Razer Edge is a 5G gaming handheld with a seriously impressive screen - Digital Trends

Razer is getting into the gaming handheld marketplace with a caller portable device, dubbed the Razer Edge. Able to watercourse unreality games and play mobile games natively, the institution calls it the “world’s archetypal dedicated 5G gaming device.” It boasts an awesome surface and comes with an updated mentation of the Razer Kishi V2 controller.

Like the precocious released Logitech G Cloud Gaming Handheld, the Razer Edge takes a stab astatine the increasing unreality gaming marketplace with a standalone portable device. Razer plans to merchandise 2 abstracted versions of the handheld: a $400 Wi-Fi mentation acceptable to motorboat successful January and a first-of-its-kind 5G edition. The second volition beryllium disposable exclusively done Verizon and does not person a terms oregon merchandise day yet.

Razer Edge is powered by the Snapdragon G3X Gen 1 gaming level and features a 3Ghz octa-core Kryo CPU with an Adreno GPU.  It boasts a 5000mAh capableness battery, though Razer didn’t stock artillery beingness estimates. Perhaps its biggest selling point, though, is its screen. The Razer Edge is equipped with a 6.8-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, 1 that’s susceptible of hitting a 144hz refresh complaint astatine 2400×1080 FHD+ resolution. That’s a notable measurement up from different portable gaming devices similar the Steam Deck oregon Nintendo Switch OLED.

Each Razer Edge comes bundled with a Razer Kishi V2 Pro, an updated mentation of Razer’s mobile controller attachment. The Pro’s biggest changes are that it includes HyperSense precocious haptic feedback and a 3.5mm audio port.

On paper, the Razer Edge packs immoderate awesome specs that could assistance it basal retired implicit the Logitech G Cloud Gaming Handheld. While some devices tin entree cloud apps similar Xbox Game Pass and download mobile games natively, the Edge has an vantage erstwhile it comes to its show and controls. However, adjacent its Wi-Fi mentation is much costly that Logitech’s instrumentality and the enigma pricing of its much awesome 5G counterpart could breed a just contention betwixt the two.

Pre-orders for the Wi-Fi variation are disposable present with a refundable $5 deposit. It’ll beryllium disposable exclusively done Razer’s website, wherever it’ll retail for $400 starting successful January. As mentioned, the 5G mentation does not person a merchandise day conscionable yet.

Editors' Recommendations

• The champion Mac games for 2022
• The champion free-to-play games for 2022
• Dead Space Remake: merchandise date, trailers, gameplay, and more
• The champion escaped FPS games you tin play close now
• The champion multiplayer games connected the Xbox Series X