Those other handhelds also consume A LOT more power.

Maybe look into getting a refurbished M2 Pro or M2 Max device. Also may be worth waiting to see how Intel Meteor Lake chips perform.

Keep in mind GPU core counts are not increasing all the much which limits potential performance gains compared to the M2 will be modest.

Surprised that the GPU core count is staying the same on the base M3 with all the gaming talk and only seeing limited increases on the Pro and Max.

Something to keep in mind the M3 can’t provide a crazy increase in CPU or GPU performance all while offering up dedicated ray tracing cores and significantly improved AI performance. TMSC 3nm gains over 4/5nm are more modest compared to past node shrinks.

That’s the same of other companies. Intel and AMD no doubt have designs ready to go.