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  • The Razer Phone 2 is one of the coolest phones I've taken apart in a very long time.

  • Wait till you see this vapor chamberit's incredibly impressive.

  • The clear version I made was cosmetically disappointing, but the guts of this phone

  • more than make up for it.

  • It's time to review the Razer Phone 2 from the inside.

  • Let's get started.

  • [Intro]

  • One good thing about having the clear version, is now you can actually watch how deep my

  • knife penetrates every time I remove back glass covers from phones.

  • All I ever use is the tip.

  • Any deeper, and fragile stuff might get damaged...like the battery or the power ribbons.

  • The Razer Phone 2 has 10 screws holding the top plastic plate over the motherboard.

  • The screws are different, so I'm keeping them organized as I set them off to the side.

  • Then the plastic lifts up just enough for me to unsnap the back LED panel Lego-style

  • ribbon connector.

  • And the whole thing can be removed from the phone.

  • The RGB pad is pretty interesting, especially since it only illuminates specifically around

  • the snake logo when the phone is turned on.

  • Apple really dropped the ball by not making their Apple logo glow on the back of the iPhones.

  • I'll pull off the metal bracket over the battery and charging port plugs and set that off to

  • the side.

  • And then I'll unclip the battery.

  • The bottom half of the phone has another 10 screws, once again, all different sizes.

  • And then amazingly, the whole battery and wireless charging combo very easily unfolds

  • out of the phone, exposing part of the massive copper vapor chamber.

  • And Marquez will be happy to see a larger and stronger vibrator this year.

  • It's not taptic, but should still get the job done.

  • The battery is a 4000 milliamp hour monster, and very much appreciated that it's not strapped

  • in next to the fragile electronics with a ridiculous amount of adhesive.

  • Now let's finish unburying the ginormous copper vapor chamber.

  • There are 2 screws holding on the motherboard.

  • I'll unsnap the charging port ribbon with my plastic pry tool, along with the side button

  • ribbon, like a little Lego.

  • Then I'll unplug the 3 little wire cables along the right sidethere are a lot of

  • those this year.

  • The SIM and expandable memory card tray are next.

  • I'll pop that out of the phone and get the little wire cable on the left side unplugged,

  • as well as the front facing camera.

  • Then the motherboard can lift up and out of the phone body.

  • Still attached is the screen ribbon cable plugged into the underside of the motherboard.

  • It's got it's own little silver bracket holding the ribbon in place.

  • I'll set that off to the side.

  • The gob of thermal paste you see is right over top of the processor on this phone.

  • The processor is the part that generates the most heat.

  • The paste helps transfer that heat to the top left corner of the copper vapor chamber.

  • The rear cameras are also plugged into the motherboard.

  • We have our normal 12 megapixel lens with optical image stabilization.

  • And an additional camera with 2x optical zoomthe perfect combo.

  • I'll let other reviewers handle the comparisons and see whether the pictures are good or not.

  • But hardware wise, this is the ideal setup.

  • The front facing camera has quite a lot of adhesive holding it in place.

  • It's an 8 megapixel little guy.

  • And now for the top stereo speaker.

  • The Razer Phone is known for it's iconically large speaker grilles, but interestingly enough,

  • the speakers inside aren't that much larger than normal.

  • Size-wise the speakers are a bit bigger than the Pixel 3, but not by much.

  • It does have it's own waterproof mesh over top with a rubber ring to help keep a tight

  • seal against the phone body.

  • But the interesting thing is the tail end of the speaker.

  • When you mount a large speaker, like a subwoofer, it's usually placed inside of a box so the

  • speaker has room to move.

  • A lot of cellphones have speakers in such a tight box that there's no room for movement

  • so they sound terrible.

  • That's not the case with the Razer Phone.

  • The Razer Phone's earpiece has it's own box with a large air chamber off to the side that

  • allows for speaker movement.

  • It's pretty cool.

  • I'll just put this back where it came from.

  • The two little square watertight microphone mesh slots have green rubber on them.

  • It probably wasn't intentional but it still looks cool.

  • The vapor chamber is still covered up by some ribbons from down here on the charging port.

  • There are 2 screws holding the board in place.

  • And then an additional 2 screws on the USB-C port portion.

  • Then the whole thing pulls up and out of the phone.

  • It's got a little black rubber ring around the lip of the port, which is good for water

  • resistance, as well as minimizing stress on the port itself when it gets plugged in.

  • The bottom speaker, still smaller than you might think when compared to the outer grille

  • size, also has it's own air compartment right next to the speaker.

  • And it has it's own water resistant mesh over top.

  • And finally we're here: the vaper chamber.

  • Basically the whole area inside of the phone.

  • This copper heat sink is pretty awesome.

  • Having a copper plate this large inside of a phone is already a huge boost to thermal

  • performance over aluminum or steel.

  • But, as I was removing the plate, you can tell how thick it is.

  • Basically as the processor heats up the top left corner of the vapor chamber, the vapor

  • inside also heats up and carries the heat away to the far side of chamber, where it

  • cools down into liquid and then flows back to repeat the process.

  • It's kind of like a heat pipe on steroids.

  • Basically a whole radiator for your phone.

  • Pretty fascinating.

  • And you know me, we aren't going to let this pass by without exploring the inside.

  • Peeling back the copper, we actually see physical liquid, not just gas.

  • Little droplets covering the inside of the copper envelope.

  • I mean, copper along would probably have been sufficient.

  • But copper combined with liquid and channels for airflow is seriously some next level stuff.

  • It's like a waterbed inside of your cellphone.

  • Razer is taking smartphone cooling to the next level.

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  • You can see that the half currently opened up is already evaporated.

  • But this new flap has all the liquid droplets still inside.

  • Technology is impressive, and Razer definitely gets a thumbs up for this one.

  • I don't think I'll be able to reuse the chamber now that it's been opened up.

  • I don't want any sharp metal edges up against the underside of my battery.

  • The phone will still work without the copper, it just won't be as efficient under heavy

  • workloads.

  • The chamber is seriously pretty cool.

  • The 120 Hertz screen can be replaced if needed, but it's glued into the metal body of the

  • phone, so we'll leave it alone for now since screens don't normally survive the removal

  • process.

  • I'll get the loud speaker tucked back into place, and the charging port, along with all

  • of it's screws and associated wire cables.

  • Before I can set the motherboard back down though, it needs the screen ribbon cable plugged

  • into the underside, screwed in and secured with it's silver bracket.

  • Then it's ready to be set down into the phone.

  • I haven't turned on this phone in a while.

  • Pretty sure it's dead from the LED flashing on the back for a few days.

  • We'll find out in a second.

  • I'll plug in the large charging port ribbon cable, clips in like a little Lego, as well

  • as the power button ribbon on the left side.

  • Then the whole cool looking battery wireless charging contraption can slide back onto the

  • phone.

  • Now that I've seen the insides, I'm way more impressed with the Razer Phone 2.

  • I'll plug in the LED RGBs, add the metal bracket over the battery connector, and set down the

  • protective plastics over the motherboard.

  • We should be good to go.

  • I'll plug it in while I get the new back glass into place.

  • Razer has outdone themselves this year with the cooling system.

  • And there's definitely a new standard in town for gaming phones.

  • It's a super solid build.

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  • down in the comments.

  • Thanks a ton for watching, and I'll see you around.

The Razer Phone 2 is one of the coolest phones I've taken apart in a very long time.

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