- Hey guys this is Austin
and today I'm here CES 2018
with Razer's Project Linda.
So what might look like an ordinary laptop
this is actually being powered by the Razer phone
So essentially the hardware's kind of similar
to something like the Razer Blade Stealth.
So you're still getting a 13 inch display
but instead of having Windows
and a standard like Core processor inside,
everything is being run off of the Razer Phone.
Now the idea has been done before.
What hasn't is something that
well actually isn't terrible.
Now to be clear this is still a concept
so it's not necessarily gonna be on sale
and there are some changes
before this would hit production.
But the idea of being able to take your phone,
spend all day using it as a standard phone
and when you're ready dropping it in
and turning into a laptop is really cool.
So it all starts with the Razer Phone.
Now say what you will about the hardware
but it is beefy and actually matches
the laptop pretty well.
So instead of having a standard shy pad
what we do is we actually just drop the phone in
and with one button it motorizes the USB C port
and the actually laptop will turn on.
So it takes just a second right now,
obviously this is a prototype.
Once it's up and running
the phone screen just turns into a trackpad.
They've actually done a lot
of interesting engineering to make this work.
So we hit the button to detach the phone.
There's just gonna be a little cut out here
where we could actually can grab it.
What's cool is not only does this keep
the power button exposed we actually still have
access to the fingerprint sensor.
Now what's cool is we can
actually even motorize it without the phone in.
So you can see the USB port just kinda
pops in pops out.
Also I just really like the noise
Just sounds so cool.
Not only does the phone serve as
the trackpad right now
but it also is going to be using these speakers.
Now if you guys caught
my Best Smartphones of 2017 video you'll know
that the Razer has the best speakers
of any phone I've ever tried.
So using this for a laptop should work just fine.
The rest of the hardware should be very familiar
if you've tried a recent Razer laptop.
We have full control over the RGB lighting.
So even though the configurator is
a little bit lighter than
what you're gonna get Windows,
we can still do things like getting
full RGB wave cause like, you know,
I actually don't have anything
to say to that, it's very colorful.
Beyond that the rest of the hardware is
fairly straight forward.
So there is a actual battery inside.
You'll be able to charge the phone
while it's docked but beyond that you've got
a USB C port for charging,
a headphone jack as well as a full size USB A.
Now they said they would like to add an HDMI port
at a later date but for a prototype this is
actually pretty close.
It feels fairly straight forward
as far as the build quality.
It feels a lot honestly like
a Razer Blade Stealth
which is definitely a good thing.
This guy is rocking a 13.3 inch panel
with a 1080P resolution at least for now.
So the main issue is with the prototype at least
it is not a touchscreen
so with the final version it will be nice
to at least have that touchscreen that
you could use along side the phone
but if they could bump it up
to say 120 hertz
or maybe even 1440P that would be awesome.
Because this is all Android
some apps are gonna look better than others.
For example YouTube actually is not too bad.
I will also say it is really nice
to have a proper keyboard.
So while the actual touchpad is
maybe not quite fully fine tuned
you can just plug a mouse in
and it should work just like this.
- It's time drive the model three.
- So you got this for how long?
- Dude this sounds like proper laptop speakers.
I've listened to lots of laptops,
they're nowhere near this loud
but it's all just coming from the phone.
While most Android apps are gonna run fine,
some are gonna be specifically optimized
for a larger display such as Lightroom.
Now this is maybe not gonna
be the full experience
but what you're getting here is
something that is going to be pretty impressive
especially considering that it is
after all running off a phone.
This is how I edit photos.
Lets just crank everything up.
You know we use saturation.
Yeah we just crank that
and that's obviously a beautiful, beautiful image
Wes doesn't approve.
I can I can feel it right now.
It's a hard no.
The pained look on your face
as I crank up saturation.
No no no.
Of course as a Razer product gaming has
to be on the agenda.
And here we're going to play
a little bit of Vainglory.
Now this is a game that will obviously run fine
on the Razer phone but with a mouse and keyboard
I'm actually curious to see how it plays.
I'm still really impressed
with how close this feels like I'm playing
on an actual laptop.
The screen is nice,
the speakers are solid.
Especially with this keyboard it does make
a big difference.
The Razer Project Linda is
surprisingly close to being ready
however it is still a concept right now.
So not only does the hardware need some tweaks
specifically by adding a touchscreen
and maybe something like an HDMI ports
but the software also could use some work.
But my big question here is
what is the price going to be.
Considering that this only works
with the Razer Phone if this was
somewhere around $300 I think it'd
be a pretty solid deal
but if it gets closer to four five
or six hundred dollars that's
where it becomes a little bit more questionable.
But I'm curious.
What do you guys think about Razer Project Linda?
Let me know in the comments below
and I will catch you in the next one.