Game On: OneXPlayer's X1 Unleashes Intel's Meteor Lake Magic in the Ultimate 3-in-1 Handheld Odyssey

Hold on to your CPU coolers, because in the epic battle of handheld PCs, AMD's been hogging the limelight with its Ryzen 7 7840U APU. But guess what? Someone just handed Intel a ticket to the party, and that someone is none other than OneXPlayer. Yeah, the same crew that brought us the legendary OneXFly. Now, they're dropping the X1 bomb on us, part of the new OneXPlorer series, and it's powered by Intel's fresh-out-of-the-lab Meteor Lake Core Ultra chip.

Picture this: OneXPlayer claims the X1 is a 3-in-1 design, but they're playing hard to get on the details. It looks like a tablet, walks like a tablet, but wait for it... it might just transform into a mini-laptop and a handheld gaming PC. Three in one! Now, I'm no math genius, but that's some serious multitasking for a handheld device. Can it also make coffee? We'll have to wait and see.

The teaser video drops hints like breadcrumbs, but the press release is as mysterious as a cat in the dark. No Intel Core Ultra chip specifics, no RAM and storage details—apparently, it's a secret society of specs over at OneXPlayer. The 10.95-inch (let's round it up to 11, because why not?) 2.5K resolution screen is there, looking all fancy with a 120Hz refresh rate. Is it IPS or OLED? Your guess is as good as mine, but it sure looks snazzy in the video.

And let's talk about those speakers. They've been tuned by engineers skilled in 'Harman AudioEFX technology.' Translation: They sound nice. Real nice. What does that mean? Absolutely anything, but we're going with it because, hey, engineers and technology and stuff.

Now, if I were to channel my inner Nostradamus, I'd bet on the Core Ultra 7 155H doing the heavy lifting, with a dynamic TDP that sounds like it's ready to turbocharge your gaming dreams. RAM? Probably 16GB or 32GB of LPDDR5—enough to keep the Core Ultra's rendering chops at peak performance. And there's bound to be an NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD lurking inside, possibly 512GB as standard, but who knows, you might upgrade to 1TB and beyond. Controllers included or sold separately? The mystery deepens.

The burning questions remain: Will it break the bank at more than $999? Will it have more connectivity options than a social butterfly? We're on a mission, folks. We've sent a carrier pigeon to OneXPlayer to spill the beans before the official launch in January 2024. Fingers crossed, this could be the handheld gaming PC we never knew we needed—coffee-making capabilities optional.