Verizon, Razer unveil 'world's first 5G gaming device' - ZDNet

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A pistillate   playing Razer's Edge gaming portable

The Razer Edge handheld.

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Razer's yearly RazerCon lawsuit is simply a motorboat showcase for the latest products coming to the company's gaming and streaming customers. 

This year's lawsuit included the debut of its highly touted 5G gaming handheld, which it's releasing successful adjacent collaboration with Verizon. 

It besides showed disconnected a slew of caller keyboards, mice, headsets, and different accessories, arsenic good arsenic 2 luxury collaborations.

Razer Edge

Razer already teased this portable gaming handheld immoderate weeks back, but present it's revealed astir everything you could privation to cognize astir it. Razer is calling the Edge the "world's archetypal 5G gaming device." While you mightiness reason astir 5G smartphones could suffice for that moniker, the Edge was designed from the commencement to beryllium a axenic gaming device. 

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Like Nintendo's Switch, the Edge comes successful 2 parts: a main portion with a show and each the indispensable interior hardware, and a acceptable of modular, detachable controls. 

A render of the Razer Edge's show  unit

It looks a spot similar a elephantine smartphone until you connect 1 of the power modules. You tin besides usage it unsocial for touchscreen-based games.

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The main portion includes a 6.8-inch AMOLED touchscreen show moving astatine a 2,400x1080 resolution, with a refresh complaint of 144Hz. Razer claims this results successful "87% much pixels than competitory offerings." 

At the Edge's bosom is simply a Snapdragon G3x halfway with a 3GHz octa-core Kryo CPU and an Adreno GPU. Razer claims it volition supply "2 to 3x speeds of modular mobile platforms similar the Snapdragon 720G." It besides features a built-in 5,000-mAh battery. 

This volition powerfulness not lone Android-based games that tally locally connected the handheld, but besides compatible, cloud-based, and distant gaming services similar Xbox Cloud Gaming, Nvidia GeForce Now, Steam Link, and others, which travel preinstalled connected the device.

Razer's Kishi V2 Pro controller for its Razer Edge gaming handheld

The Kishi V2 Pro controller connects by USB-C with the handheld to connection ample power options.

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While the Wi-Fi mentation of the Razer Edge volition vessel solo, the 5G mentation volition travel bundled with the Kishi V2 Pro controller add-on. This portion is akin to erstwhile models designed for smartphone gaming, and has carnal controls akin to what you'd find connected a console gamepad.

The Wi-Fi variation of the Razer borderline volition beryllium sold exclusively via Razer.com and Razer's brick-and-mortar stores for $399.99. The 5G mentation volition beryllium disposable exclusively from Verizon, which volition beryllium providing its 5G Ultra Wideband services to link gamers successful the US. Pricing info for the 5G variation is expected astatine a aboriginal date.

The Razer Edge should beryllium disposable to consumers successful January 2023, and you can statesman reserving units now. More accusation is expected to beryllium disposable person to motorboat connected Razer's merchandise page.

Razer Blue Screen

A main   raising the Razer Blue Screen

The portion is designed to beryllium connected the level and rise up utilizing an accordion-style enactment system.

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Razer is expanding its streaming peripherals into caller areas with the simply named Razer Blue Screen. The chroma cardinal sheet is designed to supply a wrinkle-free backdrop for usage during streaming, either arsenic a unrecorded inheritance oregon for usage with virtual backgrounds.

A galore  carrying a folded and rolled Razer Blue Screen

The Blue Screen is designed to beryllium easy stored oregon transported, without the request for imperishable mounting.

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The Blue Screen's 94-inch tallness tin beryllium rolled down into its base, which includes folding legs for casual transport oregon retention erstwhile you're not streaming. It is available present for $149.99 from Razer.com and Razer Stores.

New and updated headsets

A pistillate   wearing Razer's Kraken Kitty V2 Pro headset with bunny ears attached

Don't fto the sanction confuse you -- the Kraken Kitty V2 Pro present has swappable ears.

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The caller mentation of the Razer Kraken Kitty headset, the V2 Pro, builds connected Razer's erstwhile occurrence with cat-ear-equipped audio cogwheel by adding bunny ears (seen above) and carnivore ears. All 3 options usage Razer's Chroma RGB level to glow successful 16.8 cardinal colors portion gaming oregon cosplaying. 

The audio hardware includes Razer's TriForce Titanium 50mm drivers and 7.1 integer situation sound, portion the headset's framework uses hybrid cloth and leatherette cushioning. 

The Razer Kraken Kitty V2 Pro headset successful  black

The headset besides comes successful black, with its included carnivore ears seen here.

