The MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ costs $1,699 and that is gaming laptop money for a handheld

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MSI’s Claw 8 EX AI+ launches June 23 at $1,699 with Intel Arc G3 Extreme, 32GB RAM, and an 8-inch 120Hz display.

MSI’s Claw 8 EX AI+ will launch on June 23 at $1,699, making it the most expensive handheld gaming PC ever sold at retail. The device is the first to ship with Intel’s Arc G3 Extreme processor, built on the Panther Lake platform with 12 Xe3 GPU cores and a 14-core CPU. It is also $500 more than the Lenovo Legion Go 2, which was already the priciest handheld on the market.

The $1,699 figure comes from listings on Newegg and Best Buy, both of which went live this week. MSI’s own online store lists the same configuration at $1,799. The spec sheet includes 32GB of LPDDR5X memory, a 1TB NVMe SSD, an 8-inch 1920×1200 120Hz IPS touch display, and an 80Wh battery.

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