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Get Ready, This is the First Asian Market to Offer Razer Phone

Get Ready, This is the First Asian Market to Offer Razer Phone
Vlad Savov / The Verge | Razer Phone

Gaming peripherals maker Razer announced on Tuesday (Nov 21) that it is bringing its first smartphone - Razer Phone - to Singapore, making it the first Asian market to offer the handset. 

When the Razer Phone was first announced, availability was limited to Western countries, specifically the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Denmark, and Sweden.

“While we founded Razer in California, US, I’m a Singaporean still and I’m very excited to make Singapore the first country in Asia to release the Razer Phone,” said co-founder and CEO Min-Liang Tan in a statement, as reported by Tech in Asia.

Razer Phone. Image: Vlad Savov / The Verge
Razer Phone. Image: Vlad Savov / The Verge

 

In their official announcement, Razer described the Razer Phone as “the ultimate in mobile entertainment”.

Razer prides itself on selling products made “for gamers, by gamers,” and it believes the above combination of desirable internal components will offset the blandness of the Razer Phone’s looks, the bigness of its speaker-housing bezels, and the absence of its headphone jack. 

Gaming accessories company Razer unveils its first ever smartphone device - the Android-based Razer Phone - targeting its core customer base of gaming enthusiasts. Image: Razer/CNA
Gaming accessories company Razer unveils its first ever smartphone device - the Android-based Razer Phone - targeting its core customer base of gaming enthusiasts. Image: Razer/CNA

 

Channel News Asia reports that the smartphone will retail for S$1,068 without contract, and a company spokesperson said customers who pre-order the device can expect to get their hands on the smartphone from "early December"

Besides the phone launch earlier this month, the company also made a favourable debut on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

On its opening day, Razer's shares closed at HK$4.58 per share, 18 per cent higher than the IPO price of HK$3.88.

 

Indah Gilang Pusparani

Indah is a researcher at Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Daerah Kota Cirebon (Regional Development Planning and Research Agency of Cirebon Municipality). She covers More international relations, tourism, and startups in Southeast Asia region and beyond. Indah graduated from MSc Development Administration and Planning from University College London, United Kingdom in 2015. She finished bachelor degree from International Relations from University of Indonesia in 2014, with two exchange programs in Political Science at National University of Singapore and New Media in Journalism at Ball State University, USA. She was awarded Diplomacy Award at Harvard World Model United Nations and named as Indonesian Gifted Researcher by Australian National University. She is Researcher at Regional Planning Board in Cirebon, West Java. She previously worked as Editor in Bening Communication, the Commonwealth Parliament Association UK, and diplomacy consulting firm Best Delegate LLC in USA. Less
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