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The Razer Kraken Kitty V2 Pro should beryllium disposable for preorder successful Q4 for $199.99 from Razer and prime retailers. It volition travel successful Quartz (the pinkish mentation seen above) and Black versions. 

Razer's Kaira X headset for the PlayStation 5

The caller models are present afloat licensed peripherals for the PlayStation 5.

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Newly announced entries successful Razer's Kaira enactment are present afloat licensed for Sony's PlayStation 5. This includes a mentation of the wired Razer Kaira X, arsenic good arsenic the caller wireless Kaira HyperSpeed and Kaira Pro HyperSpeed. 

All 3 usage Razer's TriForce 50mm drivers, portion the wireless models employment its HyperSpeed 2.4GHz technology.

The Kaira X is priced astatine $59.99, portion the Kira HyperSpeed is $129.99 and the Kaira Pro HyperSpeed volition outgo you $199.99. All 3 models are available present astatine Razer's Web site.

Razer's Xbo branded mentation    of the Hammerhead HyperSpeed headset

The Hammerhead HyperSpeed comes successful some PlayStation-licensed and Xbox-licensed (shown here) versions.

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Razer debuted its instrumentality connected the rapidly increasing database of genuinely wireless gaming earbuds that connection some Bluetooth and 2.4GHz connectivity. Like the exceptional Epos GTW 270 acceptable I precocious reviewed, the Hammerhead HyperSpeed headset tin link via either Bluetooth 5.2, oregon to its included USB-C dongle.

Razer claims the earbuds and included charging lawsuit supply 30 hours of audio, contempt its inclusion of RBG lighting successful the Razer logo backing each earbud. Both the Xbox-license and PlayStation-licensed versions volition beryllium available starting successful November for $149.99.

New colorways

Razer's lineup of caller   peripherals successful  the Quartz colorway

Fans of pinkish should beryllium blessed to cognize that the Quartz colour is coming to caller models.

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Razer besides announced astatine the lawsuit that its Quartz (pink), Mercury (white and gray), and White colorways volition beryllium coming to further peripherals crossed respective lines. 

Razer's Barracuda headset successful  Mercury

The Barracuda headset successful Mercury.

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New entries successful the Quartz lineup see the Razer Barracuda wireless headset, Huntsman V2 TKL keyboard, BlackShark V2 X wired headset, Orochi V2 wireless mouse, and Strider Hybrid rodent mat. 

New Mercury and White options volition present see the Razer Barracuda Mercury Edition (seen above), DeathStalker V2 Pro and   DeathStalker V2 Pro TKL White Edition keyboards, and the Basilisk V3 White Edition wireless gaming mouse. All recolored models should beryllium disposable by November. 

Everything else 

Razer's collaboration with Panerai, a wrist watch

The greenish accents are successful Razer's trademark shade.

Razer -- Panerai

In summation to caller and updated entries successful its halfway merchandise categories, Razer besides debuted immoderate little emblematic products astatine RazerCon 2022. Among them was a ticker created successful collaboration with Panerai. The exemplary volition beryllium constricted to 500 copies, and volition beryllium disposable exclusively done Panerai boutiques and Panerai.com.

Razer's Enki Pro Lamborghini collaboration

*Car not included.

Razer -- Lamborghini

Razer's 2nd luxury-focused collab, with supercar shaper Lamborghini, produced the Razer Enki Pro Automobili Lamborghini Edition. The special-edition gaming seat includes customizations similar Alcantara leather, Lamborghini's signature orangish and achromatic colorway, and the carmaker's shield logo. It besides leans into the luxury car pricing, coming successful astatine $1,299. 

Razer's Axon wallpaper software

Razer's archetypal caller portion of bundle successful rather a portion aims to beryllium your caller wallpaper HQ.

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Lastly, Razer debuted its Razer Axon app, which provides static and animated wallpapers. You tin acceptable a azygous wallpaper oregon a "playlist" of wallpapers. Either tin past beryllium synced up with immoderate peripherals utilizing Razer's Chroma RGB to supply colored lighting that brings your PC's inheritance into the mix. 

Available images see Razer's ain logos and products, wallpapers from well-known gaming franchises, and curated photos. Axon besides supports multimonitor setups. 

The archetypal 10,000 users to download Razer Axon and participate the codification #RAZERCON2022 volition person a acceptable of constricted variation RazerCon 2022 wallpapers. Subsequent premium wallpaper packs volition beryllium disposable available for acquisition utilizing Razer Gold and Silver, which tin beryllium purchased oregon earned by buying Razer products oregon utilizing its apps. 

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