GPD has launched the Duo, marking its return to full laptop releases after a break. As anticipated, the company chose Indiegogo for the initial launch, where it has already secured over $150,000 from supporters. To sum it up, the GPD Duo features the following hardware:
Key Specifications
Additionally, every unit is equipped with one USB 4 (40 Gbps) port, OCuLink, HDMI 2.1, an SD card slot, along with several USB Type-A ports. At the time of the launch, GPD is offering the Duo with AMD's Ryzen 7 8840U and Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APUs. For context, the latter outperforms the former in benchmarks by about 1.38 times. Currently, the Duo is priced as follows:
Crowdfunding Details
It's important to highlight that the crowdfunding campaign for the Duo will continue until November 22, and GPD will not distribute any units to customers before that date. Therefore, the estimated shipping period of November 2024 may actually mean the last week of that month at the soonest. Unfortunately, GPD has not provided any further details on this matter.
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