Ayaneo Pocket EVO

[quartz raft]

I was gonna put an oled in the lite

[vagrant sphinx]

Agreed with Superbottle, you’re not getting “better than switch” emulation on Android with the current state it’s in.

[quartz raft]

That’s why I have the lite

[vagrant sphinx]

Oh, well then that’s fine if you’ve got the Lite as well and plan on doing the OLED mod.

[vagrant sphinx]

Yup, understandable then.

[quartz raft]

Lmao we are both delayed in responses

I’m wondering if the size of the evo will make me play less. If that makes any sense

Like maybe it’s not a casual pick up n go. At least not as casual as the smaller devices

[fallow abyss]

Tbh, I still expect my 556 to be my most played device

Evo is just stupid premium and I have to try it

[quartz raft]

If the switch had the performance of the rg556 in emulation, that would’ve been my end all device

Unfortunately it falls a bit short of it

Actually, I should check if there’s a way to Oc it even more lmao

[tender thunder]

Funds for the evo hath been secured

[quartz raft]

Which specs

[tender thunder]

512gb version

[quartz raft]

Noice

[tender thunder]

I'm telling myself that before I change my mind and get the 1tb version

[quartz raft]

RETROOOOO POOOOOOWERRRR

[fallow abyss]

Literally no reason for you to lol

[tender thunder]

Don't tempt me

[vagrant sphinx]

Agreed with Superbottle, literally no reason to get that version. 512GB should definitely be enough.

[tender thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cat-meme-tweak-tweaking-what-gif-1547006946285359423

[sand phoenix]

you can put a micro SD in there you know

[vagrant sphinx]

If you really want to, go ahead. I’m just telling you now, a Micro SD card is already good enough and 512GB will definitely be enough for what you’re gonna be able to play on it.

[tender thunder]

But you see the thing is

I wouldn't need a micro sd card if i got a 1tb

[vagrant sphinx]

…It’s the shell color and buttons isn’t it?

[tender thunder]

the retro version ew no gross

[vagrant sphinx]

Ok good, I was worried you had gone insane for a second there.

[vagrant sphinx]

Anyways, you definitely don’t need the 1TB of internal Storage if you just get a 1TB Micro SD card.

Hell, you can get a 1.5TB SD card and that’ll be able to fit even more games than what 1TB of internal storage would let you do.

[hollow nova]

what are the 1tb cards like 60-70 bucks?

[trail basin]

but how much storage do you need for every single game ever made?

[hollow nova]

ps2 and switch games can get heavy

some switch games can get to like 25gb

[fallow abyss]

Man, I never do full romsets lol. I would realistically not even play 99% of all that, just fills up space

[trail basin]

right, I have to stay focused with only access to a few games for handhelds

[vagrant sphinx]

More than what’s currently possible on micro SD cards, way more than what you have as options for internal storage, and even both combined still won’t be enough.

[austere tendon]

Tbh I’d rather transfer roms to mSD than internal. Just easier to plug the sd into a computer to load it up.

I’ve already got my 1tb card dialed in on the pocket S so I’ll just pop it in and go

[tender thunder]

FTP gang

[austere tendon]

Nah, SMB via my NAS. But still.

[tender thunder]

[austere tendon]

I’m planning on really diving into the PS2 catalog on this

I haven’t played much of it

And they’ll look awesome

[brisk dagger]

Think I’m probably going base model on this guy honestly. Android game availability would have to change a lot for me to care about big native games on here, and I’m definitely just playing Switch and Windows games on their own native platforms.

[austere tendon]

I’m prob doing 12/256 or 16/512

128 is just a bit too limited for me

But yeah if you never install and android game it’s fine

[brisk dagger]

It has SD support right? Think someone said that.

[austere tendon]

Yea

But you can’t install Android apps on sd

[brisk dagger]

Right.

Yeah I think I’m good.

[austere tendon]

Since this is “endgame” for me I’m willing to splurge a little

[quartz raft]

i like the retro power colorway....

