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Acer Nitro Blaze 7 hands-on: a small gaming handheld that's big on power

This latest gaming handheld is portable powerhouse

I’ve come away from early hands-on time impressed with its bright and vibrant OLED screen, plus some fantastic inputs, including tight thumbsticks and a decent D-Pad. Jet black paint with red and white highlights wrap up the Acer Nitro Blaze 7 in gaming laptop aesthetics I haven’t seen in over a decade and I love it. Though it uses an IPS panel, its brightness and the glossy finish of the Full HD (1,920 x 1,080) screen reminded me of the vibrance I saw on the Zotac Zone and its AMOLED display.

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