As one of Steam Deck’s main competitors, the Chinese manufacturer seems to be looking beyond the current format of these handhelds to move from the current format of a portable console to a format that is newer and more classic. And that’s it the upcoming AYA Neo Flip will bring back the clamshell format.

Unfortunately, the details revealed are still relatively small, it can hardly be confirmed that it will be a portable gaming device 7-inch LCD displayalong with the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U processor with Radeon 680M graphics and this cap design which will allow us to fold your screen.

A format that will mean returning to the design is more similar to the design of the Nintendo DS compared to the popular design of the Nintendo Switch. And the point is that instead of the screen in the middle between the controls, the entire screen panel will be separated from them. Although it is not clear whether, given the larger size of the AYA Neo Flip, we could expect the presence of additional buttons or controls, as in its design for the AYA Neo Slide, which hides the keyboard under its screen.

And as we can see in this advanced picture, analog levers (and probably the rest of the buttons) they will be slightly recessed inside the console body so that they do not hit the screen when the lid is closed. On the other hand, it highlights the fact that the screen space seems to be quite optimizedwith relatively small frames around the screen.

Thus, although these figures seem to indicate that the company already has this console practically ready, the fact that its launch is from the last quarter of this year still leaves the door open for AYA Neo Flip to see any design changes at the last minute. But what is clear is