Earlier this year we reviewed the previous version of the Razer Bract Stealth and loved information technology. Information technology featured a dandy design, very portable class gene, and decent internal hardware. Merely despite succeeding in many ways, we were put off past the laptop's enormous bezels. No doubt many potential buyers agreed and instead settled for a device that offered more screen existent estate in the same footprint.

Razer best-selling this criticism and rather than waiting for a new Intel processor generation to debut a refreshed variant, the company has pushed out an updated Blade Stealth simply months later.

You won't see massive improvements here, only there'due south enough pocket-size changes to push this laptop closer to perfection. So what are these changes?

The start obvious comeback addresses the principal effect: bezel size. The new Bract Stealth is now available with a 13.3-inch display, instead of 12.v-inch, in the very same chassis. This means slimmer bezels and more than screen existent manor – xiii percent more to be precise – without sacrificing annihilation from a design perspective. The resolution of the entry-level model is higher besides, moving from 2560 x 1440 (234 PPI) up to 3200 x 1800 (276 PPI).

For now, the new Razer Bract Stealth with its 13.3-inch QHD+ brandish will exist sold alongside top-end 12.v-inch 4K variants from the previous generation, at least while there is still inventory available. However, it seems like Razer is phasing out these older large-bezel models, even though they feature a higher resolution display, in favor of a single 13.3-inch display selection. And phasing out this previous model makes perfect sense, as I can't think of a reason why you'd want a slightly college resolution when the screen is smaller and bezels are larger.

The new Blade Stealth also swaps out the decent Synaptics touchpad in previous models for a superior Precision-certified unit of measurement. This means the trackpad is fully compatible with Windows ten gestures, and supports basically the best and most accurate tracking feel available in modern Windows machines. The new trackpad is seriously responsive and undoubtedly provides an excellent experience in all facets. The glass finish also feels superb.

The other notable alter comes to the configuration options available. Razer has culled all models with less than 16GB of RAM, a Core i7 CPU and a 256GB SSD. The $900 model with a Core i5 CPU, 8GB of RAM, 128GB SSD, and a non-touch display is therefore no longer available.

The new entry-level model comes equipped with a Core i7-7500U, 16GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD, and volition set you back $one,399. Unfortunately, this is a $150 price hike on the equivalent model from the previous generation. Models with 512GB and 1TB of storage are $ane,599 and $1,999 respectively; the same cost equally the previous-gen top-end 4K models.

Oh and at that place's a new gunmetal grey model available, which swaps out not simply the matte black finish, but the acrid green Razer logo for a more understated greyness cease with black logo. I received a black model to review, and after seeing photos I think I however prefer this variant to the gunmetal, though it is nice to have a new color option.

Blueprint-wise, the new Blade Stealth is basically identical to its predecessor aside from slimmer bezels. You're getting the same outstanding machined aluminium unibody, which looks premium and is both slim and light. If y'all love previous Razer builds, love the MacBook Pro way of laptop, then you'll love the Blade Stealth.

The keyboard is also the aforementioned, with great tactile feedback and individually-customizable RGB lighting; it's a breeze to type on. I/O ports? As well the aforementioned, with Thunderbolt three, USB three.0 and a 3.5mm headphone jack on the left, as well as a full-sized HDMI ii.0a port and another USB iii.0 port on the right.

So let's go back and talk a little farther almost the Blade Stealth's new brandish: a thirteen.3-inch IGZO LCD with a resolution of 3200 x 1800. The smaller bezels make a significant divergence to the aesthetics of the laptop. You're non getting Dell XPS-like no-bezel frames, however I think Razer's screen to bezel ratio used hither is now perfectly acceptable.

Looking at brandish performance was catchy on the Blade Stealth, as Razer seems to have implemented a dynamic contrast and effulgence feature that cannot be disabled. For this reason I won't give verbal numbers for how the display performs, because operation varies significantly depending on the amount of dark colors on the screen. It also makes the Blade Stealth largely unsuitable for colour accurate work.

However I will say that brightness is very adept, reaching a superlative of over 400 nits when displaying all white. Dissimilarity, as best determined in static atmospheric condition, is around the same as the previous Bract Stealth's dissimilarity of 1100:1. Color temperature is good as well, falling effectually 6700K on boilerplate, though gamma is significantly impacted by dynamic contrast and grayscale dE2000 performance changes dynamically besides.

As for colors, the IGZO panel, glossy finish and low gap betwixt glass and display leads to fantastic viewing angles and colors that pop. For casual use, the dynamic contrast feature doesn't detract from how practiced the display looks in full general. Color results appear to fall in an boilerplate dE2000 range of 3.0 to five.0, which wouldn't be suitable for color accurate work even if the dynamic contrast feature could be disabled. The display also covers 97.half dozen% of the sRGB spectrum.

Compared to the previous Bract Stealth with its 1440p brandish, the refreshed model'southward color operation is roughly the same, so in that location's no degradation from the increased display size or resolution. In fact, the effulgence is better from this new display, which helps when using the laptop outdoors.

Oh, and the brandish is a touchscreen, likewise, which I don't notice myself using oftentimes on a laptop, though it's a nice characteristic to have on the occasion touch inputs are better than mouse and keyboard.