The recently announced Razer Edge 5G is one more example that the portable game console ecosystem is experiencing a particularly effervescent period, after Sony’s departure from that market, with the end of PS Vita production in March 2019, left Nintendo, with its hybrid Switch, as a reference device in that market. Something that implied that the demand was minimal, probably as a result of the fact that many users already used the smartphone to play and, therefore, did not need a laptop.
However, Valve made us change perspective with the launch, last year, of Steam Deck, a device that has been able to win the interest of many users and that, in addition, has reactivated said market, something that has been noticed both in portable consoles based on X86-64 and Windows (of which we can find a large number of devices in Asian stores such as Aliexpress) as well as models that are based on ARM and Android, capable of running games designed for this operating system and optimized for cloud gaming.
What was missing, yes, was for leading brands to join this market to finish revitalizing it, but this seems to be changing, first with the recently launched Logitech G, and now with the expected and promising Razer Edge 5Ga portable video console that we already knew about a few weeks ago (although, strictly speaking, we already had a first preview in November of last year) and that will still take a few months to reach the market, but of which we already know all the details .
Razer Edge 5G: technical specifications
- Screen: AMOLED 6.8 inches FullHD + (2,400 x 1,080), 144 hertz.
- Audio: 2-way speakers with Verizon Adaptive Sound, 2 digital microphones
- SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 Gaming Platform
- RAM memory: 8 gigabytes LPDDR5
- Storage: 128GB
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, 5G Sub 6, mmWave
- Battery: 5,000 milliamps.
- Operating System: Android 12
- Dimensions and weight: 253 x 87 x 13.88 millimeters, 262 grams.
As you can see in the images, the Razer Edge 5G It is accompanied by the Razer Kishi v2 control, whose version for Android we showed you a few months ago, and of which we showed you the version for iPhone a little over a month ago. Thus, if you already knew the same, surely the aesthetics of this new console was familiar to you, since it is shown with the same, although it can also be used without the control, since it has a touch screen.
The Razer Edge 5G is powered by a Snapdragon G3x SoCan integrated designed especially with this type of device in mind, and that integrates a 3 gigahertz 8-core Kryo CPU and an Adreno GPU capable of providing adequate performance for both local gaming, with titles compatible with its operating system, Android 12, as what we can understand to be its strong point, cloud gaming platforms, as well as broadcast systems from other platforms.
For this purpose, as you have already been able to read in the specifications, it has Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2 and 5G Sub 6, mmWave connectivity, so that we will not have problems regarding the connection. We will find pre-installed the epic games launcherbut it is also optimized to use services such as GeForce NOW and Xbox Cloudand PC game remote play options like Steam Link, Moonlight, and Parsec.
Razer Edge 5G will debut in the US market in January 2023 and, unfortunately, at the moment there is no forecast of arrival in the Spanish market. However, we will remain vigilant, as there is a possibility that it will end up arriving in our country.
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