About a month ago, we told you about the Razer Phone 2 handset all set to come out in the Q4 2018. Today, the smartphone has been spotted at Geekbench. The Razer Phone 2’s benchmark reveals a few of the phone’s specifications.
The Geekbench listing shows the phone to be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 CPU. The Razer Phone benchmark test shows the phone to have a score of 2026 for Single-Core and a score of 8234 for Multi-Core. The Razer Phone 2 has been seen running on Android 8.1.0 Oreo. The RAM memory can be seen as 7667 MB which means it will have an 8GB RAM.
The Geekbench listings are about the SoC, RAM and OS of the devices, so they do not reveal anything about the device’s display or other specifications.
Razer’s VP Chen Xiaoping hinted towards the Razer Phone 2 at the China Joy 2018 in Shanghai. The VP mentioned that the Razer Phone successor should be out by December 2018. He also mentioned that thep hone will make the use of the latest chipset without mentioning which chipset it will be. Since Qualcomm also introduced its new chipset around the same time (December) every year, it was speculated that the Razer Phone 2 will run on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 CPU. However, the latest Geekbench listing puts the speculation to rest.
Razer Phone 2017
The American Gaming Hardware company entered the smartphone scene last year with its very first smartphone called the Razer. The Razer Phone had a number of interesting features. At first, this was the world’s first smartphone to come with a 120Hz display. The Razer Phone made the use of Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 CPU and a RAM of 8GB. Razer did not opt for a headphone jack on its first smartphone. The device was designed to make gaming easy for the smartphone users. The phone had Razer’s signature logo at the back.
Later on, ASUS also announced the ASUS ROG Phone to put up a little bit of challenge in the smartphone gaming segment. It would be interesting to see how Razer takes on the ASUS ROG Phone which already has the latest hardware with a handful of wanted features.
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