Razer has not launched a smartphone for some time, but the company recently released an Android gaming handheld Razer Edge, PBKreviews has disassembled the handheld, the device is built very much like a smartphone, but it does not have a camera on the back, only one on the front, and is located on the long side because the device is designed for landscape use.
The first thing to be disassembled is the card slot, which holds a nanoSIM and a microSD card, and the disassembled device is a Wi-Fi-only model, supporting Wi-Fi 6E connectivity.
The Razer Edge has a passive cooling system with some graphite film on the plastic back panel, but the device also has an active cooling system with mesh-covered vents and a small fan tucked inside that brings heat out from the chipset via a cooling pad, thermal paste and a layer of copper tape. On the other side of the board, there is a vapor chamber that exhausts heat through the display.
Active cooling fan on the Razer Edge, copper tape on the chipset, thermal paste, and thermal pads
The entry-level Razer Edge comes with 6GB of LPDDR5 memory and 128GB of UFS 3.1 storage, all stacked on the G3x Gen 1 chipset, which retails for $400.
The PBK reviews give the Razer Edge a 6.5/10 for fixability, with the main issue being the limited availability of replacement parts.
