What simply occurred? Avid gamers within the US now have a brand new choice for moveable PC gaming as Ayaneo, a Chinese language handheld console producer, makes its official entry into the American market. The corporate’s 7-inch Subsequent Lite and eight.4-inch KUN fashions at the moment are accessible nationwide at Greatest Purchase and the corporate’s web site.
Ayaneo is not a family title like Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft, partly because of the restricted availability of its merchandise. Till now, its consoles have been solely accessible to US clients via imports from third-party retailers or ordering straight from China. Nevertheless, that is about to vary.
Ayaneo’s newest units at the moment are accessible via Greatest Purchase, offering American consumers a extra accessible buying avenue. Home availability means sooner transport, expedient returns/repairs, and the flexibility to purchase at retail shops for immediate gratification. It additionally provides the model extra mainstream visibility past the area of interest fanatic crowd.
The 2 Ayaneo fashions cowl a variety of efficiency and pricing. The flagship 8.4-inch (2560×1600) KUN, powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 7840U, provides 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD storage, and a beefy 75Wh battery. Nevertheless, its $999 price ticket faces stiff competitors from the ROG Ally with its superior AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme chip, extra RAM, extra storage, and bigger 80Wh battery in the identical value bracket. There may be additionally the 8.8-inch Lenovo Legion Go at $749.99, which sports activities the identical chip.
It is value mentioning that Ayaneo updated the KUN with the sooner Ryzen 8840U chip, however it is not accessible but.
Ayaneo’s 7-inch Next Lite is likely to be a greater worth proposition for the budget-minded. A Ryzen 7 4800U APU powers the hand-held and has 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD. It sports activities a 500 nits 1280×800 show, however the apparent attraction is its $399 price ticket. This gadget undercuts rivals just like the MSI Claw by $100-300. The closest competitor is maybe the baseline 7-inch ROG Ally that sells for $500. Nevertheless, these handhelds are additionally sooner than the Subsequent Lite’s getting old built-in Radeon Vega 8 graphics.
Whereas efficiency is not all the time every little thing for Ayaneo followers, it’d have to launch extra fashions providing a greater worth to enchantment to a broader viewers.
