Razer hasn’t made a smartphone in a while, but it just released an Android-based gaming handheld, the Razer Edge. The device is built much like a smartphone, as you can see in the teardown video PBK reviews. Only a few things set it apart, such as no camera on the back, but there is one on the front, on the long side of the display since it’s intended for landscape use.

The first thing that stands out is the card slot, designed to hold a nanoSIM and a microSD. This particular device is the Wi-Fi only model, so it lacks 5G (indeed any cell) connectivity. If online gaming and game streaming on the go are something you crave, Verizon started selling mmWave-enabled versions of the Edge last week. Later in the video you will see the places where the mmWave antenna was supposed to go. This model only has Wi-Fi 6E connectivity.

Snapdragon G3x Gen 1, RAM and storage stacked together
5,000mAh battery

Snapdragon G3x Gen 1, RAM and storage stacked together • 5,000mAh battery

The Edge has passive graphite film cooling on the plastic rear panel. However, there is also active cooling with mesh-covered vents and a small fan hidden inside. This pulls heat away from the chipset through thermal pads, thermal paste, and a layer of copper tape. There’s a vapor chamber on the other side of the card that blows heat out through the display.

Active cooling fan on the Razer Edge
Copper tape, thermal paste, and thermal pads over the chipset

Active cooling fan on the Razer Edge • Copper tape, thermal paste and thermal pads over the chipset

The base Razer Edge comes with 6GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 128GB of UFS 3.1 storage, both stacked on top of the G3x Gen 1 chipset. This is priced at $400 on Razer.com. Verizon’s 5G model boosts RAM to 8GB and adds sub-6GHz and mmWave connectivity, starting at $10/month.

PBK reviews gave the Razer Edge a repairability rating of 6.5/10. The main complaint is the limited availability of replacement parts.

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