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Dear Reddit, I am in dire need of advice, I have two sell two of my handhelds, and I can’t make up my mind 😬 Here are the candidates: GPD Win Max 2025 HX370: powerful and doubles as a laptop on a pinch, best travel option. SteamDeck OLED 1TB Limited Edition: best ergonomics, by far, beautiful screen, but underpowered. AyaNeo Pocket S: powerful Android handheld that can run Switch and Steam PC games via emulation, it is also the most portable, fits in a jacket’s pocket. Nintendo Switch 2: access to future Nintendo first-party titles. MSI Claw 8 AI+: the most powerful of the bunch, even if a HX370 or Z2 Extreme device can match its performance for some titles, XESS is miles ahead in quality, FSR is quite ugly in comparison. Which two would you sell, and why?

Hi all! I managed to get a hold of a Legion Go 2 yesterday, and the reason I wanted it is probably a bit different than most people on this sub. I use my handhelds strictly for streaming my desktop PC with an NVIDIA RTX 4070 via Moonlight / Artemis / Apollo. I just prefer gaming on the couch downstairs instead of at the same desk where I work remotely all day. Before receiving the Legion Go 2 yesterday, I have been using a Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 (11 inch 1440p OLED screen and a Snapdragon chip) with the Razer Kishi V3 Pro XL controller. I will probably sell one of the two devices, and here are my impressions so far (hopefully somebody will find this comparison useful): \- The decoding latency is better on the Legion Go 2. It is less than 1 ms, whilst on the Tab S9 it is 4 - 6 ms on average. To be honest, I don't really notice the difference as 4 - 6 ms is already very close to natively playing on the PC itself. \- The ergonomics are way better with the Tab S9. I owned a Steam Deck OLED, MSI Claw 8 AI+ and a Lenovo Legion Go S before having the Legion Go 2 and the Tab S9. The Razer controller with the tab S9 FAR exceeds any handheld on the market currently in terms of ergonomics. It is like holding an Xbox controller. \- The weight: the Tab S9 with the controller is close to 700 grams, while the Legion Go 2 is close to 900 grams. You can definitely feel the Lenovo is heavier, but you hold it differently than the Tab S9 so the weight is more evenly divided. It doesn't really feel heavier while you are playing a game, and is not a reason I would ditch the Legion Go 2 for the Tab S9. \- The resolution: while the Tab S9 has a 2560 x 1600 OLED screen, and the Legion Go 2 has a 1920 x 1200 OLED screen, it does not feel more blurry while playing a game. But to be honest, I use a virtual display with my streaming setup, and I force the resolution to 2560 x 1600 on the Legion Go 2. Maybe it is a placebo effect, but when I was streaming with a 1920 x 1200 resolution, the image felt more blurry... After changing it, there is literally no difference between the two devices in terms of resolution. \- The screen size: 8,8 inch on the Legion Go 2 vs 11 inch on the Tab S9. For handheld gaming, 11 inch is simply too big. However, I scale my streaming display size smaller, to the equivalent of a 9,8 inch screen. This results in a bit bigger black bars at the sides, but it is an OLED, so you don't notice it at all while playing a game. For me personally, 9,8 inch is ideal to play AAA games on a handheld as the UI and subtitles are often too small, as they are made for large monitors or TV's in mind. The other handhelds I had with 7 inch and 8 inch screens were definitely too small to play these games imo. 8,8 inch is the minimum for me. \- The battery: definitely better on the Tab S9. I can stream 6 - 8 hours with it, while the Lenovo was pretty drained after 3 - 4 hours. So all in all I actually prefer the Tab S9 currently. But it's only been a day with the Lenovo, so maybe it is just a matter of getting used to a new device. I do prefer the idea of the Legion Go 2, as it is a proper handheld instead of a modified tablet. The thing that bothers me the most with the tablet is the fact that the controller is not fully covering the sides of the tablet, which results in tipping the tablet constantly and not finding a 'sweet spot' to game on it for long periods of time. The Legion Go 2 does not have this problem ofcourse, as it is just a normal handheld with the controllers covering the full screen sides. This might be the reason I will keep the Lenovo instead of the Tab S9. Happy to answer questions, if there are any!

I had the Steam Deck OLED, didn't like it at all, especially for $650. Only ran a select number of games, didn't run games good at all and also the build quality was bad as I ran into "sticky buttons", and apparently I am not the only person who has had this issue. So I returned it. Given my very low expections of handhelds, I bought a MSI Claw 8 AI+ just for simply playing Diablo 2 Resurrected (a new expansion got announced) on the couch. Man ... handhelds in 2026 are completely different. They run any AAA games no problem at all. These things really perform like consoles now, except you can hold it in your hands. Now I play every game on this handheld (not just D2R). Ever since I got this MSI Claw 8 AI+, I haven't played a game on my PC with a RTX 5080. And the next gen handhelds are going to be even better as Intel Panther Lake is going to be alot more efficient.

Like in here in Indonesia, we got price like Msi Claw 8 AI+ 700$ (used one cost around 600$) Msi claw 8 Z2 Extreme 650$ Rog Ally X Z2 Extreme 900$ Lenovo Legion Go 2 1660$ Man, I mean seems like the handheld price is going crazy enough and match the used gaming laptop price. I know with term "Portable, flexibility" but the price is on the space of the gaming laptop one, like buy with high price tag for mediocre perfomance if compete with desktop pc or gaming laptop. In here meet some gamer friend, who buy the LegionGo2 using debt ways with the 2 year payment terms. Cash payment is 1660$, but if choose the Paylater payment, price is going 1900$ with monthly payment is 79$. Like "How the hell handheld cost you 2 year instead the gaming laptop one". 900$ in here can get i5 Gen 12, 24GB ram, RTX 3060 used laptop in here, example is ROG Flow series. Even 1900$ can get Legion 7 laptop. After all, Ended up buying Msi Claw A8 Z2 Extreme because cheap enough and this is my first time using handheld pc. The only complaint is just plasticky but lightweight, MSI software is meh but its got better after update. Whats your all opinion for this high cost for the handheld one?