Lenovo Legion Go Lite has morphed right into a Steam Deck lookalike, leak suggests

A brand new Lenovo Legion Go Lite leak has emerged, exhibiting the casing for what could possibly be an upcoming, extra inexpensive model of Lenovo’s distinctive gaming handheld. Presumably seeking to wrestle some market share from the Steam Deck and ROG Ally, the brand new system seems to tackle a unique method to the present Legion Go in a bunch of the way.

As the most effective handheld gaming PC choices at the moment accessible, the unique Legion Go confirmed Lenovo actually innovating within the handheld area, offering a larger-screened system than the Steam Deck and different rivals, whereas additionally together with detachable aspect controllers. Nevertheless, its excessive worth has inherently held again its attraction, so a brand new easier, smaller model could possibly be simply what Lenovo wants.

The brand new Lenovo Legion Go Lite leak comes from YouTube channel Nittrx, which added a group put up merely saying “Lenovo LEGION quickly,” with a picture showing to point out the outer case of the brand new handheld.

An all-white case is clearly seen on this leak, with Lenovo seemingly taking inspiration from the unique Asus ROG Ally (an attention-grabbing transfer contemplating Asus went for a darker look with its ROG Ally X).

The case can be clearly way more rounded than both the non-lite Legion Go or both model of the ROG Ally. Its backside corners have a pronounced mild curve to them, with rear grips that flare out significantly. This would seem to make for a really snug handheld, however it’ll all rely on precisely how these curves sit within the hand.

In truth, this design seems to be very harking back to the Ayaneo Kun, which is an current gaming handheld, however one which’s not accessible in Western markets. It includes a barely smaller 8.4-inch display screen than the Legion Go and has close to identical-looking curves to its outer design.

Earlier Lenovo Legion Go Lite rumors had advised that the Lite model may use a smaller 7-inch display screen than the 8.8-inch of the present model. Nevertheless, the above would counsel in any other case. What’s extra, superimposing this leaked picture onto that of the ROG Ally, and matching the scale of the management buttons in each, suggests the display screen of the leaked Lenovo system is bigger than that of the Ally.

Different earlier rumors have additionally advised the brand new handheld may use a Ryzen Z1 non-Excessive CPU, the lower-tier variant of AMD’s laptop computer CPU that’s additionally used within the Asus ROG Ally Z1. Nevertheless, no additional indication of this rumor is given by this newest leak. The Ayaneo Kun makes use of an AMD Ryzen 7840U processor, which is a barely tweaked model of the Z1 Excessive, however with basically the identical CPU and GPU specs.

This leak additionally signifies that the hand-held would have a reasonably customary choice of controls, together with two rear buttons, however that it received’t have a touchpad, in contrast to the bigger model of the system. This might restrict its usability for navigating home windows and enjoying sure kinds of video games, however would match the unique Asus ROG Ally for general controls.

For a full summation of what we all know up to now about this new handheld, try our Lenovo Legion Go Lite information, which brings collectively all the things that’s been leaked up to now. In the meantime, if you wish to know what could be in retailer for future higher-end gaming handhelds, try the newest AMD Ryzen Z2 Excessive leak that features rumored particulars of its uprated GPU.