A brand new Lenovo Legion Go Lite leak has emerged, exhibiting the casing for what might be an upcoming, extra reasonably priced model of Lenovo’s distinctive gaming handheld. Presumably seeking to wrestle some market share from the Steam Deck and ROG Ally, the brand new gadget seems to tackle a distinct strategy to the present Legion Go in a number of how.
As among the finest handheld gaming PC choices at the moment out there, the unique Legion Go confirmed Lenovo actually innovating within the handheld area, offering a larger-screened gadget than the Steam Deck and different rivals, whereas additionally together with detachable aspect controllers. Nevertheless, its excessive worth has inherently held again its attraction, so a brand new less complicated, smaller model might be simply what Lenovo wants.
The brand new Lenovo Legion Go Lite leak comes from YouTube channel Nittrx, which added a group publish merely saying “Lenovo LEGION quickly,” with a picture showing to indicate the outer case of the brand new handheld.
An all-white case is clearly seen on this leak, with Lenovo seemingly taking inspiration from the unique Asus ROG Ally (an attention-grabbing transfer contemplating Asus went for a darker look with its ROG Ally X).
The case can be clearly far more rounded than both the non-lite Legion Go or both model of the ROG Ally. Its backside corners have a pronounced light curve to them, with rear grips that flare out significantly. This would seem to make for a really snug handheld, however it should all rely on precisely how these curves sit within the hand.
In actual fact, this design appears very paying homage to the Ayaneo Kun, which is an current gaming handheld, however one which’s not out there in Western markets. It incorporates a barely smaller 8.4-inch display screen than the Legion Go and has close to identical-looking curves to its outer design.
Earlier Lenovo Legion Go Lite rumors had prompt that the Lite model might use a smaller 7-inch display screen than the 8.8-inch of the present model. Nevertheless, the above would counsel in any other case. What’s extra, superimposing this leaked picture onto that of the ROG Ally, and matching the dimensions of the management buttons in each, suggests the display screen of the leaked Lenovo gadget is bigger than that of the Ally.
Different earlier rumors have additionally prompt the brand new handheld might use a Ryzen Z1 non-Excessive CPU, the lower-tier variant of AMD’s laptop computer CPU that’s additionally used within the Asus ROG Ally Z1. Nevertheless, no additional indication of this rumor is given by this newest leak. The Ayaneo Kun makes use of an AMD Ryzen 7840U processor, which is a barely tweaked model of the Z1 Excessive, however with basically the identical CPU and GPU specs.
This leak additionally signifies that the hand-held would have a reasonably customary number of controls, together with two rear buttons, however that it gained’t have a touchpad, in contrast to the bigger model of the gadget. This might restrict its usability for navigating home windows and taking part in sure varieties of video games, however would match the unique Asus ROG Ally for total controls.
For a full summation of what we all know to this point about this new handheld, take a look at our Lenovo Legion Go Lite information, which brings collectively every thing that’s been leaked to this point. In the meantime, if you wish to know what is perhaps in retailer for future higher-end gaming handhelds, take a look at the most recent AMD Ryzen Z2 Excessive leak that features rumored particulars of its uprated GPU.