The first gaming handheld to feature one of AMD’s best processors is finally here, but it’s going to be a tough sell. The OneXFly F1 Pro comes with a host of impressive features, from an OLED screen to the powerful Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU. It could undoubtedly beat the Steam Deck and various other rivals. The downside? You might as well just buy a gaming laptop, and a good one, too — because this one’s pretty expensive.
The OneXFly F1 Pro (first spotted by VideoCardz) is a brand-new gaming handheld made by OneXPlayer, a Chinese company. The mini PC comes with all the bells and whistles you could wish for in a new handheld. There’s a 7-inch 1080p OLED screen with a 144Hz refresh rate; LPDDR5X RAM with speeds of up to 7,500MHz; and up to 4TB of PCIe 4.0 solid-state drive storage.
The most interesting bit is the Ryzen APU, though. OneXPlayer managed to have the first gaming handheld that’s built on AMD’s recent Ryzen AI 300 series. There are six different configurations to choose from, but only two APUs, namely the Ryzen AI 9 365 and the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. These are Zen 5 CPUs with built-in RDNA 3.5 graphics, up to the Radeon 890M.
The specs are undoubtedly very solid, but the price may be a roadblock for many. Depending on which handheld you want, you might have to pay up to $1,700 for the top configuration that comes with 64GB of RAM and a 4TB SSD. You could easily buy a gaming laptop with an RTX 4070 for that price. Add a couple hundred more, and you might score a laptop with an RTX 4080.
Of course, a gaming handheld is an entirely different form factor, so you can’t really replace it with a laptop. Still, that price is a testament to the whispers that AMD’s Strix Point is a lot more expensive than the previous generation — because what else could account for such steep pricing other than the OLED panel?
We’ve seen the OneXFly F1 Pro run Black Myth: Wukong at around 60 frames per second (fps) in a vendor benchmark, which bodes well for the console. So far, the reviews of this unit are hard to come by, but it won’t be long before more handhelds join the fray with AMD’s Ryzen AI 300, and the Ryzen Z2 lineup is on the horizon, which may turn out to be more popular in this form factor.
The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.
The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.