Zotac may be late in the game, but at least they finally made it. The company has released its first handheld gaming PC called the Zotac Zone.
To stand out in an already saturated market, the Zotac Zone has been equipped with a vibrant 7-inch AMOLED touchscreen that boasts 150% sRGB and 100% DCI-P3 coverage. It also supports HDR and has a peak brightness of 800 nits. Of course, it will have a 120Hz high refresh rate for a smoother gaming experience.
For the controls, it has two-stage adjustable triggers that let you choose between a hair trigger for a more granular control or classic full-pull trigger. There are also hall effect joysticks, radial dials, and trackpads on each side.
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There are also triggers on the back with an RGB strip in the middle and the large cooling vents and the built-in kickstand. Two speakers in a stereo setup are at the bottom.
For the hardware, it has an AMD Ryzen 7 8840U CPU, Radeon 780M graphics, 16B of RAM, and a 512GB PCIe 4.0 M.2 2280 SSD that should be easy to expand if you need to.
For connectivity, it has WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, two USB 4.0 ports, a UHS-II microSD card slot, and even its own 720p webcam. The battery has a 43Wh capacity, which is much lower than one of its top competitors, the new ASUS ROG Ally X.
The Zotac Zone will apparently retail for a price of USD799 (~Php45,100). More availability details shall be revealed soon.
Zotac Zone Specs
- Windows 11 Home, Game Pass
- 7-inch FHD AMOLED display, 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution, ~314ppi
- 120Hz refresh rate, 10-point capacitive touchscreen
- HDR support, 800 nits, 16:9 aspect ratio
- AMD Ryzen 884OU CPU
- 8 cores, 16 threads, 3.3GHz, up to 5.1GHz
- 15W-28W TDP
- 16GB LPDDR5X 7500MHz RAM, onboard
- AMD Radeon 780M graphics, 12 cores, up to 2.7GHz
- 512GB M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD 2280
- WiFi 6E
- Bluetooth 5.2
- Stereo speakers, down-firing
- Built-in microphone
- 3.5mm headphone jack
- 2x USB-C 4.0 (DisplayPort support)
- 1-megapixel 720p webcam
- Controls and buttons
- Fingerprint power button
- Volume controls
- ABXY buttons
- D-Pad
- L&R Hall Effect Triggers
- 2x Hall Effect Thumbsticks
- 2x 2-stage Adjustable Trigger switch
- L&R Bumpers
- 2x Radial Dials
- 2x Trackpads
- 2x Programmable Grip buttons
- ZONE Button
- View button
- Home Button
- Option Button
- More Button
- Haptic feedback
- 6-axis gyroscope
- 1x Lanyard tie-point
- Rear RGB lighting strip
- Dimensions: 285 x 115 x 35mm
- Weight: 692g
- Colors: Black
- 48.5Wh 3-cell Li-Ion battery 65W USB-C charging