Zotac teases OLED gaming handheld to rival the Steam Deck

Zotac is getting into portable PC gaming. The company has started to tease the Zotac Zone, a gaming handheld with a seven-inch, high-refresh-rate, touch-enabled screen and two-stage adjustable triggers. Its display will also come with one spec many of its rivals lack: OLED.

Right now, the Steam Deck and the Nintendo Switch are the only two gaming handhelds with OLED display options. This could help set the Zotac Zone apart from an increasingly crowded handheld gaming market, which also includes the Asus Rog Ally, MSI Claw, and the Lenovo Legion Go.

Leaked specs obtained by VideoCardz suggest that the Zone will have an eight-core AMD Ryzen 8840U processor with Radeon 780M integrated graphics. It’s rumored to come with 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 512GB of storage, in addition to a 1080p OLED display and a 120Hz refresh rate. The leaked specs sheet also lists Hall effect joystick and triggers, as well as an estimated 1.25 hours of battery life.

Zotac will reveal more details about the handheld during its appearance at Computex next week. But it doesn’t seem like the Zotac Zone is ready to launch just yet, as Zotac says it will have “functional prototypes” at the event for visitors to try.

Meanwhile, other hardware companies are preparing the next iterations of their handhelds. Asus plans on revealing the ROG Ally X on June 2nd, while rumors suggest that Lenovo is working on a “Lite” version of the Legion Go.

Update May 30th, 10:46AM ET: Added leaked specs.