One disaster for another - why spend thousands on a giant "portable" with a 1-2 hour gaming time before you have to power it off to swap the bulky external battery.
GPD buyers are assuming the risks involved with a high consideration item without brick & mortar returns & support, one might as well wait to see what onexfly comes up with for amd 395. I'm a happy user of several GPD releases, but firmware/driver/software distribution via Google Drive, and having to ship individual replacement components from Hong Kong is reason enough to wait.
I dont know... price, maybe?
also the fact that it doesn’t have an internal battery
I understand weight as an issue on a portable but since when is being able to replace the battery a design fault?
You're mixing things up. Normal replaceable batteries are still internal.