NVIDIA Shield portable 2 leak: FCC filing shows bigger screen, thicker dimensions and other important specs

NVIDIA recently announced the coming of the NVIDIA Shield portable 2 and all enthusiasts are wondering what will it contribute to the gaming world. This has led to a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filing leak that shows what the handheld device is all about.

The filing shows the shell of the anticipated NVIDIA Shield portable 2, boasting the similar flip screen as the first model, but with slight changes in the overall look. What is noticeable is the capacitive buttons along the new control module. The screen is also bigger than the current model's 5-inch screen.

However, the dimensions of the NVIDIA Shield portable 2 seems to be thicker and shorter with measurements of 4.23 inches tall, 5.46 inches wide and 2.38 inches thick. The current console is 6.22 inches tall, 5.32 inches wide and 2.24 inches thick.

The FCC filing also reveals that the device was submitted to the FCC in the summer of 2016, under a 180-day confidentiality bid. And since the requested time frame is over, the filings have been exposed to the public, even confirming that the handheld gaming device has a Bluetooth Low Energy feature and an 802.11ac 5GHz Wi-Fi radio.

There are other specs seen in the NVIDIA Shield portable 2 that was installed in the first model, including a microSD card slot, an HDMI port and a headphone.

The NVIDIA Shield portable was released back in 2013 with Tegra 4 processor. It is still unknown when the second-generation portable will hit the shelves.

In other related news, NVIDIA fans got excited of another FCC filing circulated in May last year, showing that an 8-inch Shield table will be on the way. The device sports a 1,920 x 1,200-pixel resolution from Tegra X1 system on chip (SoC), and has already been undergoing testing. However, the company reportedly canceled the device following the overall decline in the sales of the tablet in the last few years.