VIDEO: RAZER'S SMARTPHONE IS BUILT FOR MOBILE GAMERS

Razer is best known for its gaming rigs and accessories, but the company now wants to make a splash in the smartphone market. Thir latest announcement, the Razer Phone, is aimed at gamers, with a top-end display and flagship-level processing power inside. 

Described by Razer as "the ultimate mobile entertainment" and is the first to offer a 120 Hz refresh rate on its 5.7-inch, 1,440 x 2,560-pixel display, which is enough to speed up and eliminate blurring and on-screen artefacts in fast-moving games. 

The features do not stop there, The Razer phone offers dual front-facing speakers, each with its own integrated amplifier. The audio is THX certified and supports the immersive Dolby Atmos standard too. 

On the inside the Razer features a Snapdragon 835 CPU and a huge 8GB of RAM, so the best Android games of the year should have no problem running like melted butter on warm toast. The 4,000-mAh battery beats most other handsets on the market right now. Razer says it is good for seven hours of gaming or 12.5 hours of movie watching. 

The phone also features dual 12MP cameras around the back, an 8MP camera on the front and a fingerprint sensor built into the power button. You get 64 GB of internal storage which can be expanded via a microSD card, and the device comes with a custom Razer launcher on the top of Android 7.1.1 – Razer says Oreo will arrive next year. 

On top of all the specs, there are some extra bells and whistles aimed at gamers, like a configuration manager that lets you tweak the balance between power and battery life, and the option to mute notifications while games are playing. 

The retail SIM-free price of US$699 isn't exorbitant either when you weigh it up against the other flagships of 2017. Pre-orders are open now, with the phone going on sale in the US and the EU on November 17.

In the meantime you can watch a full hands-on review of the Razer phone in the video below: