Asus spokesperson Don Nguyen tells us it\u2019s the same basic ROG 20th Anniversary handheld I tried at its US offices, so you should be getting a translucent gadget with gold trim.<\/p>\n
Bling isn\u2019t the reason to buy it, though. If I were buying, it\u2019d be because of the larger new 7.4-inch 1080p OLED screen, the clearest, fastest, and brightest on a handheld yet. I\u2019d be buying for the extra-comfy grips, the trick D-pad that rotates between 4-way and 8-way, and the lack of an Xbox \u201cLibrary\u201d button to yank me out of my game.<\/p>\n
Personally, I think $1,300 is an awful lot to spend on a handheld, but I\u2019m pleased that it \u201conly\u201d costs $300 more than the original $1,000 Xbox Ally X<\/a>, especially since that $1,000 model and the $600 Xbox Ally will continue to stick around, Asus rep Anthony Spence confirms.<\/p>\n But if you have $2,500 to spend, Asus is making the bundled version a bit more attractive. Not only will it include the $1,300 Xbox Ally X20 and a matching pair of 240Hz ROG XREAL X1 glasses (normally $849<\/a>), it\u2019ll also come with a matching Dbrand Killswitch protective case for the handheld (with the hardshell screen cover, stick toppers and built-in kickstand), plus a branded Pelican case to carry everything in. Here\u2019s the bundle:<\/p>\n And here\u2019s another photo of the Dbrand Killswitch around the handheld:<\/p>\n The Xbox Ally X20 won\u2019t be the most powerful handheld (that\u2019ll currently be a Strix Halo device like the upcoming $1,750 GPD Win Max 3<\/a>) or even the most powerful handheld that feels properly portable (that\u2019ll be the Claw EX<\/a>), and it certainly won\u2019t be the most affordable. But it might be the most refined and comfortable to use among Windows handhelds. We\u2019ll find out this fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Asus spokesperson Don Nguyen tells us it\u2019s the same basic ROG 20th Anniversary handheld I tried at its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":871093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,874,44,4803,61],"class_list":["post-871092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-gaming","tag-news","tag-pc-gaming","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=871092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/871093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}