There are a whole bunch of 'if only' features of the OneXPlayer X1 that could have made this interesting take on the market a genuinely great handheld gaming PC. If only the Meteor Lake silicon was efficient enough to deliver a game-changing level of handheld battery life. If only the Xe GPU architecture was more reliable in nailing consistent gaming frame rates across the board. If only those controllers weren't so hollow, confidence-sapping, and didn't get in the damned way. If only it wasn't designed to work with a magnetic keyboard.
For what it is, however, I still have genuine affection for it, though in all honesty, I don't think I'll ever use it as anything more than the chonky tablet PC it really is at its heart. Though there is no getting away from that fact it is a faintly ridiculous-looking device when you've got the keyboard and elephant-ear controllers attached.
