Hands on with the $799 ROG Ally X: comfy to hold despite bigger battery and SSD than the original

I've just had some time to play around with the ROG Ally X over at Asus HQ in Taiwan—only moments before the handheld is made available for pre-order at $799., which is more of a mid-generation upgrade than something new altogether, includes a number of key improvements, including to the RAM, battery, SSD, fans, layout, thumbsticks, d-pad and buttons.

The new ROG Ally X weighs 678 grams—70 grams more than the original Ally. It's not a noticeably heavy device, however. I shifted the device from one hand to the other easily enough while fiddling with my camera settings, though how it feels to game on long-term is something I wasn't able to test. The chip inside the Ally X remains the AMD Z1 Extreme that shipped with the original ROG Ally's top model, thus performance will likely mostly stay the same. On the plus side, this means all that extra capacity goes towards a longer battery life.

A few other noteworthy upgrades include new, more efficient fans, more durable thumbstick modules, new d-pad and two Type-C USB ports—one USB 4 compatible and the other USB 3.2 Gen 2. The SD slot has also moved, though admittedly I didn't see where it has moved to. That's supposedlyWe're on the ground at Taiwan's biggest tech show to see what Nvidia, AMD, Intel, Asus, Gigabyte, MSI and more have to show., though the Ally X will only begin to ship towards the end of July.

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