Lenovo Unveils Legion Go 2, Ships in October at $1,049

Lenovo unveiled the Legion Go 2 at IFA 2025 in Berlin on Thursday, confirming the next-generation Windows handheld will go on sale in October with a starting price of about $1,049. The company said the 8.8-inch OLED device builds on the original Legion Go’s detachable-controller design while adding a larger battery, faster display and more powerful AMD processors, positioning the unit as a premium entrant in an increasingly crowded market of portable PC gaming devices.

Lenovo’s announcement listed key specifications that include an 8.8-inch WUXGA (1920 x 1200) OLED panel with up to 144Hz variable refresh rate and HDR TrueBlack 1000 certification; up to an AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme APU; up to 32GB of LPDDR5X memory; up to 2TB of internal PCIe Gen4 storage plus a microSD slot; Hall effect joysticks; two USB4 Type-C ports; and a 74 watt-hour battery, which the company said is roughly 50 percent larger than the original model’s cell. The refreshed Legion TrueStrike detachable controllers are said to be more ergonomic and retain an FPS mode that lets the right module function as a vertical mouse.

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