TECH NEWS – We’ve also got the specifications of the device that the company has already revealed (and partially leaked).

The full name of the first model will be the MSI Claw A1M and it’s the company’s entry into the handheld PC market, which includes the Steam Deck from Valve, the ROG Ally from Asus and the Legion Go from Lenovo, for example. The only difference is that the competitors have all chosen AMD technology. MSI, on the other hand, has gone with Intel, so there’s no AMD Ryzen APU in the machine (which weighs 675g) with the dragon design and Wi-Fi 7.

The best APU is an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H with a standard power consumption of 28W. This chip has 16 cores and 22 threads, 24 MB of cache and a maximum clock speed of 4.8 GHz. MSI seems to have waited for Intel to develop a graphics solution that can keep up with AMD, as the Arc Xe-LPG integrated graphics chip (with 8 Xe cores at a maximum of 2.25 GHz) is not weak. Windows 11 Home runs on the machine, which of course has an ergonomic design. The display is 7 inches, FHD (1920×1080) resolution, 120 Hz refresh rate, touchscreen, 100% sRGB coverage, 500 nits brightness and an IPS panel.

Hall effect triggers and analog sticks are built into the device to provide long-lasting precision without drift. The battery has a capacity of 53Whr (MSI says you can cram two hours of gaming into the machine before it needs recharging; the Steam Deck OLED’s is 50Whr, the Asus ROG Ally’s is 40), and Cooler Boost HyperFlow technology (which the company says is revolutionary) channels air so internal components don’t overheat. Macro keys let you use one-touch key combinations, the Thunderbolt 4 port lets you connect a lot of stuff quickly, MSI Center M provides an easy-to-use interface tailored for handheld devices, while the MSI AI Engine automatically adjusts system settings to suit you.

In addition to two 2W speakers, the A1M has a microSD card reader, a 3.5mm jack, a volume button, two analog sticks, two triggers and two macro buttons. MSI plans to release the Claw A1M in late March for $700 (Core Ultra 5 125U, 16GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM, 512GB PCIe Gen4 NVMe storage) or $800 (Core Ultra 7 155H, 16GB RAM, 1TB storage).

Source: WCCFTech