Asus has announced its next handheld gaming PC, but it's not quite the ROG Ally 2. The new handheld will be called the ROG Ally X, and it'll be a revised version of the original ROG Ally.
We don't know everything about the new device just yet, but we do know this time it comes in black. Asus employees Jake Kulinski and Whitson Gordon announced a few details during an extremely brief ROG stream. «It's not a full redesign or a totally new generation,» Gordon says. «Not everything is changing but there are significant improvements across the board,» says Kulinksi. «The battery has been improved, and it's not a small battery improvement.
Improvements to storage, RAM, ports and maybe other physical changes to the device itself.» Asus has been light on the details, for now.
The company says we'll have to wait until June 2 for more, during a 'Special Announcement'. This, unlike today's teaser, will be a full reveal.
Though that's not strictly true, as the company has spoken briefly to The Verge about the new device. Besides a new black colourway, which Asus has reportedly confirmed, one of the headline features of the new ROG Ally X handheld will be a much improved battery life, said Asus employee Shawn Yen to The Verge's Sean Hollister.