Why don't we kick off this look at the Legion Go 2 prototype
with the stuff that is the same from the original Legion Go.
You've got the kickstand, okay? You've got the detachable controllers, okay?
The right one of which includes the ability to use it as a sort of questionable mouse.
Not the most ergonomic thing ever, but hey, it's there. And of course, you've got the gigantic 8.8 inch display.
Mwah, beautiful, and that's it. Here's what's new.
Look at this cooling system. And it's here for a good reason.
Inside this thing is the all new AMD Z2 Extreme SoC.
I'm talking eight Zen 5 cores and various levels of compactness,
and 16 RDNA 3.5CUs.
This thing should absolutely blow the pants
off their last gen flagship Z1 Extreme. I'm not allowed to open this one up,
but the battery has gone from 49.2 watt hours to 74,
and that's just the inside. The screen, okay.
In one way, it's been downgraded. It goes from 2560 by 1600 to 1920 by 1200.
But hear me out, because I actually support this change.
Even with the more powerful new hardware, you're gonna struggle to run AAA games at 1600P anyway.
And at the distance and at this screen size,
1200P is pretty good. And I would rather have the additional contrast
that you get from an OLED screen. It still runs at up to 144 Hertz with variable refresh rate,
so your animations will look as smooth as they possibly can. And as for the other changes,
I don't know, it's got a round D-pad now, but I don't wanna get into those little details
because this is still a prototype and even the ports aren't finalized.
There is one important thing to note though. They have only announced a Windows variant of this,
which is important because that is not true
of our next device. The Go S is an all new handheld from Lenovo
that has very little in common with its bigger brother. It still has a bigger-ish screen,
but instead of 8.8 inches, it is eight inches now.
And we also get to keep the 16 by 10 aspect ratio,
which personally I prefer. But everything else about this device
seems to be designed to hit a more affordable price point,
one that I'll tell you guys in a minute. The screen is 1920 by 1200 LCD,
but it still runs at 120 Hertz. The battery is a little on the smaller side at 55 watt hours,
though thanks to its processor, it probably won't need as large of a battery.
It's using the new Z2 Go from AMD, which has four Zen 3 cores and 12 RDNA2 graphics cores.
So yeah, is it a little on the lower end
in terms of performance compared to the last gen Z1 Extreme?
Well, maybe, but it is faster than the last gen Z1
and I think you guys are going to like the price. It comes in two flavors, Lenovo Legion Go S,
which is the Windows one, and Lenovo Legion Go Dash powered by SteamOS.
And that one is going to be starting at 499.
Sure, you give up some stuff. Trackpad's quite a bit smaller than its bigger brother,
but it's got the stuff that matters. It's got the rear buttons, oh cool.
It's got dual mode triggers, okay, front-facing speakers,
and it's way lighter and truthfully, I actually like the ergonomics of this one a lot more.
So I think it's going to be turning some heads. If you guys want to check it out,
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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