AYANEO has finally started selling the SLIDE, one of the company's many new gaming handhelds. To recap, AYANEO first showcased the SLIDE in May 2022 alongside the AYANEO 2 with an AMD Ryzen 7 6800U APU. Since then, the SLIDE has undergone changes, including a switch to the Ryzen 7 7840U, an APU that has become the default for modern gaming handhelds.
Specifically, the Ryzen 7 7840U has eight Zen 4-based CPU cores that can boost to 5.1 GHz during demanding tasks. Also, these CPU cores share a 28 W TDP with the Radeon 780M, an RDNA 3-derived iGPU that has 12 Compute Units, a 2.7 GHz peak clock speed and is powerful enough to play triple-A titles at 1080p with low or medium graphics settings, depending on the game.
Additionally, the AYANEO SLIDE has a 6-inch IPS display that peaks at 400 nits with a 1080p native resolution and a 368 PPI pixel density. While the device's display slides up to reveal a built-in keyboard like the GPD Win 4, AYANEO claims that the SLIDE's display can be adjusted between 10° and 30° to improve viewing angles. Please see the specification sheet below for full device details.
AYANEO has introduced four memory configurations at launch, all with LPDDR5X RAM, PCIe 4.0 storage and a choice between Bright Black and Sunrise White colour options. Currently, the AYANEO SLIDE starts at US$699 with 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage, although this price will eventually increase to US$799 on Indiegogo and then to US$899 when AYANEO offers the SKU on its website. As the image immediately below shows, the SLIDE is also available with up to 64 GB of RAM and a 4 TB SSD for a US$1,299 Early Bird price. For now, the company hopes to begin shipping Indiegogo orders from next month.