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AYANEO Unveils “AIR 1S” Handheld Console Powered by AMD Ryzen 7 7840U APU

AYANEO intros a brand new lineup of its handheld consoles named “AYANEO AIR 1S,” focused in direction of a light-weight and performance-efficient design.

AYANEO “AIR 1S” Handheld Fashions Are Centered on Being Light-weight With out Efficiency Tradeoffs

For these unaware, AYANEO is a well-established competitor within the trade, providing a variety of handheld units centered on gaming. This time the corporate has launched a brand new lineup that includes commonplace AIR 1S & a lighter model referred to as  “AIR 1S Extremely-Skinny & Mild” suggesting that the corporate has focused on making a tool that “weighs” much less and is straightforward to hold.

Shifting on to the specs, the AYANEO 1S is powered by the Ryzen 7 7840U Phoenix APU primarily based on Zen4. It contains eight cores & 16 threads powered by the most recent Radeon 780M iGPU that includes RDNA 3 structure. This particular APU is power-efficient and performs exceptionally at simply 15-28W energy draw. The AIR 1S fashions have LPDDR5X reminiscence onboard and the corporate hasn’t specified the clock speeds or the reminiscence choices the system will include.

The AYANEO AIR 1S offers optimum show high quality with a local decision of 1920 x 1080 on an AMOLED panel. It additionally has a large coloration gamut that includes 99% DCI-P3 protection; therefore, this lineup should have no show high quality tradeoffs. Furthermore, one intriguing characteristic of the hand held is an M.2 SSD slot with assist for as much as M.2 2280. Judging by the scale of the system and the load, AYANEO has impressed us.

The standout level for the brand new AIR 1S fashions is the load that comes with the system. The hand held trade has been in a position to incorporate high-tech elements into its merchandise, however this has include the price of elevated weight and dimension. Nonetheless, AYANEO has saved this in thoughts, so their commonplace AIR 1S consoles weigh 450g, a lot decrease than what we’ve seen with the ROG Ally (608g). Furthermore, the “Extremely Skinny & Mild” variant weighs solely 405g however this comes with a value of much less battery dimension.

Relating to pricing, the AIR 1S variants are at the moment out there for low cost and are listed on a crowdfunding platform. The consoles begin from $899, though you’ll be able to snag one proper now for a $100 low cost as a pre-release bonus. You may view the variants being supplied and their respective costs beneath:

Total, the “AIR 1S” fashions are a terrific possibility in case you are on the lookout for a light-weight system to play the most recent titles. The decisive issue would be the efficiency benchmarks of the system together with battery timing; therefore you need to look ahead to the console to get into the fingers of reviewers earlier than buying one. The consoles are anticipated to hit the retail market by early August as revealed by the corporate.

Handheld Gaming Console Lineup:

Title Ayaneo Air 1S AOKZOE A1 Professional AOKZOE A2 ASUS ROG ALLY AYANEO 2S GPD Win Max 2 GPD Win 4 (2023)
CPU Title AMD Ryzen 7 7840U AMD Ryzen 7 7840U AMD Ryzen 7 7840U AMD Ryzen Z1 Collection AMD Ryzen 7 7840U AMD Ryzen 7 7840U AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
CPU Structure Zen 4 Zen 4 Zen 4 Zen 4 Zen 4 Zen 4 Zen 4
GPU Structure RDNA 3 RDNA 3 RDNA 3 RDNA 3 RDNA 3 RDNA 3 RDNA 3
Course of Node TSMC 4nm TSMC 4nm TSMC 4nm TSMC 4nm TSMC 4nm TSMC 4nm TSMC 4nm
CPU Cores / Threads 8 / 16 8 / 16 8 / 16 8 / 16 8 / 16 8 / 16 8 / 16
6 / 12
CPU Clock Speeds 5.1 GHz 5.1 GHz 5.1 GHz 5.1 GHz 5.1 GHz 5.1 GHz 5.1 GHz
4.9 GHz
GPU Cores 12 CU 12 CU 12 CU 12 CU 12 CU 12 CU 12 CU
8 CU
GPU Clock Speeds 2700 MHz 2700 MHz 2700 MHz 2800 MHz 2800 MHz 2700 MHz 2700 MHz
2600 MHz
Reminiscence 32-64 GB LPDDR5x 32-64 GB LPDDR5x 32-64 GB LPDDR5x 16 GB LPDDR5-6400 16 GB LPDDR5x-7500 16 GB LPDDR5x-7500 16-64 GB LPDDR5x-7500
Storage 512 – 2 TB (M.2) 512 – 2 TB (M.2) TBD 512 GB (M.2) +
Micro-SD UHS-H
512 GB – 2 TB (M.2) 512 GB – 2 TB (M.2) 512 GB – 4 TB
Show Refresh Fee 60 Hz 60 Hz TBD 120 Hz TBD TBD 60 Hz
Show Dimension 5.5-Inch 8-Inch 7-Inch 7-Inch 7-Inch 10.1-Inch 6-Inch
Show Decision 1920×1080 1920×1200 1920×1200 1920×1080 1920×1200 1920×1200 1920×1200
Display Sort Amoled Full IPS Laminated IPS TBD Full IPS Full IPS Full IPS
WiFi Choice WIFI 6E + B5 5.2 WIFI 6E + B5 5.2 WIFI 6E + B5 5.2 WIFI 6E + B5 5.2 WIFI 6.0 + BT 5.0 WIFI 6.0 + BT 5.0 WIFI 6.0 + BT 5.0
Battery Dimension 38Wh 65Wh
100W GaN Quick Charger
48Wh
65W GaN Quick Charger
40Wh 50.25Wh 67Wh 45.62Wh
Weight 405g 729g 600g 608g TBD 1005g 598g
Kind Issue 224×89.5×21.6mm 28.5 x 12.5 x 2.1mm TBD 28.0 x 11.3 x 3.9mm TBD 227 × 160 × 23 mm 220 × 92 × 28 mm
Working System Home windows 11 Home windows 11 Home windows 11 Home windows 11 Home windows 11 Home windows 11 Home windows 11
Launch Date 2023 Might 2023 Might 2023 Might 2023 Might 2023 Might 2023 August, 2023
Worth $799 (16 GB + 512 GB) $799 US (32 GB +512 GB) TBD $699 (Z1 Excessive)
$599 (Z1 Commonplace)
TBD 730 EUR (7640U+16+1)
959 EUR (7840U+32+2)
TBD

Information Supply: AYANEO

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Originally posted 2023-07-09 16:30:17.