The Asus ROG Ally Z1 Extreme is now seeing a successor, but not the ROG Ally 2 just yet— per an unveiling to The Verge ahead of an upcoming official June 2 announcement, the Asus ROG Ally X has been revealed. The device has been confirmed to have mostly the same specifications as the original Asus ROG Ally Z1 Extreme, particularly the 7-inch, 120 Hz VRR IPS display and AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU, which is broadly equivalent to the Ryzen 7 7840U used in other handhelds and some gaming laptops.
So, what meaningful differences are we looking at? Internally, the layout has been tweaked to make different components more repair-friendly, to account for a larger battery, and to use Asus' laptop SD card reader. The previous Ally card reader was speculated to have contributed to overheating, though Asus speaking to The Verge claims "We don't want people to think that's what we had to do."
