ONEXPLAYER 2 is one of the most powerful handheld consoles in the industry. One-Netbook technology He’s just put it on sale for delivery in March, but if you want it, you should know that it’s price has gone up since the campaign crowdfunding. And it’s not exactly cheap.

The launch of Steam Deck and the success of the Nintendo Switch caused revival of handheld gaming machines. Some portable consoles that were very important in their day, but that have succumbed to the versatility and increased performance of smartphones. Before the arrival of the Valve machine, there were already great handheld specialists like the one at hand from a Chinese manufacturer that sold thousands of One Xplayers.

ONEXPLAYER 2, powerful, versatile and expensive

Now comes the second generation, which improves everything compared to the original, but at a much higher price. You’ll have to decide if it’s worth it. Start of lesson. The machine uses an IPS screen with large dimensions and resolution, 8.4 inches and QHD for 2,560 x 1,600 pixels, 350 nits of brightness, and stylus compatibility thanks to its 10-point multi-touch capability.

Gaming is easy with two detachable controllers, analog and digital controllers with matching buttons like a console controller, and 6-axis motion sensors. One-Netbook separately sells a “hand connector” that allows it to be used as a wireless game controller in front of the TV. It also sells optional accessories like a magnetic keyboard, carrying case and even an active stylus.

Its internal hardware confirms the high level of the console as it is connected AMD Ryzen 7 6800U with 8 Zen 3+ CPU cores with a frequency of up to 4.7 GHz and a Radeon 680M graphics card with 12 cores and a frequency of up to 2.2 GHz. It is complemented by 16 or 32 GB of LPDD5x memory (6400 MHz) and a PCIe SSD up to 2 TB. The manufacturer added a cooling system with an active fan and a double copper heatpipe with an aluminum heatsink. Great level, no doubt about it; higher than many computers.

It supports Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2, has a USB4 and USB3 port, a microSD memory card reader, stereo speakers tuned by Harman Kardon and a combined 3.5mm audio jack. It includes a 65.5 Wh adapter capable of charging the battery to 50% in 40 minutes. Its versatility of use It can be seen in the following picture:

The ONEXPLAYER 2 comes pre-installed with Windows 11 and is for sale on its website in two colors (black and white). from $1,099 with 16 GB of memory and 512 GB for storage. The price has grown quite a bit since the beginning of its journey in the crowdfunding program. Alternatives like Steam Deck have fewer features and are smaller, but much cheaper.