ROG Ally 2 leak seemingly confirms a long-rumored improve, if you realize 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 in regards to the upcoming handheld past the truth that it is anticipated to function a brand new, extra highly effective chip and that

Xbox will be integrated into the device
ultimately. Nonetheless, because of an FCC submitting (by way of @94G8LA, VideoCardz), we now know what the upcoming handheld will probably appear 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’ “Venture Kennan.”

The black mannequin options what appears to be like like a devoted Xbox button on the higher left facet of the hand held (should you look carefully, you possibly can see the Xbox brand engraved on it). However, the white mannequin incorporates a blacked-out Xbox button and the identical total button structure 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 purple colours, nevertheless. The highest of the console incorporates a comparable button structure 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 embody a quicker chip

What’s distinctive in regards to the design is that the ROG Ally 2 seems to function controller-like grips on its facet. It offers the hand held a considerably odd-looking profile, however it’s a wise transfer on Asus’ half. Certainly one of my key points with the ROG Ally and ROG Ally X are the handhelds’ lack of grip (my arms simply do not wrap across the edges of the hand held in a cushty approach). If that is the ROG Ally 2’s closing design, that probably will not be a problem because of the brand new handles on its sides.

The submitting reveals that each handhelds function a 7-inch 120Hz display that appears an identical 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 function 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 the moment identified.

Whereas it is doable Microsoft may unveil the Xbox-powered ROG Ally 2 at Construct later this month, it may also seem at Computex on Might twentieth. The tech big additionally has an Xbox Video games Showcase deliberate for June 8. Both approach, it is probably we’ll be taught extra in regards to the ROG Ally 2 quickly given FCC filings sometimes point out a tool’s launch is only some months away. It is unclear when both handheld will launch.

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