How does Lenovo succeed and strengthen public interest around the mobile gaming space? Quite simply, it was just announced at the CES technology event the first non-Valve gaming handheld to run SteamOS natively…. here is the new Legion Go S. This new handheld, which will also be sold in a Windows 11 Home edition, is a more affordable alternative to the Legion Go which was released in 2023.
As for its overall part, the Legion Go S is made of plastic and does not have removable joysticks. It can be configured with AMD’s Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor or the new Ryzen Z2 Go co-developed with Lenovo. The Z2 Go processor has 4x Zen 3 cores with eight threads and a maximum boost of 4.3Ghz along with an RDNA 2 GPU with 12 cores, 10MB cache and an adjustable TDP of 15-30W.
Lenovo is offering up to 32GB of 6400MHz LPDDR5X RAM and 1TB of PCIe SSD on top Legion Go S models, while base models will start with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.
The Legion Go S features a custom ColdFront technology cooling system with a large fan and large heatsinks to keep everything under thermal control.
Everything is made even more enjoyable on this portable device thanks to a sharp 8-inch touch screen with a resolution of 1920 x 1200 px (WUXGA) and a refresh rate of 120 Hz. The screen has an aspect ratio of 16:10 and a maximum brightness of 500 nits.
There are 23 buttons on the device, including Hall Effect joysticks with RGB lighting. I/O includes 2x USB4 ports (Thunderbolt 4, DisplayPort 1.4 and Power Delivery 3.0), a headphone jack and a microSD card slot. The Legion Go S also features WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity.
In terms of weight, the Legion Go S does not exceed 740 grams and has a 55.5 Whr battery that supports 65W charging and comes with an adapter.
In terms of colors, the new Lenovo Legion Go S is available in Glacier White and Nebula Violet.
Discuss pricing and availability
On the one hand we have the basic Ryzen Z2 Go-owned Legion S with SteamOS that will start from 500 $ (16GB RAM and 512GB ROM) with deliveries scheduled for May.
On the other hand, there is also the version of Windows 11 with 32 GB of RAM and 1 TB of storage that will cost 730 $ and will be available later this month.
Source: myphone.gr
