Acer has introduced its first Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally competitor, the Acer Nitro Blaze 7. The Verge’s Sean Hollister experiences: Like Asus — however in contrast to most rivals — it includes a seven-inch 1080p variable refresh charge IPS display to maintain issues clean, one which refreshes barely sooner at 144Hz. (Acer tells The Verge it is a landscape-native display.) It is also bought a more recent Ryzen 7 8840HS chip, albeit with the identical Radeon 780M built-in GPU as most different Home windows handhelds. With 16GB of 7500 MT/s reminiscence and a 50 watt-hour battery, it is a step forward of the unique Ally’s 6400 MT/s reminiscence and 40Wh pack, and it comes with as much as 2TB price of SSD storage. However with 24GB of reminiscence and an 80Wh pack, the $800 Asus ROG Ally X is at present the Home windows handheld to beat, so I believe this Acer might want to price fairly a bit much less to compete.
The Nitro has no touchpads, but it surely additionally unusually has no again buttons; most PC handhelds now have not less than two macro keys round again. However I believe some folks shall be glad that it not solely has two USB4 ports however that certainly one of them is on the underside. Hopefully, we’ll get our alternative of whether or not to cost and dock from prime or backside with this moveable PC. Acer launched a product launch video on YouTube however hasn’t shared pricing or launch data.
