ROG Ally 2 leak seemingly confirms a long-rumored improve, if you understand the place to look

Asus has been rumored to be engaged on an ROG Ally 2 for a number of months now. Not a lot has appeared concerning the upcoming handheld past the truth that it is anticipated to function a brand new, extra highly effective chip and that

Xbox will be integrated into the device
indirectly. Nevertheless, due to an FCC submitting (through @94G8LA, VideoCardz), we now know what the upcoming handheld will probably appear to be.

The FCC leak consists of two fashions — one with a white physique that is probably the ROG Ally 2 and a black mannequin that is probably Xbox’s and Asus’ “Venture Kennan.”

The black mannequin options what appears like a devoted Xbox button on the higher left facet of the hand held (if you happen to look carefully, you possibly can see the Xbox brand engraved on it). Alternatively, the white mannequin incorporates a blacked-out Xbox button and the identical general button structure as its black-colored counterpart (it is unclear what this button will do). The Y, X, A, and B buttons are in Xbox’s notable yellow, blue, inexperienced, and purple colours, nevertheless. The highest of the console incorporates a related button structure to the ROG Ally and ROG Ally X.

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The brand new controller-like grips look far more snug

Key spec updates embody a quicker chip

What’s distinctive concerning the design is that the ROG Ally 2 seems to function controller-like grips on its facet. It provides the hand held a considerably odd-looking profile, but it surely’s a wise transfer on Asus’ half. Certainly one of my key points with the ROG Ally and ROG Ally X are the handhelds’ lack of grip (my fingers simply do not wrap across the edges of the hand held in a snug manner). If that is the ROG Ally 2’s last design, that probably will not be a difficulty due to the brand new handles on its sides.

The submitting reveals that each handhelds function a 7-inch 120Hz display that appears an identical to the show in its predecessor, with 64GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM being confirmed for the black Xbox Mannequin. The Xbox model of the ROG Ally 2 appears to function a quicker 8-core Ryzen Z2 Excessive, in comparison with the usual 4-core AMD Aeirth Plus. The RAM featured within the white model of the ROG Ally 2 is not at the moment recognized.

Whereas it is attainable Microsoft might unveil the Xbox-powered ROG Ally 2 at Construct later this month, it may additionally seem at Computex on Could twentieth. The tech large additionally has an Xbox Video games Showcase deliberate for June 8. Both manner, it is probably we’ll study extra concerning the ROG Ally 2 quickly given FCC filings usually point out a tool’s launch is only some months away. It is unclear when both handheld will launch.

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