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Why don't we kick off this look at the Legion Go 2 prototype

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with the stuff that is the same from the original Legion Go.

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You've got the kickstand, okay? You've got the detachable controllers, okay?

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The right one of which includes the ability to use it as a sort of questionable mouse.

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Not the most ergonomic thing ever, but hey, it's there. And of course, you've got the gigantic 8.8 inch display.

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Mwah, beautiful, and that's it. Here's what's new.

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Look at this cooling system. And it's here for a good reason.

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Inside this thing is the all new AMD Z2 Extreme SoC.

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I'm talking eight Zen 5 cores and various levels of compactness,

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and 16 RDNA 3.5CUs.

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This thing should absolutely blow the pants

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off their last gen flagship Z1 Extreme. I'm not allowed to open this one up,

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but the battery has gone from 49.2 watt hours to 74,

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and that's just the inside. The screen, okay.

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In one way, it's been downgraded. It goes from 2560 by 1600 to 1920 by 1200.

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But hear me out, because I actually support this change.

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Even with the more powerful new hardware, you're gonna struggle to run AAA games at 1600P anyway.

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And at the distance and at this screen size,

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1200P is pretty good. And I would rather have the additional contrast

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that you get from an OLED screen. It still runs at up to 144 Hertz with variable refresh rate,

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so your animations will look as smooth as they possibly can. And as for the other changes,

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I don't know, it's got a round D-pad now, but I don't wanna get into those little details

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because this is still a prototype and even the ports aren't finalized.

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There is one important thing to note though. They have only announced a Windows variant of this,

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which is important because that is not true

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of our next device. The Go S is an all new handheld from Lenovo

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that has very little in common with its bigger brother. It still has a bigger-ish screen,

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but instead of 8.8 inches, it is eight inches now.

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And we also get to keep the 16 by 10 aspect ratio,

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which personally I prefer. But everything else about this device

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seems to be designed to hit a more affordable price point,

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one that I'll tell you guys in a minute. The screen is 1920 by 1200 LCD,

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but it still runs at 120 Hertz. The battery is a little on the smaller side at 55 watt hours,

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though thanks to its processor, it probably won't need as large of a battery.

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It's using the new Z2 Go from AMD, which has four Zen 3 cores and 12 RDNA2 graphics cores.

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So yeah, is it a little on the lower end

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in terms of performance compared to the last gen Z1 Extreme?

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Well, maybe, but it is faster than the last gen Z1

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and I think you guys are going to like the price. It comes in two flavors, Lenovo Legion Go S,

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which is the Windows one, and Lenovo Legion Go Dash powered by SteamOS.

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And that one is going to be starting at 499.

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Sure, you give up some stuff. Trackpad's quite a bit smaller than its bigger brother,

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but it's got the stuff that matters. It's got the rear buttons, oh cool.

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It's got dual mode triggers, okay, front-facing speakers,

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and it's way lighter and truthfully, I actually like the ergonomics of this one a lot more.

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So I think it's going to be turning some heads. If you guys want to check it out,

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we're going to have it linked down below, but don't get one of these without also getting a D-brand kill switch.

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We'll have that linked down below as well. Make sure you subscribe to ShortCircuit.