GoKawiilTL;DR ASUS has announced the ROG XBOX Ally X20 gaming handheld, upgrading to a larger 7.4-inch 120Hz OLED display with 1,400 nits of peak brightness and a redesigned thermal layout.
Other specifications are also impressive, with the AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme chip, 24GB of RAM, high-precision TMR joysticks, and Windows 11 Auto SR AI upscaling.
The big catch is that the handheld is currently not being sold standalone. It can only be purchased as part of ROG’s 20th-anniversary bundle with AR gaming glasses, making it a collector’s item more so than a mass-market product.
If you felt the original ASUS ROG Ally or even the refined ROG Ally X missed a beat by sticking to LCD, ASUS was clearly listening. The company has announced the new ROG XBOX Ally X20 gaming handheld with an OLED display, but there’s also some bad news for people actually interested in buying this.
Starting with the good news, the ROG XBOX Ally X20 comes with a 7.4-inch OLED display with Nebula HDR Display tech, larger than the 7-inch LCD on previous Ally models. The new display supports a 120Hz refresh rate and 1,400 nits of peak brightness. It even carries a VESA DisplayHDR 1000 rating, and supports Dolby Vision alongside FreeSync Premium Pro.
ASUS also paid attention to real-world usability: they have used Corning DXC glass with an anti-reflective coating that allegedly slashes glare by up to 65%. To protect that sensitive OLED panel from internal heat, the engineers completely redesigned the internal thermal layout to redirect airflow away from the screen and directly out of the APU.
Under the hood, the ASUS ROG XBOX Ally X20 comes with an AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, with 24GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 1TB of PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD.
Don’t want to miss the best from Android Authority? Set us as a favorite source in Google Discover to never miss our latest exclusive reports, expert analysis, and much more.
to never miss our latest exclusive reports, expert analysis, and much more. You can also set us as a preferred source in Google Search by clicking the button below.
ASUS is also including TMR (Tunnel Magnetoresistance) joysticks on this gaming handheld. TMR offers higher precision, lower power consumption, and smoother tracking than Hall-effect joysticks, and its accuracy doesn’t degrade over time, unlike carbon-film potentiometers.
... continue reading