Razer Blade 2019 Look and Feel
If the appearance of the laptop is a big deal for you, well think twice before judging the book by its cover. The Razer Blade 2019 carries the same all-black, unibody aluminum shell, with the same angular shape from last year’s model. It just adds more subtle RGB lighting to the keyboard and Razer logo on the lid.
It is not advisable to carry around for a long time. The Razer Blade 2019 weighs more than 4 pounds, 2.10 kilograms to be précised. A weight like this did not complement its thickness at 0.70 inches only. Previously the Blade laptops were thicker. Thanks to thinner screen bezels, it reduced the width magnificently. The screen display guaranteed a 15-inch display and 14 inches wide.
Webcam and Facial Recognition
The webcam is still in the right position above the screen of Blade 2019. Razer has no significant change in its location as well as the resolution. It even has the 720p and serviceable for video calls. It will be helpful in facial recognition in Razer Blade 2019 using the Windows Hello in the platform.
The facial recognition in Blade 2019 needs some upgrade on the webcam. Facial recognition should be steady and always in an optimal setting. Unlike other laptops with this technology, it runs in just a few seconds. When it runs in Blade 2019, there is a red light in our faces which runs slow while it scans us. It is another inconsistency with the performance of Razer Blade 2019.
Keyboard and Trackpad
Razer retained its previous keyboard layout with Blade 2019. It has a problem, though. The ‘up’ arrow key is still sitting between the ‘Shift’ and ‘?’ Keys. This layout makes annoying mistakes in typing. We can accidentally press the up arrow and adding a question mark to the line above where we are typing. This accident mistakes are continually repeating. We would readily take smaller arrow keys if it were more convenient for you.
Another setback for Razer Blade 2019 is the trackpad. Though it has the first-rate feeling, the tracking surface is a little too close to the laptop’s edge. It became a problem for mild palm rejection issues when navigating the operating system. It has no direction in typing or whatsoever in the keyboard, but it should not cause any annoyance from the buyers. Knowing that they spend some dimes on this laptop, it should be worthy of cashing out all the pennies.
Screen Display
Let us talk about the screen display. With the 1080p display, the screen has underlying beauty of 144Hz refresh rate, which smooth out the animations and motion by outpacing the frame rates that the GPU inside is capable of. It is the power of Nvidia’s new ray tracing and deep learning supersampling (DLSS) techniques for rendering lighting in games, with dips in frame rate due to these powerful features. The screen calibration by Razer while assembling the Blade 2019 makes a great impression. The screen’s 100% sRGB color gamut makes for a wide variety of colors supported at impressive accuracy and vibrancy.
Market Value of Razer Blade
Can you speculate how much you will spend on this one?
A Razer Blade 2019 with Nvidia GeForce RTX graphics costs about $2,299.99 (£2,199, AU$3,899). This model comes with rocking RTX 2060 graphics that drive a 144Hz, 1080p display paired with 512GB of SSD space.
If you need an upgrade to RTX 2070 Max-Q graphics chip paired with just a 256GB SSD, you will get it for $2,399.99 (£2,399.99, AU$4,099). An upgrade to 512GB SSD will cost you about $2,599.99 (£2,449.99, AU$4,399). Razer offers both with the same 144Hz Full HD display.
Razer’s RTX 2080 Max-Q graphics option comes paired with a 512GB SSD for $2,999.99 (£2,849.99, AU$5,099) with 1080p display. For 4K display option, Razer offers it with a 60Hz refresh rate, RTX 2070 Max-Q graphics and a 512GB SSD for $2,899.99 (£2,749.99)(except in Australia).
All the models that Razer offers have the hexa-core Intel Core i7-8750H processor paired with 16GB of DDR4 memory, which is expandable up to 64GB.
Price Comparison
Seeing these, we can say that the Razer Blade is one of the most expensive gaming laptops around the corner.
Compared to ROG Zephyrus, Asus is the most expensive gaming laptop that costs about $3,299.99 (£3,299.99, about AU$4,600). It has same graphics, processor and memory capacity – but with a larger, 1080p display and a 1TB SSD.
Gigabyte Aero 15.6 inches offers the same specs like Razer Blade 2019 – RTX 2070 graphics, 1080p display, but still costs the same about $2,399.99. Also, Aero laptops provide a far larger 1TB SSD and larger battery capacity.
Confuse about what to own for your satisfaction? Just look into some considerations like graphics, since it is a gaming laptop. For instance, the RTX 2060 graphics from Asus or MSI can cost half as much as Razer is charging for a laptop with RTX 2080 graphics. Think about what else you can consider.
Power
A gaming laptop needs power for its optimal performance.
Razer Blade is competition for battery longevity of its models. Using the same battery capacity 80Whr lithium-ion battery, it achieves up to 87% improvement in this Blade’s PCMark 8 Battery Life result.
For 1080p video playback test during Razor Blade reviews, the laptop lasted more impressive 98% longer. Any gaming laptops have not yet achieved these results. It only proves that Razer is taking seriously the upgrades they made to Blade 2019.
Our Insights about Razer Blade 2019
If you are not really into gaming but doing intensive graphical works, this is a good deal for you. You can do some real work done while traveling but don’t expect a lighter laptop considering the performance it has.
An exciting feature in the Razer Blade is the Synapse, an intuitive system for tweaking its Chroma RGB lighting across the laptop. There is no third party software on the laptop. Also, there are selections from an array of lighting options down to the right key, and create lighting profiles specific to certain games that, once loaded, will activate once you enter the said game. You can also find in these settings the performance toggles for ‘Gaming,’ a GPU boost, and ‘Creator,’ a CPU boost, and the cooling fan control.
Owning the Razer Blade is like competing with gaming laptops and professional laptops. Considering it costs much higher than any laptops, it performs better than others. You can have the results in no time.
If you think otherwise, you can check the other Razer laptops that perform optimally with the costs it offers. Check out the features and compares them to others before saying yes to it. You cannot go wrong in choosing the right laptop. So far, Razer Blade is the best gaming laptops until now.
