Razer’s CEO explains why the Razer Phone doesn’t accept a headphone jack

Mad at Razer for abrogation out the headphone jack? You ability not be already you apprehend how abundant added array accommodation the phone has because of it.

When Razer alien the cast new Razer Phone, it absolutely fabricated it feel like an enthusiast device. An amazing 120 Hz display, 8 GB of RAM, and a 4,000 mAh array screamed out that this was the bigger and best on the market. If you capital the best spec’d out phone that money could buy, you were declared to buy a Razer Phone.

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But, there was one affair missing – the headphone jack. Anybody is acquainted of companies removing headphone jacks at this point. Best companies don’t let us in on the acumen abaft removing the jack. We’re larboard to admiration if it’s for a new beating motor, bigger battery, or to accomplish it easier to assure adjoin water.

Razer’s CEO Min-Liang Tan took to Facebook to abode why his aggregation larboard out the headphone jack. The acumen is, unsurprisingly, array accommodation and thermals. What may abruptness you is aloof how abundant array accommodation the Razer Phone acquired by abrogation out the tiny headphone jack.

500 mAh is a lot. The Razer Phone has a 4,000 mAh capacity, which puts it aloft appealing abundant every added flagship phone. Tan doesn’t go into added detail about how the thermals are afflicted by the abatement of the jack, but that abundant array accommodation is abundant for some to absolve it on its own.

He says he was added assertive to abolish the headphone jack because Razer was able to get audiophile affection complete by including a headphone dongle with a DAC in it.

Basically every phone after a headphone jack includes a dongle so you can affix your active headphones. Razer was able to booty the abrogating of not accepting a headphone jack and about-face it into a absolute by including a DAC for bigger audio quality. This isn’t activity to be abundant for everyone, and they’re absolution Tan know. His response? Maybe this isn’t the phone for you.

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By removing the headphone jack – we were able to access the array admeasurement decidedly (I appraisal we added 500 mAh more), advance thermals for achievement and a accomplished lot more.

The barter off was not accepting the jack – but what closed it for me was that we were able to get audiophile affection complete with the committed 24-Bit THX Certified DAC adapter – and I fabricated abiding we included that with every phone. Which basically agency we accord alike bigger affection headphone audio for those who appetite to authority on to their analog headphones.
On top of that, we’ve appear the HammerHead USB C (retails at $79.99) and the HammerHead BT with all day array activity (US$99.99 – or chargeless with Paid to Play!) which makes it a complete solution.