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The ONEXPLAYER X2 Mini is an upcoming handheld gaming PC with a feature list that’s too good to be… cheap.
It has an 8.8 inch OLED display with support for variable refresh rates, detachable Bluetooth controllers that let you use the system like a game console or a tablet, and a magnetic keyboard that turns the system into a sort of tiny laptop. And with an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor, the handheld should offer discrete-class graphics performance.
That chip is a powerful 16-core, 32-thread process or with AMD’s Radeon 8060S integrated graphics featuring 40 RDNA 3.5 GPU compute units, plus a 50 TOPS NPU. Mostly found in mini PCs, the chip is a mobile processor that’s designed to be compatible with portable computers like laptops, tablets, and handhelds.
But it’s also pretty power-hungry for a mobile chip, with a 45-120W TDP. That’s led some of the companies using this chip for handhelds to come up with unusual solutions to ensure you don’t run out of juice after 30 minutes of game play.
The GPD Win 5 and OneXFly Apex have external battery packs that make it easy to swap out batteries on the go, while keeping one of the hottest, heaviest parts of the computer outside of the case. And it looks like the ONEXPLAYER X2 Mini will take a similar approach – a short promo video posted to Chinese social media shows a chunky 85 Wh battery attached to the back of the handheld.
Meanwhile the AYANEO NEXT II has a battery inside the case, but it’s a massive 116 Wh battery that’s so large that TSA may stop you from taking that handheld on a plane… if you’re one of the small number of people expecting to receive one this summer – AYANEO has suspended new orders in response to the rising costs of RAM & storage.
One Netbook hasn’t said anything about how much its new handheld will cost, but it’s pretty much a given that any computer with a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip will be expensive… especially if it’s paired with more than 16GB of RAM.
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