The RAZER Blade 15 (2018) 4K (UHD)

BurntUmberdomeclassic862
Soooo at this point I’m assuming that razer won’t be releasing the 4K in Australia :frown_:

I had to constantly check the UK Razer store. If it says "notify me" they are available (as far as I know).

I was checking every few hours, and one moment I just got lucky. Although Amazon UK have shipped a some (despite telling me they haven't)

So you may be in luck

My preorder has been sitting there at amazon uk since the 17th of June. There have been no stock notifications from the Razer store.

Support say 'please be informed that the Razer Blade 15- 4K is currently out of of stock and there is no estimated date when the product will be back in stock.'

Anybody got any insights?

luxhibernia
My preorder has been sitting there at amazon uk since the 17th of June. There have been no stock notifications from the Razer store.

Support say 'please be informed that the Razer Blade 15- 4K is currently out of of stock and there is no estimated date when the product will be back in stock.'

Anybody got any insights?

So Amazon UK have delivered at least one (to crypticc above) - but denied ever having one in for me.
I gave up a few weeks ago and ordered one from the Razer store.

This is how I did it:
1) Kept my pre-order on Amazon just in case - figured I could cancel the second I got order confirmation
2) Realised the "Keep me informed" button just doesn't work
3) Every hour or so I tried to buy the 4k blade on the Razer store
4) Got lucky, ordered one and about an hour later it was back to "notify me"

So they are available, but they don't last long but do sell them in batches as the "on sale" period is around 1 hour, so as long as they are on sale, and I have no idea if they are giving any to places like Amazon or Scan.

I was monitoring all the sites every few hours, Razer has had them on sale since mid August (off and on)

The bottom line is:
You have to keep watching the Razor store like a hawk, and keep trying to order - they will be available every so often and the button will change to "add to cart"

Good luck (note this message won't self destruct though not through lack of me trying to make it happen )

luxhibernia
Thanks for all that. I see the 4k Razer is in stock on their site at the moment, but they'll only ship it within the UK, not Ireland.

Sorry to hear that. I did see some counties in Ireland in the dropdown.

Do they not have your address, or do they turn you down once you actually order?

luxhibernia
United Kingdom is the only country available in the drop-down. the 4k model is not available to EU members.

Can you not buy it from the UK site?
I noticed the EU one only has Norwegian keyboards (possibly as the only option)

luxhibernia
My 4k laptop was fulfilled by Amazon last week. It took 5 months but I have to admit I am very pleased with it now.

Great to hear. I kinda wish I'd managed it due to the extended protection option but had enough after 3 months!

Enjoy, it is a thing of beauty - and the best of the laptops I've used

crypticc
I find it amazing that they're still not shipping 4k in Amazon and even on the razer store they're not regularly in stock.

What do you think is the limitation - screen, cpu, gpu stock issues?

Cheers

I'm pretty sure it's the 4k screen holding it back - though intel are having a cpu shortage at the moment so are probably prioritising Dell etc.

Mostly though I would guess at manufacturing. Razer had to guess how many 144hz screens and how many 4k ones would need to be built and my guess is they thought "gamers" would go for the 144hz every time.

Forgetting that most gamers buying Razer laptops probably plan to use an external monitor most of the time, so 4k gives better options when "just using it like a laptop" - and with 4k scaling 1080p perfectly gaming on the screen is fine.

So with such low volumes, Razer is only giving a few at a time to Amazon so they still haven't fulfilled their back orders so can't open the stock page (all other 3rd party sites seem to be the same).

Some people may not be as obsessive as us, checking all the different sites and knowing they are available.

Late reply... Razer moved onto the 2019 models now, and I think the 4k will be oled. Not sure isI want an oled laptop.

I have an oled TV. They're amazing. But not sure I'm confident about static tool bars and stuff.