[brisk dagger]

Not saying I’ll never play anything on Android, but I’m pretty confident I’ll never be upset deleting one big Android game I was checking out to install a different one.

[quartz raft]

the majority of the internal space in my pocket air holds ES-DE scrape data lmao

[brisk dagger]

Android stuff tends to be a pretty quick cycle for me of:
“I should check that out”
~30 minutes~
“Nope not for me.”

[austere tendon]

You can put that folder on the sd

[quartz raft]

es-de decided to put it there and i just kept it like that

[slim iris]

I used the word ‘end game’ for the Odin 2, then the pocket s, now I’m debating this 🤣

[austere tendon]

I keep it on sd because I can move sd between devices and have my library ready and scraped

[quartz raft]

snapdragon + 7" oled seems pretty end game to me

[austere tendon]

O2 didn’t do it for me. I like the pocket s, but I know I’ll like this more.

Less heat issues, OLED, 7”/120 for streaming

Like I’m preparing to sell my pocket s so I moved the card to my y700 and it’s all there and ready no setup required other than making sure emulators are installed.

[quartz raft]

just played with my ally for the first time in a long time today. that thing is hot and heavy lmao

[hollow nova]

so no exact date for igg correct?

[austere tendon]

8/8

[hollow nova]

oh

ohhhhh

[quartz raft]

you got 5 days to decide

or 5 days to scrounge up moneys

[hollow nova]

I have the funds I just don't know if I want to wait that long for shipping lol

[austere tendon]

Yeah 3 month delay sucks

[hollow nova]

I want this bish now

[quartz raft]

maybe i should just buy one, knowing the value of it wont go down once i open it by much

3 months?!

[slim iris]

Heh yeah.. my point is.. I’ll then find a new end game in 3-6 months 😀

[austere tendon]

Yeah. Shipping beginning of November…

[austere tendon]

Yeah. Well that’s why I used quotation marks lol

[fallow abyss]

Honestly, I just want something this premium

I really don’t need it with a deck oled + 556 lol

[quartz raft]

what could be more endgame than snapdragon + 7" oled tho?

[fallow abyss]

This is not a rational purchase for me

[quartz raft]

its not for anyone lmao

[fallow abyss]

Someone finally put perfect android specs and hardware together and I have to try it

[brisk dagger]

Retroid gonna drop the OLED handheld I’ve been yelling at them to make for two years like… one week after the Evo ships no question.

[austere tendon]

RP flip 2 oled edition?

[fallow abyss]

Uncomfortable form factor makes me not care

[quartz raft]

we shall wait for rg556 + snapdragon lmao

[fallow abyss]

This would be dope but never happening I’d imagine lol

[brisk dagger]

I find their stuff very comfortable in the grip, but also top D-Pad is big for me.

I’m not mad here, we definitely have oodles of power for stick primary games, but

Top D-Pad + OLED right now is just a bunch of stuff with Vita screens that don’t scale anything but PSP well, and the very extra Pocket DMG

Need something with a top D-Pad for my OLED GBA fix

[fallow abyss]

Oh yeah lol I’m very much a dpad kinda guy at this power level. Actually pretty much any t820 and above

Though yeah I suppose if anyone would do what you want that would be retroid

[quartz raft]

wish they had a DMG + EVO bundle deal lmao

[brisk dagger]

Fuck that might get me ngl

No, It wouldn’t actually, I don’t need that much premium Android in my life at the same time

[quartz raft]

yolo

[brisk dagger]

But I’d be looking very disrespectfully

[quartz raft]

endgame horizontal + endgame vertical

you can move on with your life now

the search is over

[brisk dagger]

Endgame palm stick

[tribal wolf]

Endgame shelf queens

[sand phoenix]

but what about endgame diagonal

[bold echo]

Awesome, I always admired the AN Geek/2 chassis.

Is the oddly skewed oval frames around the controls/ action their attempt to showing that their control scheme slightly differs from the Geek/2?

