Its not a steamdeck 2 but based on the changes it seems like a 1.5. Alone going from a 40Whr battery; 2-8 hours of gameplay (content-dependent) to a 50Whr battery; 3-12 hours of gameplay (content-dependent) should be pretty nice.

Mind you I cant really afford it and I dont really have an excuse to buy one except for the desire to obtain a shiny toy. I didnt buy the release version ...so I probably wont buy this one either. Nice that it exists though.