AYA Neo Air Plus is the latest portable console introduced by a Chinese company. If the Aya Neo 2 we saw last week is one of the most powerful on the market with an AMD Ryzen 7 6800U processor and RDNA 2 graphics, it will be the cheapest you can find with x86 hardware.

On several occasions, we commented on Valve’s Steam Deck as a shock to the revival of the portable gaming machine segment. These types of consoles are and more specialized solutions for mobile games which is produced mainly by versatile smartphones.

AYA Neo Air Plus: reduced price

This handheld offers a view 6-inch diagonal and native FHD resolution. Like the company’s other machines, AMD’s hardware dedication is total, and this time it connects APU “Mendocino” which combine Zen 2 processor cores with modern graphics under RDNA 2 architecture.

It’s the same type of chip that Valve uses for his own SoC “Aerith” on Steam Deck. The amount of RAM and its type were not provided, we assume that DDR4 will reduce costs. It allegedly has an M.2 2280 SSD and a microSD memory card reader for storage.

The AYA Neo Air Plus has typical controls that you would find on a gamepad, but connected to a smartphone-sized machine. Another advantage is the ability to run multiple systemsOS AYA Neo based on Linux, Windows and also the Steam OS console Valve itself.

The retail price was set at $ 289, although the company will offer a launch event (for AYA community members) that will reduce it to $ 199.

We don’t know what you’ll have to do to get to this event, but it’s the lowest price for an x86 machine of its kind, only half the basic Steam Deck configuration for $ 399 and significantly cheaper than other consoles. Laptops that AYA has on the market.