version of the OS
that’s pretty much stock, the main tweak being the
use of the Nova Launcher – a version of the home
screen and app drawer that’s highly customizable,
so you can tweak things to suit your tastes.Razer also sells its own wireless
charging dock for the new phoneISSUE 65 • ANDROID ADVISOR 69BUYING GUIDEstatic green when the battery is full, and a sort of
angry flashing red when it detects that the phone
isn’t positioned correctly for charging.
That’s all well and good, but remember two big
caveats here: it’s expensive at £99, and the lighting
will only ever be a nuisance if you tend to charge
your phone overnight by your bed.
Software
The Razer Phone 2 ships with Android 8.1, though
the more recent Android 9 will reportedly roll out
to owners before too long.
Once again Razer is running a version of the OS
that’s pretty much stock, the main tweak being the
use of the Nova Launcher – a version of the home
screen and app drawer that’s highly customizable,
so you can tweak things to suit your tastes.
Razer also sells its own wireless
charging dock for the new phone