Acer is announcing two new Nitro Blaze gaming handhelds at CES 2025, and one of them, the Nitro Blaze 11, is truly giant with a massive 10.95-inch screen.
Acer made an enormous 11-inch gaming handheld
The Nitro Blaze 11 has a giant 10.95-inch screen.
The Nitro Blaze 11 has a giant 10.95-inch screen.
Image: Acer
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Seriously, it’s huge — just look at this photo of a person holding it! It’s absurd!
Image: Acer
In addition to that enormous screen — which is a 120 Hz WQXGA touch display that can top out at 500 nits of brightness — the Nitro Blaze 11 is equipped with an AMD Ryzen 8040HS processor, 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and up to 2TB of storage, according to a press release. The Nitro Blaze 11 also has detachable controllers, a built-in kickstand, Hall Effect joysticks, and two back buttons. (The original Blaze, announced last year with a 7-inch screen, lacked back buttons.)
Acer’s other new handheld PC, the Nitro Blaze 8, is mercifully smaller, with an 8.8-inch screen. It has many of the same specs as the Nitro Blaze 11, though it lacks the detachable controllers and built-in stand.
Both new Blazes will be available in Q2 2025, Acer says. The Nitro Blaze 11 will start at $1,099.99, while the Nitro Blaze 8 will start at $899.99.
Correction, January 9th: The Nitro Blaze 11 has a 120Hz display, not 144Hz as we originally said.
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