Verizon and Razer Unveil Razer Edge 5G—the Ultimate 5G Handheld Gaming Device

[Chrispy_]

Wow, that's crazy. I don't have access to 5G, so can't really try it out.

Maybe try this one? It works on LTE at least.

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177ms to Zurich/EU
+/- 2924ms

It doesn't matter what test I do, it proves that for me in this city at least, 4G/5G is worthless for gaming.
I use mobile data in other UK and European cities regularly. It's always like this, across two phones on different networks (work is EE, personal is O2)

 

[trsttte]

ARM as a architecture makes a really poor desktop computing experience

most people already own a arm gaming device and its usually in there pocket its called a smart phone

I think it's important to mention the only reason ARM makes for a poor desktop experience is the lack of software support, ARM itself is perfectly fine.

As for this razer "thing", it's basically a phone* (phone part optional). Don't know what they were thinking really, they already did a gaming phone in the past, now they're trying to market a very similar device that lacks the main part of a phone: being a phone. If they sold the 5g version for 499$ the price would even be very competitive, would just be missing the software updates to be a pretty good phone

 

[Space Lynx]

Sanpdragon is for mobile Games. The Steam Deck is miles ahead of this for real Gaming.

This is for Xbox Game Pass gamers and cloud gaming, it literally is even advertising it that way in the pictures.

It's not a bad idea honestly. Price will be too high though for what it is since its Razer and Verizon, heh.

 

[ToTTenTranz]

3x the performance of a Snapdragon 720G is about the same as a Snapdragon 888 in gaming. It's not a spectacular gaming performance but it's not like Android games are pushing for GPU performance anyway.
I guess we now know the "gaming customization" they're making is little more than the SoC's name.


Unless this is a lot cheaper than the Deck and there's an unforeseen and unprecedented push to bring high-profile games to Android with gamepad support, I see no reason why this will ever be relevant.
The original Razer Edge was a much more interesting product, and with today's ULP x86 SoCs they could have made a device much closer to the Steam Deck that has shown to have significant demand.

Launching yet another android tablet with a Razer Kishi gamepad is neither innovative nor in demand. I don't get how these companies' decision makers make such bad decisions, to be honest.

 

[kapone32]

This is for Xbox Game Pass gamers and cloud gaming, it literally is even advertising it that way in the pictures.

It's not a bad idea honestly. Price will be too high though for what it is since its Razer and Verizon, heh.

Game Pass? Have you seen the resolution? 2400x1080 must cause problems for Games that don't support that by default. I agree though Razer like Corsair means expensive just for the name.

 

[aQi]

This a good device but cannot exceed the roof more then mobile gaming.

Besides claiming the best display ever and better display then competitors is a myth.

ROG Phone 6 Pro:

DISPLAY
Type	AMOLED, 1B colors, 165Hz, HDR10+, 800 nits (typ), 1200 nits (peak)
Size	6.78 inches, 109.5 cm2 (~82.2% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution	1080 x 2448 pixels (~395 ppi density)
Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

 

[Mussels]

Sigh, designed to stream games as a cash cow - service fees and data costs for as long as you use it, unlike those dirty nintendo switch where you can stay offline and never pay another cent

 

[Fungi]

honestly this seems like a pretty solid android app gaming device given the price and 144Hz screen

 

[Denver]

177ms to Zurich/EU
+/- 2924ms

It doesn't matter what test I do, it proves that for me in this city at least, 4G/5G is worthless for gaming.
I use mobile data in other UK and European cities regularly. It's always like this, across two phones on different networks (work is EE, personal is O2)

Here the 4G is below 100ms most of the time. I'm in Brazil.

 

[Chrispy_]

Here the 4G is below 100ms most of the time. I'm in Brazil.

Yeah, like I said - I'm in Europe where it's seemingly unusable for gaming in all the places I've tried.

If your ping is consistently under 100ms then that makes it okay. I very much doubt that any two 4G/5G networks are the same. YMMV, based on provider, region, population density per cell mast, distance from nearest mast etc.

 

[Vayra86]

nobody supports arm for gaming except android
which means you are stuck with android apps as ARM-x86 translation is not going to happen on that SOC
these devices are wholy stupid

Hey look if you burn north of 200 bucks a month on MTX in mobile games, you want only the best to click that time gated button a few dozen times per day.

 

[Mussels]

Here the 4G is below 100ms most of the time. I'm in Brazil.

100ms isn't playable for a lot of game types, this is meant to be a streaming device, Geforce now, Steam, etc.
It's not 100ms of ping to a game server it's 100ms of input latency plus 100ms to the game server


LTE/4G/5G here is great - i'd still never do this.

Look at the loaded pings? someone else can use THEIR device on the same tower and you're at 1000ms with nothing you can do about it

 

[Chrispy_]

Look at the loaded pings? someone else can use THEIR device on the same tower and you're at 1000ms with nothing you can do about it

Yup. If you get even one 1000ms ping spike at a bad time, it can ruin everything you've been trying to do for the last 10, 20, 30 minutes.

For some genres it's probably not a big deal, but those genres need neither fancy CPU/GPU hardware, nor a 144Hz display.

The emphasis on proper tactile controls and a high-refresh screen implies this is for fast, online esports, where bad ping spikes are a death sentence. Using 5G for networking completely undermines the purpose of this device.

 

[Mussels]

Diablo immortal is the perfect example because dumb rich people DO exist - Diablo Immortal literally just needed a few sponsored streamers to spend money from their viewers to make more profit than a regular game for far less work, and this device is trying to become the hardware equivalent of it

Games with in app purchases to take a percentage from: check
Subscription services to profit from: check
Someone else to make profit to help us sell the hardware (telcos with 5G data): check


Tada, slot machine for rich kids