
GPD’s monster Strix Halo handheld requires a battery ‘backpack’ or a 180W charger
Sean Hollister
created: July 25, 2025, 11:19 p.m. | updated: July 26, 2025, 11:06 p.m.
is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys.
Yesterday, I mentioned how GPD is teasing the most potent handheld yet made — a GPD Win 5 that will house the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip, with AMD’s most powerful integrated graphics yet, inside a PlayStation Vita-shaped machine.
If you’ve been wondering how that huge chip could even fit, handheld expert Cary “The Phawx” Golomb now has the answer: the 7-inch handheld will apparently have no internal battery taking up space.
The Win 5 is designed to either be plugged into the wall, with a gaming laptop sized 180-watt charger providing the juice — or powered by a big 80 watt-hour external battery “backpack” that will (only?
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