IFA 2025 has brought no shortage of exciting announcements, from bold new smartphones to super-bright projectors, smarter appliances, and even drones that rethink what’s possible. As always, we’ve combed through the show floor in Berlin to find the standouts that truly impressed us.
From Lenovo’s OLED gaming handheld to TCL’s eye-friendly phone, Samsung’s latest Fan Edition, and some surprising innovations in audio, charging, and the smart home, here are our picks for the very Best of IFA 2025.
Lenovo Legion Go Gen 2: The most powerful OLED gaming handheld around
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Lenovo is back with the second generation of its Windows-powered handheld. This time the Legion Go Gen 2 is all about giving gamers a richer display and longer play sessions. The big news here is the switch to an OLED screen, which offers HDR TrueBlack 1000 certification for deep blacks and vibrant colors and also bumps up the refresh rate to 144Hz with VRR support for silky-smooth gameplay.
Resolution has dropped from the original’s 1600p panel to 1200p (WUXGA), but that’s actually good news for battery life and frame rates on a portable. Backing that up is a new 74Whr battery (a 50% boost over the original) paired with AMD’s Ryzen Z2 chip (or Ryzen Z2 Extreme if you want extra oomph), plus options for up to 32GB of speedy RAM and a 2TB SSD. There’s even microSD expansion if you need more space for your Steam library.
The Legion Go Gen 2 is all about giving gamers a richer display and longer play sessions.
Lenovo has refined the design with a fingerprint reader built into the power button, and the Legion TrueStrike controllers now have improved ergonomics, a smarter layout, and three programmable buttons. Oh and they use Hall effect, which will prevent drift.
The Lenovo Legion Go Gen 2 will hit shelves in October starting at $1,049 in the US.
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