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IFA 2023: Our reports from Berlin
by Luca Fontana
Legion Go: Lenovo's gaming handheld is a Switch - with Windows
1/9/2023
Translation: machine translated
Lenovo presented its gaming handheld at the IFA in Berlin. The Legion Go is reminiscent of Nintendo's mobile console and comes with a pair of glasses as an accessory.
The Digitec and Galaxus editorial team reports directly from Berlin from IFA 2023. You can find all the news and background information published so far in our overview:
Most gaming handhelds from the last two years have fixed controllers. Lenovo has decided to make them detachable. This allows you to place the screen in front of you. A USB-C output even makes it possible to use larger, external monitors.
The specs
An overview of the most important data of the Lenovo Legion Go
With the controllers, the Legion Go officially weighs 854 grams. It looks comparatively large and clunky. The display is nice and bright and razor sharp.
Controller with many buttons and functions
Each controller has an analogue joystick. The left one also has a directional pad and the right one has the Xbox ABXY buttons. There are also shoulder buttons and up to four more on the back as well as a scroll wheel. You can place the right-hand controller in the supplied holder and move it like a mouse. Lenovo has designed this primarily for FPS games.
Windows is tricky to use without an external mouse or keyboard. This is despite the fact that the cursor can be controlled using the joystick or the small touchpad on the right-hand controller. But Windows is also intended more as an operating system in the background that runs Steam, the Xbox app and other game launchers. Lenovo has also developed and pre-installed its own with Legion Space.
The games pre-installed for demonstration purposes were entertaining. However, they did not pose a major challenge for the hardware. Accordingly, their performance cannot yet be finally assessed.
Lenovo equips the Legion Go with two USB-C ports. One for charging the battery, which should be half full after just 30 minutes. The other is intended as an output for the image signal and allows the gaming handheld to be connected to a large screen or monitor glasses.
Lenovo Legion Glasses
The Lenovo Legion Glasses are the further development of monitor glasses that Lenovo already showed at IFA last year. You connect the new model to the Legion Go using a 1.2 metre USB-C cable. You can then see the screen content floating in front of you in large format. The two displays in the glasses have a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels.
The concerns are great and yet I think it's good that the Legion Glasses should not only work on the Legion Go. You should be able to connect them to all smartphones and Windows PCs that transmit image signals via their USB-C port.
Price and availability
The Lenovo Legion Go should be available from autumn for 799 euros/francs. The manufacturer has also given the same vague timeframe for the Legion Glasses. The monitor glasses are expected to cost 499 euros/francs.
Cover photo: Michelle Brändle
Jan Johannsen
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Jan.Johannsen@galaxus.deAs a primary school pupil, I used to sit in a friend's living room with many of my classmates to play the Super NES. Now I get my hands on the latest technology and test it for you. In recent years at Curved, Computer Bild and Netzwelt, now at Digitec and Galaxus.
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