[brisk dagger]

It’s their attempt to respond to feedback that there needs to be a horizontal offset between the top controls and bottom to make it easier for your thumb to arc between them… except they only did like a 5° angle so it’s not really going to accomplish much.

[sand phoenix]

I still don't know what to make of the EVO

awesome on paper, but the overlap with the Steam Deck OLED is massive in practice

I do like Android better for retro gaming

[hollow nova]

oled starts at 550 though and this is what 390?

[sand phoenix]

yeah but this is a discord for degenerates, we don't talk about prices here

[hollow nova]

https://tenor.com/view/mochi-mochimons-cute-kawaii-kitty-gif-492947389134426846

[sand phoenix]

I'm thinking more on the lines of whether it makes sense to own both

[hollow nova]

https://tenor.com/view/both-agree-yes-good-gif-4591420

[tender thunder]

Gotta have the holy Trinity of OLED handhelds

Steam deck OLED

Switch OLED

Pocket evo

[vestal hornet]

The Pocket EVO can do BFI, the Steam Deck can't

[thorn rock]

I have 2 out of the three 😅 guess i have to now

[tender thunder]

Exactly

It'd be a crime not to own all 3

I agree with blob, I much prefer emulation on Android

[sand phoenix]

what's that?

[tender thunder]

Black frame insertion

[sand phoenix]

oh right, that's on my mind

I have no idea how big of a difference would that make but I'm curious

[tender thunder]

Makes no difference to me since I don't play old retro games like that on my high end devices

[golden bane]

I have pAir keeping it getting the Evo

[eternal dust]

Everything the Evo can play the steam deck can play, the reverse is not true. I wouldn't say it makes sense to own both, if you're looking at it purely from a logic perspective

[quartz raft]

the pAir is nice being a bit more compact

[tender thunder]

That's like comparing apples to oranges

One is a PC and the other is Android, there's two different use cases there

[eternal dust]

That's not a good comparison at all. They both play games, and they both can play the same games except the steam deck can play more games. A better comparison would be you're going to buy bananas, do you pick the one with four bananas or do you pick the one with seven

[tender thunder]

again, you're comparing apples to oranges lol

they're both fruit

doesn't mean you use them for the same thing tho lol

Pocket Evo is great for android games since it has play store

deck is good for PC games since it has steam

[weary musk]

By your logic, you should just get an ayaneo kun and never buy anything else

[tender thunder]

There's logic there

[eternal dust]

The kun is awful I would never recommend it

[tender thunder]

just doesn't make any sense

evo also has a higher res and refresh rate screen than the deck

[chilly quarry]

Is also smaller

[tender thunder]

and lighter

like the same situation with my G cloud, yeah sure the deck is better in almost every way, but the cloud is still better for moonlight streaming

[golden bane]

They should be directly compared, the biggest differentiator is the OS of course, I Do NOT want anything windows

On a handheld

I also prefer android ecosystem and using that for a more portable device

[weary musk]

64gb Kun will play the stuff other things can't. If playing the most games is the only criteria, it wins.

[weary musk]

Which is what you said here.

[tender thunder]

If that's your rational to pick the deck over the evo that's okay. we all want different things out of a handheld

[golden bane]

Not a good way to think of the entire package, only thinking about an aspect

[weary musk]

Sure.

But saying it's only logical to get the thing that plays the most games is silly.

Most people have other criteria.

[tender thunder]

yeah I'll agree only looking at "how many game can it play" is kinda closed minded

[golden bane]

I'm buying an experience that deck can not give me

[tender thunder]

I'm buying a pocket evo

[golden bane]

That's what I'm buying

But retro version maybe

😁

[fallow abyss]

Oh dude, you know what’s funny. Often times we argue like humans are logical. We absolutely aren’t. I’m going to buy one and it’s absolutely “illogical”, I just want one lol

[golden bane]

Android OS, battery life, build / buttons, 120hz

Screen is peak even supporting hdr which shocks me

[weary musk]

You could make an argument that playing games at all isn't really logical, since it's not particularly productive.

Which assumes the point of life is to be productive.

And you can be endlessly productive.

