Roland Quandt and WinFuture have shared new details about Lenovo's next gaming handheld, which is currently expected to launch as the Legion Go S 8ARP1. To recap, Windows Central revealed fresh promotional images earlier this week, which mirrored a similar leak that NITTRX published over two months ago.
Additionally, the device's '8ARP1' model number appeared to confirm a few hardware specifications, including the presence of an AMD Rembrandt APU. According to Quandt, AMD will market this APU as the Ryzen Z2 GO and not the Ryzen Z2G as it has been referred to previously. Moreover, Quandt remarks that the APU will provide 8 Zen3+ CPU cores clocked at 3 GHz, as well as 4 MB L2 cache and a Radeon 680M iGPU.
Furthermore, the Legion Go S 8ARP1 is said to feature 16 GB of LDDR5 RAM, a 512 GB M.2 2242 SSD and a 55 Wh battery. Meanwhile, the front of the device will be dominated by an 8-inch display that resolves at 1,920 x 1,200 pixels with a 16:10 aspect ratio and a 120 Hz refresh rate. In short, the Legion Go S 8ARP1 will offer worse performance than the existing Legion Go (curr. $539.99 on Amazon).
However, it will do so with a 10% larger battery. Added to that, the drop from 1600p to 1200p should reduce performance overheads. On top of that, Quandt alleges that Lenovo's launch pricing will reflect these downgrades, which would see the Legion Go S 8ARP1 arrive for €600 (~$632). In other words, Lenovo's next gaming handheld may be €200 cheaper than the Legion Go was at launch.