Alright, everyone, sat down this morning like usual with my coffee, scrolling through my usual tech haunts. Kept seeing these pictures popping up claiming to be the new ROG Ally 2. You know how it is, internet gets wild with leaks. Figured I’d take a closer look myself, try to poke holes in it.
How It All Started
Opened up the browser, started digging. Found the same blurry pics everyone else was sharing on a couple of different forums. Honestly, first glance? Could be real, could be fake. Been fooled before. So I thought, alright, let’s break down this supposed Ally 2 leak properly. Not gonna just believe the hype this time.
Digging Into The Details
Pulled the leaked pics up on the big monitor side-by-side with my old, beat-up first-gen ROG Ally. Wanted to do a proper comparison, not just skim.
- Checked The Shape First: First thing my eyes went to – the overall chassis shape. The curve near the back grips? Leaked pics had this slightly different angle, didn’t look quite like my Ally. Looked… maybe smoother? Or maybe it was just the weird lighting messing with me.
- Poked Around The Buttons: Those face buttons and triggers. Looked kinda familiar, but zoomed way in. Noticed the ABXY buttons seemed slightly bigger and maybe flatter on top than mine. The shoulder triggers looked smoother too, less defined ridges. Minor stuff, but it adds up.
- Searched For Ports & Holes: Scanned the edges. My Ally’s got the fingerprint power button, right? Leaked model showed the power button, but no fingerprint circle that I could see. Weird omission if real. Also couldn’t spot the MicroSD slot – made me really suspicious. Did they hide it better or ditch it?
- Stared At The Screen: Bezels! The bezels around the screen looked noticeably thinner in the leak. Thought my eyes were playing tricks at first. Put a ruler on my screen bezel, then compared it to the picture. Yep, thinner for sure in the leak. Everyone keeps asking for less bezel, so maybe?
- Peeked At Software Glimpses: One pic kinda showed what looked like the main UI. Hard to tell, it was super low res and zoomed out. But that Armoury Crate symbol? Didn’t look exactly like what’s on mine. Icon placement felt different. Could be an older build, could be fake.
Reaching My Gut Feeling
After staring at this stuff way too long, my coffee was cold. Weighed it all up. Yeah, some parts looked plausible – thinner bezels would be awesome, maybe they tweaked the grip shape. But those missing details? Where’s the fingerprint reader? Where’s the SD card slot? Those are big deals for portability and security. Plus, the weird button differences and the odd UI glimpse. Honestly?
It feels half-real, half-fake. Could be some early prototype shots someone snuck out, but with some details wrong or missing. Could totally be a mockup someone clever cobbled together using parts of the old design. Internet’s full of those too. Didn’t find that one definitive smoking gun detail to prove it was fake… but didn’t feel rock-solid real either.
Final Takeaway After All That
My honest advice after wasting my morning on blurry internet pics? Save the excitement. Whether these specific pics are fake or some kinda early glimpse doesn’t change the real world. That old Ally 1? Still works fine for what it does. Better to wait for the actual announcement than chase after shaky leaks like I just did.
Plus, let’s be real – even if it launches tomorrow, something newer and shinier will pop up next week anyway. Hardware’s like that. Learned that lesson one too many times.
