Higher grips, OLED display screen, and extra reminiscence: Our very first take a look at the Lenovo Legion Go 2 is all the pieces I wished within the unique
For many who know me, it is no secret that I am an enormous Lenovo Legion Go fan. I beloved my time with the unique, and now I like my time with the Legion Go S (SteamOS). We have identified a correct (non-S) second iteration of the hand held is within the works for some time now—with a potential September launch date—however we hadn’t truly seen it. Till now, that’s, as a result of it seems like people in China have gotten their palms, eyes, and video recording units on a Lenovo Legion Go 2 handheld.
YouTube channel in yo shared footage of the “Lenovo Legion Go 2 Prototype” (by way of Reddit consumer Snoo20628), working by way of gadget specs and exhibiting us the way it does in motion. The primary distinction you are prone to discover, although—and positively the principle factor I seen—is the improved controller design.
One of many huge promoting factors of the unique Lenovo Legion Go was (is) its removable controllers, as these will let you stand the hand held’s huge display screen on a floor and sit again—even wave your arms round like mad whereas gaming in the event you really feel prefer it. Judging from this video, it seems like whereas the Legion Go 2 can have removable controllers too, these ought to be much more comfortable to make use of.
That is one of many issues I like concerning the Lenovo Legion Go S (SteamOS): it’s totally comfortable to make use of, and positively far more comfy than the unique. It seems like Lenovo’s learnt from this and has made the grips extra ergonomic with the Legion Go 2.
One other huge change from the primary (which we already knew about from a earlier press launch) is that the Legion Go 2 can have an OLED display screen. I have been conserving my eye on Legion Go communities and I do know that a minimum of some potential Go-ers are holding off from shopping for a Legion Go S as a result of it lacks an OLED panel. Through which case, the official second iteration of the hand held ought to be tempting for lots of people for that reason alone.
The spec sheet within the video says it is a 500-nit panel, however it seems just like the consumer within the video could be claiming 749 nits for it. It is also a 1200p, 144 Hz, 8.8-inch display screen, which is good. This matches the massive display screen and excessive refresh price of the primary Legion Go, however does not go overkill with the decision—1200p is good for this {hardware}.
Talking of the {hardware}, the mannequin within the video seems to be a Ryzen Z2 model, which is basically the identical chip because the Z1 Excessive within the unique—identical cores, identical GPU, identical variety of compute items (CUs), and so forth.
Within the Reddit thread I linked earlier, nonetheless, there is a consumer who claims to be the creator of the video (although maybe which means the uploader, not the particular person in the video), and so they say that “some 890m machines have additionally appeared within the second-hand market in China.”
It appears Lenovo may launch completely different variations of the brand new handheld with completely different {hardware} at completely different value factors. The earlier info we had from Lenovo mentioned that “whereas closing manufacturing particulars are nonetheless being refined, the prototype options as much as the brand new AMD Ryzen Z2 Excessive processor”, so perhaps that may simply be the top-end model, and Z1E/Z2 and even Z2 Go variations might be obtainable at cheaper costs.
There may also be different variations, because the Redditor additionally claims that “the reminiscence frequency of the z2e model I noticed is 8000”, so there’s potential for variations with quicker reminiscence, too. In addition they declare good speaker high quality, and the video claims higher vibration.
That might imply there might be a top-end Legion Go 2 with a Z2 Excessive (extra CUs for a bit extra graphical horsepower), 32 GB of 8000 MT/s reminiscence, an even bigger battery (thank God), an OLED display screen, higher vibration and audio system, and improved grips. Which may seem to be considerably of an iteration of the primary quite than a leaps-and-bounds enchancment, however I will take it. The primary was nice, and these adjustments would enhance many of the ache factors.
It even seems like the brand new handheld can have the identical D-pad as you discover on the Legion Go S, which I personally love. It feels simply the correct amount of clicky and tactile, not like on the unique Legion Go which felt too pingy.
The one sticking level could be the load, although, because the particular person within the video weighs it in at 938 g with the controllers on. That is even heavier than the unique, which was 854 g. The great grips ought to nonetheless make it extra comfy than the unique, however we’ll have to attend and see whether or not that weight is a matter.
General, although, what I see does excite me. For many who beloved the unique design however wished these few wrinkles ironed out, it seems like this could be it. Although I suppose a lot will rely upon the way it’s priced, too. Fingers crossed.
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