Razer’s new Android-powered gaming handheld, the Razer Edge, was launched earlier this January. With its launch, the company is back in the smartphone game. This device boasts a sleek design, as seen in the newest teardown video by PBKreviews. It is essentially a tablet with a detachable Razer Kishi V2 Pro controller, and when clubbed together, it offers a compact, Switch-like gaming handheld device that can play Android and cloud-based games. What sets the Razer Edge apart from a smartphone is the absence of a rear camera. The only camera is located on the front – along the edge of the display, making it suitable for landscape use.

The early stages of the teardown revealed a card slot, which can accommodate both a nanoSIM and microSD card. The device comes in two models — Razer Edge (Wi-Fi) and Razer Edge 5G. The teardown video also highlighted the missing mmWave antenna found in the 5G model since the device in the video featured Wi-Fi 6E connectivity.

The Edge features a combination of passive and active cooling. As seen in the teardown video, a graphite film is placed on the plastic back panel, while mesh-covered vents and a small fan inside work together to pull heat from the chipset. A vapor chamber on the other side of the board expels heat through the display. Concluding the teardown, PBKreviews gave the Razer Edge a repairability score of 6.5/10, citing the limited availability of replacement parts as the main complaint.

Under the hood, the device is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon G3X Gen 1 processor, which is built for gaming purposes and promises active cooling during prolonged game sessions. The Razer Edge is currently the only device in the market to be powered by this new chipset. The device packs 8GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 128GB of UFS 3.1 internal storage, which can be further expanded up to 2TB using a microSD card. The Razer Edge Wi-Fi model is priced at $399.99, while the 5G model is priced at $599.99.

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