ROG Ally 2 leak seemingly confirms a long-rumored improve, if you recognize 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 characteristic a brand new, extra highly effective chip and that

Xbox will be integrated into the device
in a roundabout way. Nonetheless, because of an FCC submitting (through @94G8LA, VideoCardz), we now know what the upcoming handheld will probably seem like.

The FCC leak contains 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’ “Undertaking Kennan.”

The black mannequin options what appears like a devoted Xbox button on the higher left facet of the hand held (when you look carefully, you’ll be able to see the Xbox emblem engraved on it). Then again, the white mannequin incorporates a blacked-out Xbox button and the identical total button format 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 pink colours, nevertheless. The highest of the console incorporates a comparable button format to the ROG Ally and ROG Ally X.

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The brand new controller-like grips look far more comfy

Key spec updates embrace a quicker chip

What’s distinctive concerning the design is that the ROG Ally 2 seems to characteristic controller-like grips on its facet. It offers the hand held a considerably odd-looking profile, but it surely’s a wise transfer on Asus’ half. One among 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 cushty method). If that is the ROG Ally 2’s last design, that probably will not be a difficulty because of the brand new handles on its sides.

The submitting reveals that each handhelds characteristic a 7-inch 120Hz display screen that appears similar 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 characteristic 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 present recognized.

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

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