Analysis Of The Razer Phone: Your Mobile Theater Experience

Razer Phone: your mobile theater experience

The Razer Phone is the first smartphone to support both Netflix HDR and 5.1 surround sound content, so you can watch movies in high definition wherever and whenever you want.

Available for $699.99, the Razer Phone offers an audiovisual experience like no other phone on the market. RED’s Hydrogen will launch soon. Time to ask: is this the future of mobile theater experience?

Although different products, the new Razer Phone and RED’s Hydrogen do share some characteristics, from the processor, the Snapdragon 835 chip (similar to the one used in both the Galaxy S8 and Google Pixel 2), to the high capacity battery, 4000 mAh on the Razer Phone and 4500 mAh on the Hydrogen, to the QHD resolution of the

True, RED’s Hydrogen is a 3D smartphone, and a modular system that will connect with the RED Cinema cameras, but on its own, it’s also a new solution to access the mobile theater experience. RED says that the company is showing prototypes to content producing partners in preparation for the HYDROGEN Network.

Time to look at the offer from Razer, which may also become more than a smartphone, in a near future. In fact, at CES 2018 Razer showed the Project Linda concept, which is an ultraportable laptop design powered by the Android-based Razer Phone. The docked phone serves as an intelligent touchpad, bridging the gap between handheld entertainment and laptop convenience. The Razer Phone’s performance, display, and dual front-firing speakers combine seamlessly with Project Linda’s larger 13.5-inch screen, keyboard, and battery to provide the ultimate mobile hybrid setup for gaming, creativity, and productivity.

“We are incredibly excited to deliver Netflix entertainment on a smartphone like never before, enabling us to take full measure of the Razer Phone’s HDR10-enabled display and dual-firing, front-facing Dolby-optimized speakers and THX-certified headphone connectivity.”

The Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 support on the Razer Phone is a first for Netflix on a mobile phone. The designation is typically reserved for high-end entertainment systems and PCs. 5.1 is the most commonly used layout in home cinema. It exploits five full-bandwidth channels (the “five”) and one low-frequency effects channel (the "point one"). 5.1 is also the standard surround sound audio component of digital broadcast and music.

A product like the Razer Phone makes you wonder what the future will bring, and if there is a need for more and more pixels, when the Quad HD resolution of a smartphone can give you, if Razer’s words are correct, the freedom to infinitely stream Netflix (you still need a subscription…) in high definition wherever and whenever you want, with sound to match. In a mobile world, will a device like this contribute to change consumer habits, and transform each of us into the owner of a mobile theater we carry in a