Rumors have been circulating for some time, indicating that ASUS deliberate to launch a brand new model of its ROG Ally gaming handheld this 12 months. This led to individuals speculating that it might be a full-blown sequin or laptop-style refresh with new Ryzen {hardware} or presumably even a brand new OLED show, ala the Steam Deck refresh.
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Current hypothesis and rumor have pointed to the 2024 ROG Ally refresh being nothing greater than a minor {hardware} replace that might repair the SD Card Reader points which have plagued some items since ASUS launched the Home windows 11-based PC gaming handheld in 2023. It is a minor however very welcome repair that might type out one of many solely actual faults with the {hardware} and one thing that would not warrant a particular presentation.
That mentioned, ASUS is teasing a particular stream set to broadcast tomorrow with the title ‘The Subsequent ROG Ally.’ This means that there is much more coming to the ROG Ally 2024 refresh than a repair to the SD Card Reader.
Personally, I believe the refresh is all about making changes to issues outdoors of the AMD Ryzen {hardware} on the within. On that entrance, the probabilities of it that includes AMD’s new Strix Halo APU are slim as a result of the processor has but to be formally introduced. With that in thoughts, and that is pure hypothesis, the ROG Ally 2024 might be a brand new mannequin with a bigger battery, refined thermals, and a high-refresh-rate OLED show.
The latter can be wonderful to see, as OLED know-how has been a sport changer for the Nintendo Swap and Steam Deck, the place the identical video games working on the identical underlying {hardware} look notably higher.
We do not have to attend lengthy to search out out, so keep tuned.