Whatever, logic is a social construct anyhow.

[golden bane]

I'm someone who's used to QD-OLED for 2 years now 😅

[fallow abyss]

Yeah I mean it could be an endless debate, but humans so often don’t do the “logical” thing, we often act on emotions, cravings, random shit lol

[weary musk]

I am king at convincing myself whatever I am doing is the logical thing.

No-one is the bad guy in their own story.

[fallow abyss]

I’ve accepted I like to do shit sometimes cause it makes my monkey brain shoot dopamine lol. Just not anything that’s bad for me

[weary musk]

Embrace your human side, live your best life

I spend money on handhelds. I would never buy a fancy watch.

To me, that makes sense. To others, it's silly.

🤷‍♂️

[golden bane]

Waiting 4 days to order is driving me mad

I need to find better way, to cope

😅

[eternal dust]

People can and will justify buying anything, and defend their life choices to the death

[tender thunder]

Nothing wrong with justifying a purchase

It's a lot more healthy than dropping money on something cuz because others tell you to

[hollow nova]

make sure you buy a black model

[tender thunder]

That's a bad idea

[hollow nova]

https://tenor.com/view/shrek-smirk-shrek-sus-shrek-smile-gif-4983018699107868283

[trail basin]

does this thing have a fingerprint scanner? assuming that button on the top is but ctf+f on the ayaneo announcement page doesn't pull up fingerprint

[eternal dust]

It does yes

It's on the power button I believe

[half yacht]

Do we know how big this thing will be? Looks like Geek2

[eternal dust]

478g, 17mm thin, very similar to the 2s

[tender thunder]

#1258789713716838441 message

as compared to the 2

[half yacht]

Thanks! So basically we are looking at a big handheld with great specs

Might pass on this on for the time being then. Oled sounds amazing, it was quite good on the edge, but it seems like portability becomes a concern (atleast for me)

[amber hamlet]

Can someone with a 2 chime in on ergonomics?
How is it compared to a g cloud?

[weary musk]

I would certainly ignore the "pocket" part of the name

[half yacht]

Lol, thats for sure

[eternal dust]

Pocket is just their Android line of handhelds

[lyric imp]

Four days. I am so ready to wait forever

[vestal hornet]

Yeah, until you've been playing for a few hours then the Steam Deck can't play anything because the battery is dead. It is also easier to stream PC native games on Android than it is to play Android native games on Steam Deck.

But different tools for different use cases anyway.

[fallow abyss]

Man

I still don’t know

[austere tendon]

I'm still undecided. I liked white on the pocket s, and ayaneo black in the past gets smudgy. But I like the idea of the bezels disappearing on a black device since OLED.

[brisk dagger]

Tbh, if there’s ever been one device where bezel color feels like a non issue, it’s this one

The bezels your hands won’t cover are razor thin.

Black will technically still be more immersive, but like… it’s a deeply marginal difference.

[tender thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/thanos-balanced-gif-3226445978144001245

I'm going white for sure

The black Odin 2 hurt my soul very deeply

[brisk dagger]

Would’ve loved an actual color.

[austere tendon]

Fair, I've been leaning to white

[brisk dagger]

Even Apple usually at least gives you a dark blue or green or something.

[austere tendon]

I even briefly considered being stupid with my money and getting the retro power, but I think black/white look cleaner for this device anyway.

[tender thunder]

I've never understood the immersion thing with handheld colors, like the only time I ever feel "immersed" is in VR

Besides I find it easier to misplace black handhelds

[austere tendon]

I always used to just go all black everything. But some devices white looks cleaner

and i had a black ayaneo 2s and it was always greasy looking on the back

and yes i wash my hands

[fallow abyss]

I just make a last second decision lol

[brisk dagger]

Yeah my version of keeping my hands clean enough to not gross up a device would be like keeping a wet wipe/towel handy and wiping down my hands and the device every 25 minutes.

It sucks, I hate it here

But I also just don’t like the way all-white devices look really. It’s only really an issue for me on panda devices or ones that only come in white.

