The rumored Acer handheld is actual, and it’s a curious system. The brand new Acer Nitro Blaze falls someplace between the Asus ROG Ally and Ally X when it comes to energy, however no value or availability particulars have but been introduced, so it’s onerous to guage when it comes to worth proper now.
We managed to take a sneak peek at Nitro Blaze following Acer‘s presentation at IFA 2024. It’s very skinny, and the show seems to be nice up shut, however the determination to stick decals throughout the entrance of the hand-held ruins the aesthetic.
Listed here are the Acer Nitro Blaze specs:
| Acer Nitro Blaze specs | |
| Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS |
| Graphics | AMD Radeon 780M |
| Show | 7-inch, 1,920 x 1,080, 144Hz, 500 nits, AMD FreeSync Premium |
| Reminiscence | 16GB LPDDR5x-7500 |
| Storage | As much as 2TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD |
| I/O Ports | 2 x USB4, microSD card (4.0) |
| Battery | 50Wh |
| Dimensions | 25.6cm x 11.35cm x 2.25cm |
| Weight | 670g |
The preliminary teases for the Nitro Blaze had been gentle on particulars, with simply an X (previously Twitter) put up teasing that one thing was coming at IFA. Due to the upcoming launch of Intel’s Lunar Lake, we believed the brand new structure might energy the system, however as a substitute, Acer is utilizing AMD’s Ryzen 7 8840HS.
Whereas the structure is just like the AMD Ryzen Z1 Excessive which powers the ROG Ally gadgets, Asus’ latest handheld, the Ally X, has an edge due to 24GB of system reminiscence, of which extra could be assigned to cowl graphical wants.
It’s not an enormous shock to see Acer aspect with AMD for a handheld, on condition that the one Intel-based handheld, the MSI Claw A1M, bombed upon launch. MSI and Intel are sustaining their partnership for the MSI Claw 8 AI+, nonetheless, which was additionally revealed at IFA this yr.
Past the record of specs, and our likelihood to take a more in-depth have a look at the system, few particulars are recognized. Acer might plan to launch the Nitro Blaze in 2024 or early 2025, but it surely must get the worth proper. With the Asus ROG Ally X being in the marketplace for $799, and with an immense quantity of energy beneath its belt, Acer should completely are available beneath this value to keep away from killing all curiosity.
It’s not essentially a foul concept to goal for the center of the market when it comes to energy for a primary console, however the MSRP must characterize this example. Each the Asus ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go have taken value cuts just lately, and the Nitro Blaze ought to look to those gadgets as a suggestion, particularly when it makes use of the identical Home windows platform too, slightly than a proprietary working system reminiscent of SteamOS.
We’ll be bringing you extra IFA protection because the present continues, however within the meantime, you possibly can take a look at our Intel Lunar Lake information to get an concept of how these new chips stack up in opposition to the competitors.
