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That’s an even bigger price hike than with Lenovo’s flagship Legion Go 2, which saw up to a $650 price hike early this month.
Not every Legion Go S model costs nearly double what it did before, but none are anywhere near what they originally cost. The Windows Z1 Extreme model is listed at $1,679.99 now, though it’s “on sale” for $1,049.99. (B&H has it for $1,299.99.)
Image: Best Buy
Lenovo didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, but I suspect the company is quietly axing this version in the face of RAMageddon. Many listings for various versions of the handheld have disappeared entirely from retailers and from Lenovo’s own website.
Perhaps Lenovo has a newer version coming, though? The company’s website is already beginning to refer to it as the “Lenovo Legion Go S Gen 1,” according to Google:
Earlier this month, Asus rep Anthony Spence told me there’s “no price increase on the horizon, so far as I can tell,” for the Xbox Ally X in the US. Here’s hoping that holds.