[fallow abyss]

Man it would suck to have acidic sweat. I wouldn’t feel comfy getting these expensive devices lol

If people didn’t know that’s a thing, here you can see marks on a pc lol.

It’s not actual acid but some weird makeup of your sweat. Anyways, idk why I thought of that but now I have to wonder how many people that play with these things have experienced it lol

[brisk dagger]

Oh jeez, I don’t have that thankfully. Guess it could always be worse.

I just have vaguely moist palms that make skin gunk come off on stuff easier. It cleans off, but making it not happen in the first place takes truly excessive measures.

[limber frigate]

ppl want the best way to play android native games. so they will get one of these. nothing wrong with that. just like some people want a subpar way to experience native pc games. (-editors note: obviously this is hyperbole to show you how your spin is rather silly and doesn't consider the way some people would play games as valid just bc YOU don't play games that way) so they will get a steam deck. nothing wrong with that either.

there really is no best of both worlds or jack of all trades device when it comes to android vs pc. so having a premium device that does each thing well makes the most logical sense.

ofc if you cant afford premium of each, that's a different story. but just because you don't play android native games that much doesn't make it an illogical choice for others who do. c: also that battery life tho. 👀

[fallow abyss]

I’ll say this again, it’s ok for humans to be illogical anyways. Most of our decisions have a ton of or are based on emotions anyways lol, that’s just human nature. It’s not like this is an important decision like having kids anyways

[brisk dagger]

Don’t buy an Evo if you can’t send it to college.

[thorn rock]

https://tenor.com/view/dodgeball-philosophy-dwight-lafleur-benstiller-gif-3570476

[fallow abyss]

Like there isn’t a logical reason I should get this, but I want to and can do it. It’s a “perfect” android. So fuckkkkkk ittttttt

[limber frigate]

every good salesperson knows that humans buy with their emotions and they justify with logic after the fact.

[fallow abyss]

Oh fuck yeah dude. People pay thousands more on vehicles because of colors lol

[limber frigate]

and they also know that DMs are really annoying in the off months.

(district managers not direct messages)

[patent hare]

the color thing i always found odd but i get why 😄

[limber frigate]

i want my fav colour. i will pay more if the thing i want has that colour. it will match w my outfits. simple as.

[real bridge]

Doesn’t Tesla charge for pretty much every color that isn’t black?

[limber frigate]

they charge for everything

colours, features, AWD via software update, lane assist

the list goes on

i only made up one of those and its probably not the one you think 🤭

fixed* i need coffee

lol y'all enjoy ur mini? geek 2S it looks solid

[vestal hornet]

I want the EVO but I also have a Pocket S and they overlap so much that I'm finding it hard to rationalize that purchase

[austere tendon]

The other guitar player in a band i was in a while back had something like this. He would play a guitar and the strings would feel nasty immediately - didn't like having him play on mine lol.

[austere tendon]

Got it. Sell my child. Buy a Retro Power EVO. Net profit.

[brisk dagger]

Yeah might need to find a different marketplace board though, I don’t think ours allows children.

[tender thunder]

Thing is I'd get the retro power version if it wasn't ugly as fuck

[tender thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/kombucha-tea-girl-drink-hmm-no-well-gif-16080897

[vestal hornet]

I don't think it's ugly but I wish it wasn't DMG. It should be SNES or PS1 IMO, even FAMICOM would be better

[abstract juniper]

so how pocket is the pocket evo LOL

[tender thunder]

Not at all

Try stuffing a steam deck in your pocket

If that fits then I guess the Evo will fit too

[vestal hornet]

The Steam Deck is a lot larger than the EVO

[lyric imp]

Three more days. Hyped for this.

[tender thunder]

I wouldn't say a lot bigger but yeah

[vestal hornet]

I'd say a lot

[tender thunder]

Lowkey psyching myself into getting the lowest spec model

[vestal hornet]

More or less this

[lyric imp]

I am gettin the tier above it.

