OneXPlayer has officially announced its latest gaming handheld, the OneXFly Apex, which puts the exciting AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU and Radeon 8060 graphics into a compact handheld form factor with some interesting cooling and power tricks. The new Windows gaming handheld from OneXPlayer is clearly aimed to combat recent announcements from the likes of GPD, replete with a detachable battery, just like GPD's Win 5. Unlike the Win 5, however, OneXPlayer also saw fit to equip the OneXFly Apex with a liquid cooling system to keep the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 in check. OneXPlayer says that the powerful APU is capable of drawing as much as 120 W with this cooling solution, claiming that it is the first Windows gaming handheld to achieve this feat. The Apex will come with an 8-inch, 120 Hz IPS display with a maximum rated brightness of 500 nits and 100% coverage of the sRGB color space.

The watercooling solution is a detachable tower containing the radiator, pump, and reservior, much like the XMG Neo 17's Oasis system we reviewed prior. In handheld mode, without the water cooling tower, the OneXFly's APU is said to be capable of sustained 80 W TDP with up to 100 W supposedly also possible. This is all powered by an 85 Wh external battery in a similar piggyback configuration to GPD's Win 5 detachable battery. OneXPlayer showed off some comparative testing putting the device up against another handheld equipped with the AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, and the Strix Halo-powered device expectedly blew the smaller APU out of the water when it came to gaming tests. As is the case with other portable devices using the same APU, the OneXPlayer OneXFly Apex will be available with up to 128 GB of LPDDR5x-8000 memory and a 2 TB NVMe SSD (with another M.2 slot available for upgrades). While the device is clearly intended primarily as a gaming handheld, OneXPlayer is openly marketing the Apex as a do-it-all machine, especially considering the water cooling dock.The OneXPlayer OneXFly will feature an Xbox-style controller layout with dual Hall effect joysticks slightly vertically offset from one another on either side of the display. Unfortunately for fans of RTS games, there is no included trackpad to be seen, but it will support 10-point multitouch. Without the chunky battery, the OneXFly Apex will weigh in at 698 g, which is not light for a handheld, by any stretch of the imagination.
Currently, the OneXPlayer OneXFly Apex is available to pre-order in China, with a global launch likely on the way sooner or later. Pre-order pricing is as follows:

• Ryzen AI Max 385, 32 GB RAM, 1 TTB SSD: RMB 8,599 (~$1,200)
• Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 48 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD: RMB 9,999 (~$1,400)
• Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 64 GB RAM, 2 TB SSD: RMB 11,999 (~$1,700)
• Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 128 GB RAM, 2 TB SSD: RMB 15,999 (~$1,690)

The battery pack and liquid cooler, on the other hand, will seemingly be separate purchases, coming in at RMB 399 (~$60) and RMB 999 (~$140), respectively. Of course, all of these prices are converted straight from the Chinese prices, and a global launch will likely see prices climb somewhat.