Orange Pi Neo. Cheap, high-end portable console
The Chinese are going on the offensive in the portable gaming console market. Orange Pi Neo offers top specifications at an affordable price.
First Nintendo Switchand then Valve Steam Deck have proven that gamers are hungry for devices that allow mobile gaming. And although there are a lot of gaming laptops currently available, they do not work well on the train, on the bus or while lying comfortably on the sofa or bed.
Orange Pi Neo is cheaper than branded competition
Thus, like mushrooms after the rain, new ones appear handhelds. First he was ASUS ROG Allythen Lenovo Legion GoLater MSI Clawand now it's time for the Chinese proposal.
Orange Pi Neo is a device with dimensions of 259 x 107 x 20 millimeters and a weight yet unknown. The system is placed inside AMD Ryzen 7 7840 equipped with 8 cores, 16 threads and clock speed up to 5.1 GHz; integrated graphics system with 12 CU units and a clock of 2.7 GHz and 16 GB LPDDR5-7500 RAM.
It was decided here 7-inch screen about resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels and refresh rate up to 120 Hz. The battery used is a 50 Wh model, and there is also wireless connectivity Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3. The whole thing works under the control of the operating system Linuxand more specifically Manjaro.
What distinguishes Orange Pi Neo from the competition is: low price. We're talking about the top specification for just $499, that is approximately PLN 1,985. A more efficient variant with the AMD Ryzen 7 8840 system will also be available for $599, i.e. approximately PLN 2,385. In Poland, prices should be assumed to be higher by VAT.
