One Netbook is gearing up to launch the ONEXPLAYER X2 Mini, a handheld gaming PC built around a 22.4 cm (8.8-inch) OLED display with variable refresh rate support and powered by AMD's flagship mobile chip, the Ryzen AI Max+ 395. What sets this device apart from the growing crowd of high-end handhelds is its modularity. The Bluetooth controllers detach, letting you prop the unit up as a standalone console or use it as a tablet, and a magnetic keyboard attachment converts it into a compact laptop. It is equal parts gaming handheld, tablet, and portable workstation.
Under the hood, the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 brings 16 cores, 32 threads, and Radeon 8060S integrated graphics with 40 RDNA 3.5 compute units, delivering performance that rivals discrete GPUs. A 50 TOPS NPU rounds out the silicon for on-device AI workloads. The chip is a powerhouse typically found in mini PCs, but its 45-120W TDP creates a real engineering challenge for portable devices. Battery life at full tilt would be measured in minutes without creative solutions.
One Netbook's answer is an external 85 Wh battery pack that clips onto the back of the handheld. It is a similar strategy to the one GPD and One Netbook's own OneXFly Apex team have adopted for their Strix Halo handhelds, keeping weight and heat partially outside the main chassis while making battery swaps straightforward. AYANEO took the opposite approach with its NEXT II, cramming a 116 Wh cell inside the case, large enough to potentially cause issues with airline carry-on rules. That device launched at $1,799 to $3,499 (€1,660 to €3,220) and has since suspended new orders due to rising RAM and storage costs.
One Netbook has not announced pricing or a release date for the X2 Mini, but any device running this particular AMD chip with a high-end OLED panel and modular controller design will sit firmly in premium territory. For handheld gaming enthusiasts who also want a versatile Linux-capable portable PC, the ONEXPLAYER X2 Mini is shaping up to be one of the most feature-rich options in the Strix Halo generation. The broader OneXPlayer platform has accumulated meaningful upstream Linux kernel support ahead of this launch, with the mainline oxp-sensors EC driver covering fan control and hardware monitoring on AMD-based models, and a HID driver contributed by a Valve engineer in March 2026 adding support for RGB lighting and hardware-level button mapping across OneXPlayer devices. The Ryzen AI Max+ 395 silicon is also officially supported by ROCm, AMD's open-source GPU compute stack, enabling the Radeon 8060S to accelerate local AI workloads under Linux with tools like Ollama.
