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Handheld gaming

Handheld gaming has taken off, and it doesn’t seem like it will be going away anytime soon, thanks to the ever-improving chipsets that can sip power while churning out mind-boggling performance. There are a slew of new ones that will be announced early next year. However, it’s Christmas soon, and if you want to buy one, we recommend the ROG Ally X. Technically, it has the same chipset as the previous ROG, namely the Z1 Extreme from AMD, but the newer one comes with almost double the battery life and with all the flaws of the ROG Ally ironed out.  If you can’t afford it, we still recommend the previous-generation ROG Ally Z1 Extreme, which can be refurbished on Amazon for around R35,000. If that one is out of budget too, think about picking up the Anbernic RG35XX. It is a retro handheld that can emulate any title up to PS1 with no effort. The XX in the model number means it can run on Linux, which gives your geek the option to customise and run various custom operating systems on it. Trust us, they will love that.
Lux: ROG Ally X 
Price: Rs 95,000
Super saver: ROG Ally Z1 Extreme
Price: Rs 49,000
Slumming it: Anbernic RG35XX Price: Rs 5,517