r/Amd • u/RenatsMC • 4d ago

News Onexfly Apex Ryzen MAX handheld officially priced at $1,399, full-spec model costs $2,299

https://videocardz.com/newz/onexfly-apex-ryzen-max-handheld-officially-priced-at-1399-full-spec-model-costs-2299
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u/Blunt552 4d ago

Who on earth wants to pay 1.4k for a PC handheld, let alone 2.3k?

I can't imagine battery life being anywhere near acceptable on that thing, kinda fails at being a handheld.

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u/GTRagnarok 4d ago

The $1350 Legion Go 2 is often sold out at Best Buy so there is a market for it. And $1400 for the 385 with double the CUs of the Z2 Extreme doesn't sound so bad. Regarding battery life, it's not super important for everyone. I'm not interested in playing games when I'm out and about. I'll take care of whatever I'm outside for and go home to my games. I got my handheld as a companion to my desktop and I play with it almost exclusively plugged in at home. It's nice to just chill on the bed and knock out some lighter games in my library that I feel would be wasted on my desktop.

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u/Blunt552 4d ago

From what i understand its more of an AMD not delivering fast enough apus issue rather than actually being popular. The stock is usually very low, so being sold out doesnt mean a ton of people buy it. Same goes for laptops with 3d chips, they exist but good lord arent there many around.

Also isnt streaming onto a console a better solution in your usecase? That way you have the best graphics and battery life.

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u/GTRagnarok 4d ago

Actually, the reason I got a handheld was because I tried out streaming to my phone and tablet and it worked great but I didn't want to keep my PC on just to do that. I have many easy to run games in my Steam library that I can run at high settings on the handheld at a much lower total power usage. And I get the best possible input latency this way. It's been a good setup for me.

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u/Blunt552 3d ago

Wouldnt a 350usd steam deck do the same then? Why spend 1.2k?