The Aya Neo is a handheld computer that looks more like a game console than a PC. But with an AMD Ryzen 5 4500U processor, Radeon Vega 6 graphics, 16GB of DDR4-4266 memory, and a 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD under the hood, it’s a full-fledged computer designed to be held in your hands.
First announced earlier this year, the Aya
Neo has a 7 inch display surrounded by game controllers. And while a “Founder
Edition” was supposed to be available for order in October, it’s been delayed a
bit. But the developer of the Aya Neo has posted a new video showing the
near-final hardware in action and promises that pre-orders will begin on
November 7th.
A few Aya Neo prototypes will also be on
display at the WePlay gaming exhibition in Shanghai on November 14th and 15th. At
this point the hardware is still beta and nobody outside of the company has had
a chance to test it. So I’d proceed with caution if placing a pre-order… but
it’s also unclear if the pre-orders will be available to potential customers outside
of China in November, or if the rest of the world may have to wait a little
longer to spend money on this little game system.
The prototype is about the same size as a
Nintendo Switch game console with the Joy-con controllers attached, although
it’ll weigh nearly twice as much (a Switch + Joy-cons weighs 398 grams).
