Lenovo is not expanding, in fact, raising the stakes in the handheld console market, but fans of Legion gamer devices can also be happy about 2025.
The Legion Go 2024 was one of the best Windows handheld consoles thanks to the well-thought-out extras, and now Lenovo has immediately presented two successors: the Go S, a slightly simpler version, and the Legion Go 2 second-generation model, although the latter is still only a prototype .
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As for the Go St, we have to give up some of the extras that made the original Go so special, precisely the detachable controllers, because there are none, the machine forms a unit. The display has also been made smaller, the image size is only 8 inches instead of 8.8, and this is ensured by a 16:10 PureSight display with 120 Hz refresh rate and WUXGA resolution. The Z1 Extreme and, later as an option, the Z2 Go SoC can also work under it, supplemented with 32 GB of RAM in the top model. The battery, which plays an important role, has a capacity of 55.5 Wh, and the weight of the entire package stops at 730 grams.
The Go S runs Windows by default, but a special version, Steam OS, is also made of it, which is based on exactly the same hardware, only the operating system is replaced, which, according to primary information, makes it much cheaper. Although there are no official prices, we received the information at the exhibition that Powered by SteamOS will be up to 20 percent cheaper than the expected price of 629 euros for the Windows version. It’s true, you have to wait longer, because it only arrives around April.
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Those looking for a worthy successor to the current Legion Go will have to wait: the Go 2, based on the Ryzen Z2 Extreme, is currently on display as a prototype. It has the familiar 8.8″ display from its predecessor, but with an OLED panel instead of IPS, which also ensures a 144 Hz refresh rate and a peak brightness of 500 nits. The maximum amount of RAM has increased to 32 GB, which is double that of its predecessor, the storage space has increased to 2 TB (that is, four times), and the battery capacity has increased to 74 Wh, which is almost double the 49 Wh of its predecessor. Unlike the Go S, the side controllers on the Go 2 can be removed, but the controls themselves have been polished a bit to make them more comfortable. Unfortunately, nothing more precise is known about the arrival of the Go 2.
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On the side of the notebooks, the most important novelty is the Legion 7i and 5i pairs, which have also been renewed in appearance, and which received HX series Core Ultra processors (those who prefer to vote for AMD can choose the Legion Pro 5 with Ryzen 9 9955HX). All of them use a 16” PureSight OLED display, as well as the new mobile GeForce GPUs, the top-of-the-line GeForce RTX 5090. PureSight panels with 240 Hz refresh, VRR, 500 nits brightness, response time less than 0.5 milliseconds. The marcona machine housing, sprinkled with RGB, also offers two Type-C, three Type-A, HDMI 2.1 and Ethernet connectors, and the keyboard backlight has a 24-zone solution. To keep the built-in hardware cool, a rather serious cooling solution was designed, which was given the fancy name Coldfront. The Vapor version of this, which is based on a vapor chamber, is used by the Pro 7i, while the Pro 5i and 5 received the Hyper solution, which operates with large heat-conducting tubes. It is impressive that in notebook size, the former is capable of dissipating 250 and the latter 200 watts of heat.
For those who are looking for a machine that is not so focused on gaming, there are the Legion 7i and 5i/5, i.e. the versions without the Pro, which are thinner and lighter, so they are much more portable. For example, Lenovo recommends them to university students studying engineering or even natural sciences, because the computing capacity is more than enough to run the various programs used here, while they can also help with entertainment in the evening, without having to carry a separate bag with them. They also received a Core Ultra HX CPU, but the top of the graphics is the GeForce RTX 5070. There won’t be any problems with the display, each one has a PureSight OLED screen promising 100% DCI-P3, in the case of the 7i with 16″ with 240 Hz refresh, and in the case of the 5i and 5 with 15.3″ with 165 with Hz update. The hardware cooling of these machines is also ensured by the Coldfront Hyper solution.
In addition to the Legions, the LOQ series also remains untouched, here we can expect the following machines:
- LOQ 15IRX10, 15”, maximum Intel Core i7-14650HX,
- LOQ 15AHP10, 15”, maximum AMD Ryzen 7 260,
- LOQ 15AKP10, 15”, maximum AMD Ryzen AI 7 350.
Last but not least, the Legion ecosystem also gets an impressive monitor: the Legion R34w-30 is a 34-inch 1500R radius-curved ultra-wide screen with UWQHD resolution, 90% DCI-P3, two HDMI 2.1 and a DP with 1.4.
The availability and gross prices of the listed devices in the EMEA region are as follows:
- Lenovo Legion Pro 7i: April, €2799,
- Lenovo Legion Pro 5i: May, €1699,
- Lenovo Legion Pro 5: May, €1599,
- Lenovo Legion 7: June, 1999 euros.
- Lenovo Legion 5i: May, €1199,
- Lenovo Legion 5: June, €1,299
- Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10: June, €1199,
- Lenovo LOQ 15IRX10: March, €1099
- Lenovo LOQ 15AHP10: May, €1099
- Lenovo LOQ 15AKP10: June, €1199
Source: prohardver.hu
