"The PSP died, but its body plan lives on like some kind of handheld gaming phylogenetic blueprint. Wide landscape orientation, controls on both sides, screen in the middle. It has been 20 years and we are still building variations on that theme. The GPD Win 5 takes that familiar skeleton and asks a ridiculous question: what if we stuffed desktop level computing power inside it?"
"GPD designed hall effect triggers, capacitive joysticks with zero deadzone, and a proprietary Mini SSD slot that claims speeds far beyond conventional microSD storage. Every innovation exists to solve problems created by the central design decision, which is a refusal to compromise on performance within a handheld form factor. Whether that feels brilliant or stubborn depends entirely on whether you see yourself in the user this was built for."
A PSP-derived handheld silhouette endures with a 7-inch 16:9 display, asymmetrical thumbsticks, D-pad, and face buttons. The chassis is notably thick with aggressive venting and top-edge ports like a compact gaming laptop. Performance-first engineering includes a detachable 80 Wh battery and a quad heat-pipe cooling array. Input innovations include hall-effect triggers and capacitive joysticks with zero deadzone, plus a proprietary Mini SSD slot with claimed speeds above microSD. Internal hardware targets desktop-class power with an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (16 cores/32 threads) paired with Radeon 8060S graphics. Pricing sits in a premium bracket.
Read at Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
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