The MSI Claw A8 handheld game console begins to be sold in the US and Europe. According to VideoCardz, in the US, the model with the index BZ2EM-070US is offered in configuration with 24 GB of LPDDR5X-8000 RAM and a 1 TB solid-state hard drive.
The console is equipped with a Ryzen Z2 Extreme processor and an 8-inch IPS touchscreen display with a resolution of 1920×1200 pixels, up to 500 nits brightness, and a 120 Hz refresh rate. The display supports dynamic refresh rate (VRR) technology.
Autonomous operation is provided by an 80 Wh battery with support for charging up to 65 W. The device also received two USB4 ports with support for DisplayPort, Power Delivery 3.0 and compatibility with Thunderbolt 4. Among other things, it should be noted the presence of a wireless module Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4.
In the United States, the MSI Claw A8 is available from Newegg at a price of $1149 (about 87 thousand rubles). At the same time, the current Claw 8 AI+ model based on the Intel Lunar Lake platform now costs $50 less and offers more RAM – 32 GB.
