Ayaneo Slide Review
The much anticipated Ayaneo Slide is finally upon us. Featuring a pop-up, angle-adjustable screen that reveals a physical keyboard beneath, this Windows gaming handheld comes complete with an 8-core, 16-thread Ryzen 7 7840U, Radeon 780M graphics, Hall Effect joysticks and triggers, and up to 64GB of RAM and 4TB of storage. Prices start at $699 through IndieGoGo, and $799 after early bird, but if you prefer a keyboard on your handheld, this is a device you won’t want to miss.
The Ayaneo Slide is currently available through IndieGoGo . Full details on the device and its different configurations are available on the campaign page :
The Ayaneo Slide is a direct response to the GPD WIN 4, a handheld I reviewed for IGN last summer. It embraces compactness with a six-inch display but unfolds to reveal a full-size keyboard and one of the most comfortable designs of any handheld we’ve tried to date. That should come as no surprise if you’ve follow Ayaneo at all. Its handhelds have always embraced comfortable ergonomics, making them some of the easiest to play over extended periods of time. Because of this, in my estimation, the Slide is now the handheld to choose if you prefer having a physical keyboard with your Windows handheld.
The Slide learns plenty of lessons from its predecessors. One of the things we’ve really seen from Ayaneo is that it loves to iterate on its designs. It’s never very long between its releases, which means that there’s a lot of shared DNA between devices, and that’s certainly true here and works to the Slide’s benefit.
It even starts with the packaging. Virtually every Ayaneo device comes with impressive packaging that immediately makes you feel good about your purchase but the Slide takes it to another level. The box is styled like a giant VHS tape, complete with the outer sleeve. Pull out the inner box and it’s the actual VHS tape. It’s some of the most creative packaging I’ve ever seen and absolutely took me back to childhood for a few minutes
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