Handheld gaming PC maker AYA is in the process of upgrading its lineup with new models sporting the latest AMD chips which should bring big gains in CPU and graphics performance. And the next in line has a few things that help set it apart from the competition.
The AYA Neo Air 1S is smaller than Valve’s Steam Deck, the Asus ROG Ally, or even the Nintendo Switch. But it packs a 5.5 inch, FHD AMOLED display and an AMD Ryzen 7 7840U processor with Radeon 780M integrated graphics, which help it stay competitive with best-in-class competitors. It goes up for pre-order July 11th for $799 and up through an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign.
The AYA Neo Air 1S has the same physical design as the Neo Air and Air Pro models that launched a year ago, but those models sported AMD Ryzen 5000U processors with Radeon Vega graphics.
According to AYA, not only will the new models offer significantly better gaming performance, but the company has also improved heat dissipation for better sustained performance, updated the audio hardware to the new “AYA Neo Hyper Sound” stereo speaker system, and upgraded the memory from LPDDR4x to LPDDR5x.
One thing that hasn’t changed is that it’s hard to stuff a large battery into such a compact design, so the AYA Neo Air 1S will have the same 10,050 mAh, 38 Wh battery as last year’s models, which should provide a few hours of run time for less demanding games, but which will likely struggle with more resource-intensive titles.
The company does try to extend battery life a bit by limiting the TDP to 20 watts by default when you’re using the AYA Neo Air 1S on battery power, while allowing it to run at up to 25 watts when plugged in.
| AYA Neo Air 1S specs | |
| Display | 5.5 inches 1920 x 1080 pixels AMOLED 404 ppi 350 nits 109% NTSC, 99″ DCI-P3, 100% sRGB, 96% Adobe RGB color gamut |
| Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 7840U 8 x Zen 4 CPU cores / 16 threads 3.3 GHz base / 5.1 GHz boost 20MB cache 15 – 25W TDP |
| GPU | AMD Radeon 780M 12 x RDNA 3 computer units |
| RAM | LPDDR5x |
| Storage | M.2 2280 SSD |
| Ports | 2 x USB4 Type-C (full function) 1 x 3.5mm audio 1 x microSD card reader |
| Wireless | WiFi 6E Bluetooth 5.2 |
| Sensors | Dual 6-axis gyroscope X-axis linear vibration motor Fingerprint sensor (integrated in power button) Joysticks with hall sensors Linear triggers with hall sensors |
| Software | Windows 11 Home AYA Space 2.0 |
| Dimensions | 224 x 89.5 x 21.6mm |
| Weight | 450 grams |
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A 5.5 inch screen size. You’ve got to have seriously good vision to run windows 11 and play pc games on that size of screen. My eyes would be throwing in the tunnel. Says it all when the article below has a zen phone with a bigger screen than this gaming portable. Maybe it’s just my old eyes, but there has to be serious compromises using windows 11 on this size screen.
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