Overview
- This week (July 20–22) Ayaneo relisted the Next 2 on its website and IndieGoGo page and said shipping is slated to begin at the end of the month.
- The company lists a top-end configuration featuring an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU, a 2 TB SSD, and 128 GB of LPDDR5x-8533 memory.
- Retail prices have climbed steeply with MSRPs reported as high as $5,299 for the flagship model while early-bird IndieGoGo tiers start near $1,799.99 for a 32 GB/1 TB build.
- Ayaneo and multiple outlets point to soaring LPDDR5x and NAND prices driven by AI data-center demand as the primary cause of the earlier pre-order pause and the current higher prices.
- Industry coverage warns that elevated memory and storage costs hit small-volume handheld makers hardest and could push buyers toward cloud streaming or shorten how long enthusiasts keep high-end devices.