Overview
- Arc announced the Arc X1 on Friday, September 18, 2026, and said early-access orders for waitlist members open October 2 with a waitlist price of ₹29,500 and a general early-access price of ₹33,500.
- The X1 is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon G2 Gen 2 paired with 8GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 128GB of UFS 3.1 storage with microSD expansion up to 1TB.
- Arc highlighted input and control hardware designed for precision, including zero-drift TMR analogue sticks, microswitch ABXY buttons, Hall-effect analogue triggers with mechanical trigger locks, and two programmable rear buttons.
- The handheld uses active centrifugal-fan cooling and a 9,300mAh battery with 27W charging and a claimed eight-plus hours of use in Silent Mode.
- Arc positions the X1 as a homegrown, community-built entrant for Android-native, cloud and emulation gaming and the staged early-access rollout signals constrained initial supply and a focus on building a user base.