Prototype of Lenovo Legion Go 2 Unveiled in China: Features Ryzen Z2, OLED Display, 1TB SSD, and 32GB RAM

Just hang on a sec. So there I was, scrolling through the depths of Reddit—no clue why I end up there, but hey, who’s keeping track—when suddenly this post jumps out. Some user, Worth_Spot or something (great name, by the way) mentions Lenovo’s factory in China. Apparently, they shut it down, and now they’re offloading developer units of what seems to be a successor to their Legion Go handheld console on these Chinese second-hand sites. Wild, right?

Anyway—wait, was I talking about Reddit or something else? Oh yeah—I found this video on YouTube. No, actually, it was on BiliBili, first. It shows off a pre-production unit of the Legion Go 2, which looks kinda like the older one. It’s got this big 8.8-inch screen and detachable controllers. The screen’s supposedly an OLED by Samsung—a bit techy, I know—but it also supports HDR. Not as crispy as the original, with a 1920 x 1200 resolution, but it’s got a zippy 144 Hz refresh rate and VRR. That VRR is like magic for smooth gameplay. No one likes choppy frames, right?

Umm, let me think. Right! In the video, the thing’s running on some AMD Ryzen Z2 chip, which is Zen 4, with a beefy 8-core/16-thread CPU. Plus, it’s packing a 12-core Radeon 780M GPU. Lenovo had hinted at something like this during CES, saying they’d push out a model with a Ryzen Z2 Extreme processor. Might be true, might not. Who knows?

And the memory! Like, 32GB of LPDDR5X at 7500 MHz. I’m not a tech whiz, but that sounds hefty. Plus, a 1TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD and a 74Wh battery. Full-on gaming beast mode, right? Of course, there are fancy features like Wi-Fi 6E and Windows 11, loaded with gaming goodies, from a game library to on-screen stats. Oh, and this kickstand—don’t we all love those when watching online cat videos? And one of the controllers? Yep, doubles as a mouse. Talk about multitasking!

Rumor has it, this marvel might drop around September with a price tag of roughly a grand. Makes me wonder if I’ll need to sell a kidney or just eat ramen for a year.

As for competition, Lenovo’s got their work cut out. Asus teamed with Microsoft for the ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X, making things spicy in the gaming world. More Xbox love, and maybe even snazzier apps and features for Game Pass. Just saying, it’s like a tech soap opera out there.

Yep, that’s the scoop. Or my tangential dive into the world of gaming consoles. In any case, now I’m off to figure out why I started talking about this in the first place.