Razer’s cloud gaming handheld starts at $400 for the WiFi-only model - Engadget

Razer, you whitethorn recall, recently teased a 5G handheld instrumentality that's focused connected unreality gaming. The institution took the accidental astatine RazerCon to formally denote the system, which it calls the Razer Edge — yep, Razer yet went determination with its branding.

The Edge has a 6.8-inch AMOLED surface with a refresh complaint of 144Hz and a Full HD+ solution of 2,400 x 1,080. Razer claims the show has 87 percent much pixels than competitors’ devices. The Steam Deck’s screen, for instance, has a 1,280 x 800 resolution. The Edge's Gorilla Glass touchscreen besides has a 288Hz sampling rate, which should marque it beauteous darn responsive.

Razer worked with Qualcomm and Verizon connected this device. It runs connected the Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 Gaming Platform, which was developed exclusively for the Edge. The instrumentality has a 3Ghz octa-core Kryo CPU and an Adreno GPU, on with progressive cooling and six aerial vents. Razer says aboriginal benchmarking shows that the Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 delivers 2 to 3 times the speeds of emblematic mobile platforms, specified arsenic the Snapdragon 720G.

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The instrumentality has a 5,000mAh capableness battery, arsenic good arsenic 8GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 128GB of storage. On the audio front, determination are two-way speakers with Verizon Adaptive Sound and a brace of integer microphones. There's a webcam excessively — you'll person the enactment to livestream your gameplay.

The Edge is comprised of an Android 12 tablet housed wrong the caller Razer Kishi V2 Pro controller. The second has the aforesaid analog triggers arsenic the Kishi V2, on with microswitches, programmable buttons and what Razer claims is an "ultra-precise" D-pad. What makes the Kishi V2 Pro antithetic is that it has HyperSense haptic feedback and, blissfully, a 3.5mm headphone jack. Together, the tablet and controller measurement 400.8 grams, which is simply a spot little than a pound.

As for the games, the Edge, which volition lone beryllium disposable successful the US astatine the outset, volition travel with launchers for Epic Games, Xbox Cloud Gaming and Nvidia GeForce Now preinstalled. You'll besides beryllium capable to entree distant play services specified arsenic Steam Link, Moonlight and Parsec.

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Since this is simply a unreality gaming-focused device, connectivity is key. Razer says the Edge has WiFi 6E that performs connected an "uncongested" 6GHz transmission and has multi-gig bandwidth enactment for accelerated download and upload speeds. When you're connected the go, you'll beryllium capable to link to unreality gaming services done 5G arsenic agelong arsenic you person the close model.

The 5G mentation of the Razer Edge is simply a Verizon exclusive. Pricing and nonstop availability volition beryllium confirmed later, but it should beryllium retired successful January, astir the aforesaid clip arsenic the WiFi model. That mentation volition tally you $400 and it'll beryllium disposable from Razer's website and RazerStore locations. You tin reserve one for a refundable deposit of $5. Razer hasn't revealed pricing oregon availability for the standalone Kishi V2 Pro controller.

That's not an insignificant terms for the WiFi model, and it's apt that the 5G mentation volition outgo more, but the specs look coagulated for the money. It seems similar an enactment worthy considering for on-the-go unreality gaming if you'd alternatively not slot your telephone into a controller and you don't privation to lug a Steam Deck around.

The Razer Edge isn't the lone handheld instrumentality focused connected unreality gaming. Logitech's $350 G Cloud Gaming Handheld, which doesn't person WiFi 6 oregon 6E support, will beryllium disposable adjacent week. Other notable manufacturers are turning their attraction to unreality gaming arsenic well. Google this week announced 3 Chromebooks from Acer, ASUS and Lenovo that are designed for streaming games.

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The Edge was acold from Razer's lone merchandise announcement astatine RazerCon. Along with the Kraken Kitty V2 Pro wired headset (featuring swappable bunny, carnivore and feline ears with Chroma RGB lighting) and immoderate different gear, the institution showed disconnected its Hammerhead HyperSpeed earbuds. 

The earbuds diagnostic Chroma RGB, progressive sound cancellation, Bluetooth 5.2 and 2.4GHz connectivity (via a USB-C dongle you tin plug into your console oregon different device) to minimize latency. Razer claims you'll get up to 30 hours of full artillery life, factoring successful apical ups from the charging case. Hammerhead HyperSpeed is disposable successful PlayStation- and Xbox-braded variants. The earbuds outgo $150 and they volition beryllium disposable successful November.

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