Introducing the Legion Go: Lenovo’s Portable PC with Switch-inspired Features

01.09.2023

An image of the Lenovo Legion Go with its controllers detached.

Cameron Faulkner
(he/him) is Polygon’s business editor. He started blogging about technology as well as video gaming in 2013, as well as moved from The Verge in 2023.

Lenovo has actually debuted its very own portable video gaming computer to complete versus the similarity the Steam Deck as well as the Asus ROG Ally. The Windows 11-powered Legion Go launches in October for $699, as well as it’ll be offered from Lenovo’s website in addition to Best Buy as well as Micro Center.

The Legion Go could resemble its rivals (its specifications resemble theirs, as well), yet its premium display as well as feature-packed removable controllers are presently unparalleled in this room. The screen is an 8.8-inch touchscreen that peaks at 1600p resolution as well as a 144 Hz rejuvenate price; it can reduce to 800p as well as 60 Hz to protect battery life as well as make best use of efficiency. Don’t anticipate the gadget’s 49.2 Wh battery to hold a cost for lengthy while pressing 1600p resolution (though Lenovo asserts it can reenergize back to 70% in thirty minutes when you make use of the consisted of 65 W battery charger).

In FPS setting, the best controller can be relocated like a computer mouse for even more exact activity.

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With its kickstand, having fun games with the controllers removed appears like a practical alternative.

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A close-up shot of the best controller’s computer mouse scroll wheel as well as adjustable macro switches.

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The Legion Go looks quite thick from this angle. Without controllers connected, it’s 0.79 inches thick, which is the dimension of practically 3 apple iphone 14 phones piled.

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The Legion Go’s efforts to stand apart in the portable computer room rely upon techniques that the Nintendo Switch promoted (yet barely improved). It has a kickstand, as an example, permitting it to recline without the demand for added devices. The Legion Go’s trademark function is removable controllers, which resemble sophisticated Joy-Cons. They consist of exact Hall impact joysticks, as well as based upon my experience, those aren’t vulnerable to wandering after prolonged usage — unlike the potentiometers constructed right into the analog embeds the majority of controllers nowadays. All of the common switches are right here, plus great deals of additionals, consisting of several adjustable macro switches, a thumb trackpad, as well as also a computer mouse scroll wheel, for weeping out loud.

To make playing first-person shooters simpler, the best controller can be embedded in a magnetic dock that holds it upright. Once it’s embeded in FPS setting with a toggle button, an optical sensing unit under kicks on, allowing you relocate around like a computer mouse for even more exact intending. It’s an awesome concept, as well as I’m curious to see if it functions well in technique.

Like the ROG Ally as well as the Steam Deck, the Legion Go can be anchored to a screen or a TELEVISION, as well as you can attach controllers to it by means of Bluetooth. It can additionally run games off of a microSD card in addition to a M.2 2242-sized PCIe NVMe SSD (like the one Lenovo uses for some ThinkPad laptops). The beginning design consists of a 256 GB SSD, yet Lenovo will certainly provide 512 GB as well as 1 TB setups also, although the business didn’t introduce rate factors for those variations.

If you take pleasure in a life of high-end, the Legion Go can be watched from your really own exclusive, digital display with Lenovo’s brand-new wired Legion Glasses, which the business additionally revealed Friday. These glasses allow a mobile large-screen experience, with a micro-OLED screen that can press 1080p resolution at a 60 Hz rejuvenate price to every eye.

They additionally provide what Lenovo cases is “high-fidelity” sound with the gadget’s integrated audio speakers. Better yet, they’ll collaborate with greater than simply the Legion Go. Any gadget that sustains USB-C video clip result by means of DisplayPort alt setting ought to function, consisting of Windows as well as macOS computer systems, Android phones, as well as probably various other mobile video gaming equipment. Like the Legion Go, the Legion Glasses are being available in October; they’ll set you back $329.

Source: Polygon