Lenovo Legion 2 prototype shows off a massive OLED display and surprising CPU

Months after we first heard about it, the Lenovo Legion Go 2 has reportedly been leaked on Chinese social media. A so-called prototype, the model gives us a glimpse of this AMD-powered handheld in the real world, packed with specs to help it rival both the Steam Deck and the new Asus Xbox Ally X handheld when it launches.

Although the Lenovo Legion Go 2 was officially unveiled back in January 2025, we've not seen or heard much of it since. Lenovo didn't announce a release date or a price at the time, and the news trail has been cold since. This prototype popping up is set to change that, however. Packed with an 8.8-inch OLED display, this device could find its way into our best handheld guide, depending on how well it performs once it launches.

Shared in a video that was first posted on Bilibili and then later on YouTube, the handheld (named a "prototype" in the video description) is put through a series of tests, along with a quick run through of its specs. One of the biggest surprises is that it uses an OLED screen, with the spec sheet shown in the video suggesting that it's 8.8 inches wide with a 500-nit brightness and 1200p screen resolution, along with a 144Hz refresh rate and variable refresh rate (VRR) support.

It also comes with detachable controllers and a built-in kick stand, both of which we saw in our original Legion Go review, as well as 32GB of LPDDR5-7500 RAM and a 2TB SSD.

The device also appears to be running with an AMD Ryzen Z2 APU, not the Z2 Extreme that we were expecting. The prototype reportedly dates back to December 2024, a month before its CES 2025 unveiling, which could explain the discrepancy. This could have been built because the older CPU was more readily available, although there's nothing to confirm that.

A Reddit post made to discuss this video claims that these prototype handhelds are already being sold on a second-hand Chinese platform called Xianyu, a popular marketplace for engineering samples, following the closure of a Lenovo manufacturing plant. Whether or not the hardware is finalized or not remains to be seen, but this prototype does give us a good idea of what we might expect from Lenovo's next handheld.

However, it's important to stress the word might. If this is a legitimate prototype, it's reportedly over six months old, running an outdated CPU that Lenovo has already suggested won't be in use. Much could still change, and we'll be keen to put the finalized Legion Go 2 through its paces once it does, eventually, launch.

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