Do you hear that distant rumbling? That’s the sound of an oncoming avalanche of handheld consoles sparked by the Nintendo Switch and the Valve Steam Deck, with Verizon revealing today that it’s partnered with Razer for a sport streaming targeted system that can lean closely on 5G for efficiency and advertising and marketing.

The information was shared by Verizon in the present day on the Mobile World Congress Las Vegas 2022 present, and together with a brief teaser video offering temporary glimpses of the {hardware}, the corporate introduced that it had partnered with each Qualcomm and Razer for the system it boasts as being the “world’s first 5G Gaming Handheld built on the Snapdragon® G3X Gen 1 Gaming Platform…” Verizon additionally referred to the hand held because the Razer Edge 5G, which can or might not be the ultimate identify—we gained’t know for sure till its full debut on October 15 at RazerCon 2022.

Details are sparse in the meanwhile, but when the {hardware} within the video teaser displays the finalized system, the Razer Edge 5G will function asymmetrical analog sticks, a D-pad, and a pair of shoulder buttons, together with a set off, on both facet, paired with a further smaller button in every nook. Verizon says the hand held will run Android just like the not too long ago introduced Logitech G Cloud, and can be capable of play video games “whether they are downloaded to play locally, streamed from your console or accessed directly from the cloud…”

Like the Logitech G Cloud, the Razer Edge 5G most likely gained’t be as highly effective a handheld because the Steam Deck, which might set up and run PC video games at an honest efficiency degree, however will hopefully be capable of deal with most video games designed to be performed on smartphones and different cell gadgets.

Come October 15, we hope to see pricing particulars revealed, together with whether or not or not Verizon will present cell 5G plans particularly for the hand held. There’s lots of pleasure for these kind of gadgets that may play AAA titles via cloud streaming, however given their restricted capabilities, pricing them excellent will likely be a problem. Logitech’s G Cloud will promote for $349, which is simply $50 lower than the most cost effective Steam Deck mannequin. For these much less succesful alternate options to achieve success, they have to be priced lots cheaper if they need to persuade shoppers to not simply use a controller with the streaming-capable smartphones they’ve already paid a small fortune for.