The manufacturer AYN, previously known for its ARM handhelds, such as the Odin mobile game console with a Snapdragon 845, presents the Loki series, which can optionally be equipped with an APU from the AMD Ryzen 6000U series alias Rembrandt with Zen 3+ and RDNA 2 or a hybrid processor from the Core i 12000 series aka Intel Alder Lake-U.
Three handheld PCs with Core and Ryzen
After the first tentative steps with the ARM-based game console, which in terms of concept is most comparable to the Nintendo Switch Lite, AYN switches to the realm of the Steam Deck and presents three x86 handhelds with the Loki, Loki Mini and Loki Max. While the entry-level variant of the handheld series, the Loki Mini, relies on one of Intel's hybrid CPUs with Intel Iris Xe and up to 96 EUs, the regular version Loki and the top model Loki Max are powered by a Zen 3+ APU.
- Intel Core i 12000 series (“Alder Lake-U”)
- AMD Ryzen 6000 series (“Rembrandt-U” )
- 64, 256, or 512GB PCIe 4.0 SSD
- $299 to $799 MSRP
- Windows 10 or 11
The Loki Mini is limited to 64 GB of fixed memory, the Loki will be offered with either 64, 256 or 512 GB, and the Loki Max will always be offered with the largest PCIe 4.0 SSD.
Many unanswered questions
When AYN will officially present the Loki series and announce all specifications is currently just as little known as that type of funding. At the time, the AYN Odin was financed by almost 11,000 people with around 3.5 million euros via the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo.
While the Odin series, which is divided into the Odin, Odin Lite and Odin Pro models, is available at prices of 185 euros, 325 euros and 375 euros, according to the gaming and retro YouTuber “The Phawx”. now the following prices for the new models have been leaked.
AYN Loki, Loki Mini and Loki Max (Picture: The Phawx) The manufacturer himself published a first teaser of around 30 seconds, which, apart from the design, does not reveal any information .
AYN promises nothing less than with the Loki series “the most affordable Windows handhelds of all time”.
The Most Affordable Windows Handhelds Ever Created. Period.
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