Unexpected leak reveals Lenovo is creating another Switch-like gaming handheld
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A new leak has revealed that Lenovo appears to be following through with its plans ‘Legion Go’ handheld gaming device with a “larger” model and it will again take all the design cues from Nintendo’s hybrid system.
The new system is said to keep the “detachable” Joy-Con-like gamepads and a Switch-inspired kickstand. The same leak shows the current model’s 8.8-inch IPS LCD display swapping out an OLED panel of the same size.
Below is an image of this new model, courtesy of The Verge senior editor Tom Warren. These images were originally provided by Evan Blass on social networks.
No official specifications or announcements have been made yet, but there has been speculation that AMD’s Z2 Extreme chip could be the “core” of this new model, with the system “most likely” running on Windows and offers SteamOS support.
Companies like Valve have also entered the mobile market in recent years with Steam Deck, and there have been continued reports this year of Xbox and PlayStation handhelds are likely to return to this space.
