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AYA NEO AIR: Full specifications and prices confirmed for multiple configurations

AYA NEO will sell the AIR and AIR Pro in several configurations, starting with the Ryzen 5 5560U. (Image source: AYA NEO)
AYA NEO will sell the AIR and AIR Pro in several configurations, starting with the Ryzen 5 5560U. (Image source: AYA NEO)
AYA NEO has announced that it intends to sell the AYA NEO AIR and AYA NEO AIR Pro, available with up to the AMD Ryzen 7 5825U APU. The AYA NEO AIR series will start at US$499 when it debuts on Indiegogo soon.

AYA NEO has finally unveiled full specifications for the AYA NEO AIR, its first gaming handheld with an OLED display. According to AYA NEO, the device has a 5.5-inch panel that operates at 1,920 x 1,080 pixels, which also makes the AIR a higher resolution option than other AYA NEO devices.

As expected, the AYA NEO AIR relies on low-powered Ryzen 5000 APUs, the TDPs of which it can configure as low as 5 W. However, the AYA NEO AIR Pro can boost to 18 W when needed, unlike the regular model. Fundamentally, the AYA NEO AIR and AYA NEO AIR Pro are the same device, but there are a few differences.

(Image source: AYA NEO)
(Image source: AYA NEO)

For one, only Pro models come with more than 256 GB of storage. Also, AYA NEO equips Pro models with a larger battery that adds up to 45 g compared to the entry-level configuration. Unsurprisingly, Pro models are more expensive than regular AYA NEO AIR units, although by as little as US$20 in some cases. At launch, AYA NEO will offer the AYA NEO AIR series in five configurations, most of which with the Ryzen 5 5560U. As it stands, only one configuration contains the Ryzen 7 5825U, which has two more cores and 4 more threads than the Ryzen 5 5560U.

For reference, both APUs hail from AMD's Barcelo family, a refresh of Cezanne U-series APUs that feature Zen 3 CPU cores. As such, the AYA NEO AIR has a Radeon RX Vega iGPU, regardless of whether you choose a standard or Pro model. So far, AYA NEO has confirmed that the AYA NEO AIR series will begin shipping in early August 2022, but only for non-Pro configurations. By contrast, the company estimates that AYA NEO AIR Pro pre-orders will start shipping a month later. The prices for the various AYA NEO AIR configurations are as follows:

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AYA NEO AIR
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5560U AMD Ryzen 5 5560U
GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
6 Compute Units, 1,600 MHz
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
6 Compute Units, 1,600 MHz
TDP 5-12 W 5-15 W
RAM 8 GB LPDDR4x-3200 16 GB LPDDR4x-4266
SSD 128 GB 256 GB
Battery capacity 28 Wh (7,350 mAh) 28 Wh (7,350 mAh)
Fingerprint reader No Yes
Colours White Black
Dimensions 224.0 x 89.5 x 17.0~26.7 mm 224.0 x 89.5 x 18.0~26.7 mm
Weight 395 g 410 g
Price US$499 (early bird)/US$599 (retail) US$569 (early bird)/US$629 (retail)
AYA NEO AIR Pro
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5560U AMD Ryzen 5 5560U AMD Ryzen 7 5825U
GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
6 Compute Units, 1,600 MHz
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
6 Compute Units, 1,600 MHz
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
8 Compute Units, 2,000 MHz
TDP 5-18 W 5-18 W 5-18 W
RAM 16 GB LPDDR4x-4266 16 GB LPDDR4x-4266 32 GB LPDDR4x-4266
SSD 512 GB/1 TB 512 GB/1 TB 512 GB/1 TB/2 TB
Battery capacity 38 Wh (10,050 mAh) 38 Wh (10,050 mAh)
Fingerprint reader Yes Yes Yes
Colours Black, White, Pink Black, White Black, White, Silver (32 GB/2 TB configuration only)
Dimensions 224.0 x 89.5 x 21.6~26.7 mm 224.0 x 89.5 x 21.6~26.7 mm 224.0 x 89.5 x 21.6~26.7 mm
Weight 450 g 450 g 450 g
Price US$599 (early bird)/US$649 (retail) 16 GB/512 GB - US$649 (early bird)/US$699 (retail)
16 GB/1 TB - US$749 (early bird)/US$799 (retail)
16 GB/512 GB - US$899 (early bird)/US$999 (retail)
16 GB/1 TB - US$999 (early bird)/US$1,099 (retail)
32 GB/2 TB - US$1,299 (early bird)/US$1,399 (retail)
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Alex Alderson, 2022-05-29 (Update: 2022-05-29)