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.
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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:
AYA NEO AIR | ||
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CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 5560U | AMD Ryzen 5 5560U |
GPU | AMD Radeon RX Vega 66 Compute Units, 1,600 MHz | AMD Radeon RX Vega 66 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 | |||
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CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 5560U | AMD Ryzen 5 5560U | AMD Ryzen 7 5825U |
GPU | AMD Radeon RX Vega 66 Compute Units, 1,600 MHz | AMD Radeon RX Vega 66 Compute Units, 1,600 MHz | AMD Radeon RX Vega 88 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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