A few days ago, ROG unveiled its first handheld e-sports game console product ROG ALLY on April Fool’s Day. Due to the sensitive timing of the announcement, even though the clip was realistic, most people still doubted whether this product really existed. However, as ROG officially confirmed that the ROG ALLY e-sports handheld is not an April Fool’s Day joke, some foreign YouTubers took the lead to unbox and share more details regarding the specifications of this product.
ROG ALLY gaming handheld is not an April Fool’s joke! Overseas YouTuber unboxed and shared more specification details, and an XBOX/PC game controller debuted!
I believe everyone still remembers that ROG released the brand’s first e-sports handheld product ROG ALLY on April Fool’s Day a few days ago, right? Since the official did not disclose the detailed information regarding this handheld at that time, many expecting fans were concerned regarding whether this product will be launched? More people are worried that even if this product is attractive, it will be just an April Fool’s joke in the end. However, ROG’s official Twitter directly responded to the doubts of netizens, confirming that the ROG ALLY e-sports handheld product is not an April Fool’s Day joke, but is really in the launch plan!
Earlier, a foreign YouTuber also unboxed this ROG ALLY e-sports handheld for everyone, and shared his hands-on experience regarding this game console first.
Among them, he also directly compared ROG ALLY with Steam Deck. To put it simply, the body of ROG ALLY is smaller than Steam Deck, but the screen is also 7 inches in size, but it has a 1080p resolution screen, a maximum screen refresh rate of 120Hz and a brightness of 500 nits, and the screen ratio is 16:9.
In terms of hardware specifications, ROG ALLY is equipped with AMD processors, with Zen4 CPU and RDNA3 architecture. The specific specifications have not yet been announced. In addition, ROG ALLY also supports SSD replacement and upgrade.
In terms of body weight, ROG ALLY is slightly lighter than Steam Deck, only 608g in weight.
According to the introduction, ROG ALLY is excellent in terms of heat dissipation and noise suppression. The noise during operation is only 20dB, compared with 37dB for Steam Deck under the same test conditions.
ROG ALLY cooling configuration dual fan and single heat pipe design.
From the perspective of the bottom of the fuselage, you can more clearly distinguish the handheld difference between ROG ALLY and Steam Deck.
On the top of the fuselage, ROG ALLY is also equipped with fuselage cooling holes and various interfaces.
In terms of interface, the ROG ALLY gaming handheld is equipped with USB-C and MicroSD card slots, as well as a headphone jack, volume keys, and power keys for fingerprint recognition sensors.
Among them, the USB-C charging hole also integrates the jack of the external graphics card.
Players can connect to the power supply and play games while charging.
It can also be used with ROG XG Mobile external graphics card to provide powerful gaming performance, such as supporting RTX 4090.
Players can also set different key commands in Armory Crate and add games from different platforms:
In addition to supporting Steam and XGP (Xbox Game Pass), don’t forget that ROG ALLY is an e-sports handheld running Windows 11 system.
In addition, earlier ROG officially unveiled the brand’s first PC/Xbox game controller — ROG Raikiri:
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