The Acer Nitro Blaze is the latest attempt to dethrone the Steam Deck with 2 TB of storage if you never want to uninstall a game again.
I don't know how many gamers were asking for a handheld with a racing motif, but the Acer Nitro Blaze has more than enough race car decals to go around.As in any race, being behind the pack has some advantages. It means you can look at your competitors and capitalize on their mistakes before you swoop in for the win. Acer thinks its best chance to take on theis the Nitro Blaze 7.
Other than its CPU, the device runs on 16 GB of LPDDR5X RAM. The 7-inch display supports up to 144 Hz refresh rates and AMD FreeSync. It will be hard to beat Valve’s OLED display on its latest handheld, but at least it’s a good baseline. As for battery life, it has a 50Wh battery. It’s equivalent to the Steam Deck OLED, but it pales compared to the Ally X’s 80Wh battery.The controls are what you expect, from the face buttons to the d-pad and left and right hall effect triggers.
Otherwise, it does have two USB-C ports and a microSD card slot on top of that whopping 2 TB of storage at the high end. My usual suggestion for somebody shopping for a handheld is to grab the minimum SSD you think you’ll need to play your games on the go, then grab a cheaper microSD card on sale for your less-intensive titles or for emulation.
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