Ayaneo's teasing us with concept photos of its 'Code: REVO' handheld, a codename 'symbolizing the innovative strength that leads gamers to walk into a whole new dimension of Ayaneo handhelds'

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While Valve’s made it clear itwon’t be releasing a new Steam Deck every year, thehandheld gaming PCmarket seems to be paying no heed. With talk of not one butthree upcoming Lenovo Legion Go handheldsand Ayaneoteasing the Ayaneo 3, there was already plenty on the horizon for us connoisseurs of the lap and finger warmers.

There’s now even more teasing afoot, this time of the more visual variety, asAyeneo has releasedsome tantalisingly shrouded images of the Ayaneo 3, which it now calls “Code: REVO”. This codename, it says, “stands for the Revolution as the internal development code of Ayaneo 3, symbolizing the innovative strength that leads gamers [to] walk into a whole new dimension of Ayaneo handhelds”.

Yeah… Ayaneo certainly knows how to toot its own horn. We knew this already, though, as the previous announcement proclaimed the upcoming handheld is a “revolution” and “foreshadows the future possibilities of handheld devices.” In other words, a whole lot of “we’re about to do something cool!” with little mention of what that cool thing is actually going to be.

Given Ayaneo seems to release handhelds like Apple releases iPhones, the emphasis on “revolution” might be an attempt to distinguish it from its own crowded lineup. Now would be the time to do so, too, given there are two new mobile processor generations out there, heralding the apparent AI era, in the form ofIntel Lunar Lake (Core Ultra 200V)andAMD Strix Point (Ryzen AI 300).

The big debate over all upcoming handhelds will be which of these they opt for. It looks like Lenovo might go the AMD route for new Legion Go handhelds, with one of these being a Strix Point version of a possible Z2 APU, the Z2 Extreme. The MSI Claw 8, however, willfeature a Lunar Lake chip, so it’s an open field right now.

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Ayaneo 3 handheld gaming PC concept design

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Ayaneo 3 handheld gaming PC concept design

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Ayaneo 3 handheld gaming PC concept design

Chip speculation aside, apart from Ayaneo’s flowery words, what we now have are some lovely “concept” images of the curvaceous Ayaneo 3, which looks pretty similar to the Ayaneo 2, full frontal glass panel and all. In other words, there’s little here to tell us exactly how the new Ayaneo handheld is going to be so revolutionary.

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It doesn’t matter how sleek the Ayaneo 3’s concept design looks, the “Code: REVO” will certainly have to be revolutionary to see me part ways with over $1,000. There’s always the chance it could break into the sub-$1,000 market and compete with other mainstream handheld gaming PCs.

Ayaneo handhelds in general aren’t necessarily strangers to the sub-$1,000 market. The newAyaneo Flip DS, for instance, is competitively priced at$749and genuinely quite innovative, at least in its mad-scientist combination of Windows handheld and Nintendo DS design.

It’s not impossible that the Ayaneo 3 could be competitive in the mainstream market. However, given it’s continuing the Ayaneo 2’s lineage, I somehow doubt it. But is that such a bad thing? High-end, expensive products are always more niche, but that doesn’t have to be a mark against them. Unfortunately, all we have to go off right now are pictures and marketing spin, so we’ll just have to wait and see.

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