Android Advisor 2017

52 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 45

HANDS-ON

Blade line also had a hand in custom cooling for the

Snapdragon 835. Razer says its cooling solution allows

the 835 to run longer before throttling down, and

when it does, it doesn’t throttle as low.

Shared design language

Razer also wants the Razer Phone to feel right at

home with the company’s other hardware offerings –

and it does. The engineers worked with some of the

same teams that helped make Razer’s refined Razer

Blade laptop series. At first glance it looks much like

the Robin that came before it, but in my hands, the

Razer Phone made the Robin feel like a toy. I would

describe the overall design to be monolithic.

The aluminium gathers dust, but I still prefer it to all glass phones