Got any questions? Ask me! (Attended the Keynote)

Masterfellow

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Hey there :)

If anyone has any questions about the phone, feel free to ask me. I was playing with it for roughly half an hour in the Razer AFK area and compared it side by side to my S8+.
 

aknotts415

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afk area lol I love razers humor.

How was the screen color and brightness wise?
How were the speakers compared to the S8?
In hand feel?
Did it feel premium? Heavy?

Are you going to get one?
How was the software from what you got to see?

Overall impressions?

Thanks :) appreciate you taking the time to tell us :)
 
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manor7777

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Hey there :)

If anyone has any questions about the phone, feel free to ask me. I was playing with it for roughly half an hour in the Razer AFK area and compared it side by side to my S8+.
Aside from the usual bootloader unlock stuff,

would love to know if it supports apt-x bluetooth codec. Will be an insta buy for me if so.
 

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How does it seem to keep it in your hands?
Need for some ugly cover? The high frame rate is cool like it sound? :D I've so much hype for this phone. I'm not a big smartphone gamer but those stats are fantastic. Is like have the master race phone. :cool:
 

Masterfellow

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How does it seem to keep it in your hands?
Need for some ugly cover? The high frame rate is cool like it sound? :D I've so much hype for this phone. I'm not a big smartphone gamer but those stats are fantastic. Is like have the master race phone. :cool:
One member of staff had a thin, black case on it and honestly it felt very useless :laugh: I like the phone much better without any case, especially when there is no back glass to break.
It is super cool, smooth and responsive. I was going crazy when i saw it haha! It is seriously very cool. Although, most of the third party apps were locked to 60hz I could see that. Only the system apps and the dolby atmos app (I think) were in full 120hz.

Aside from the usual bootloader unlock stuff,

would love to know if it supports apt-x bluetooth codec. Will be an insta buy for me if so.
No clue about that as some features on the demo phones were disabled. I think this is part or Oreo? So possibly with the Oreo update in Q1 2018. Again, not sure about that.

Why don't they have Verizon compatibility, or is there any plans to get it?
Nope, only GSM networks.

afk area lol I love razers humor.

How was the screen color and brightness wise?
How were the speakers compared to the S8?
In hand feel?
Did it feel premium? Heavy?

Are you going to get one?
How was the software from what you got to see?

Overall impressions?

Thanks :) appreciate you taking the time to tell us :)
Haha, I know right.
Screen colours were really good, although still not on OLED levels (still great lcd panel though). Brightness is the only thing that disappointed me about the screen, when I set the Razer phone to full brightness, it was the same brightness as when you set the S8+ to 30-40% brightness :(
Speakers are just nuts. No phone has speakers like that. Even though I could not hear it properly because there was a lot of people, screaming and music around, I could feel how the whole phone was vibrating only from the speakers. It is absolutely nuts, very loud, highs were very noticeable in the dolby atmos demo app and the bass is very good for phone speakers as well. They killed it in this regard lol.
I'm not a fan of the square-ish designs but it I liked this one, it feels very premium indeed. I have medium sized hands, it felt kinda big.

I really do want to get one, but I'm not sure yet. Price is very competitive, but I'm just so used to all the Samsung services (Samsung Pay, Health, Cloud, etc.) + I have a Gear S3 so I would lose a ton of features lol.
Software was smooth, imagine playing with the Pixel 2 but the screen is 120Hz (it's absolutely crazy smooth, I can't even believe it). I tried to lag it as much as I could but I just couldn't, there was not a single lag/stutter.

It's a great phone for sure and I was really hyped when I had it in my hands, but I'm not sure how I feel about the screen brightness and lack of any water-resistance rating. The camera performance was also very average - low light was bad, focusing was alright, but nowhere near the S8 focusing speed and details/closeups came up really good.
 

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PryvateiDz

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Aside from the usual bootloader unlock stuff,

would love to know if it supports apt-x bluetooth codec. Will be an insta buy for me if so.
Same. I heard months ago, like in this article from Android Authority that AptX HD (as well as Hi-Res Bluetooth codecs like LDAC) come enabled with Android O via a Bluetooth codec menu.

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How was the camera? I know they said they'd send some camera updates like 120Hz video capture, slow-motion capture, and portrait mode via OTA updates in the coming months as TechRadar stated.

However, I'd like to know about the camera quality performance?
I've seen some samples, but I'd like to know your first-hand experience.