[tender thunder]

I'm still mulling it over

[vestal hornet]

Nether is pocketable but there's a big difference in size

[tender thunder]

Either getting the base or 512gb model

[lyric imp]

I just want the extra RAM mainly. Wish the base model had more than 8GB

[lyric imp]

Is that the EVO on top? Just the other AYAneo handheld to look like it?

[real bridge]

Same here… I really want to try it, but those sticks just don’t look to be in great locations.

Maybe I’ll get the discounted model with free shipping when you are done with it

[tender thunder]

I don't plan on selling my Evo

Hopefully

[lyric imp]

I hardly see Ayaneo stuff for sale. When they do hit the used market they aren't sold much at a lost.

[tender thunder]

Apple effect is real

[lyric imp]

Funny thing is Samsung phones are more or same price as Apple stuff now. M3 SOC is unmatched in computers for now. So I get that.

[brisk dagger]

If something obsoletes the Evo for me, which I expect to take a couple years tbh, I’m probably passing it to a friend more than selling it.

[fallow abyss]

Do you play switch? If not you’re good

Even then you’re good

So you’re good with lowest spec lol

[brisk dagger]

Think of it this way:
If you settle for base spec vs the upgrade, your next ewaste or two you get for sweet controls Or whatever are basically free.

[fallow abyss]

Yeah dude enjoy base man it’s totally fine. You will regret nothing….

Anyways I’m going 512 16gb

[vestal hornet]

The other with the similar shell

[lyric imp]

what is the name of it. I want to say "geek" but I feel that is wrong

[vestal hornet]

Geek 2s

[tribal wolf]

Nah that’s a 2 or 2s shell

Geek had slanted controls

And bezel wasn’t hidden

[tardy compass]

No they are smaller, same range but the top is a good 20-30% smaller in diameter. Frankly id say they suck if it werent for community sticks being made.

[sand phoenix]

they suck

no idea why they got so much praise

way too much range in way too small a physical space

sure you get more range than in a switch stick but it makes finer movement more difficult

[tardy compass]

Larger tops make a world of a difference. Not even taller, just larger. Bought some switch sized stick and they went from bordering on unusable to incredible.

[tender thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/skill-issue-urge-resist-cat-gif-25536160

[austere tendon]

https://tenor.com/view/weird-stare-bruh-wat-what-gif-5160413390783376961

@tender thunder resisting the urge to post cat GIFs

[tender thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-shaking-radlcies-gif-24378563

literally me

[austere tendon]

Biggest problem with odin 2 sticks is the right stick is too low down on the device. Using R2 and Right stick at same time = hand pain.

Maybe it's me, but for some reason the o2 more than any device gave me a weird right hand stretch

[hollow nova]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-gif-6997856904020830598

Switching to bigger sticks was night and day

[austere tendon]

Either way couldn't unsee the ghosting

[real bridge]

I got rid of mine for this reason, but compared to the other small form factor sticks on the market there just isn’t a competition and full sized won’t fit in that chassis.

[tender thunder]

Chat

Someone talk me out of getting the retro power

[wet laurel]

Why?

It’s alright to got all out on something you consider your endgame handheld.

Just buy it and enjoy!

[wet laurel]

You’re welcome

[tender thunder]

Jigg

I hate you and love you all at the same time

[wet laurel]

[fallow abyss]

I thought you hated the color lmao

[brisk dagger]

My guy, if you want to get an Evo and spend x86 money doing it, just buy the base model and then the next x86 they make.

I’m in no position to judge you for spending that amount of money, but get your money’s worth at least.

[fallow abyss]

Just cause of this guy ^ you gotta get the retro power

[brisk dagger]

I’m trying to help, jeez

[tender thunder]

I just don't want bland old black or white

[brisk dagger]

Okay but it only comes in Black, White, and Regret

[tender thunder]

I need to go on a walk to clear my mind

[brisk dagger]

Actually I had misremembered the Retro Power as being way more expensive than that. Still ugly as sin imo, but

[tender thunder]

Yeah

$650 EB is a lot

[fallow abyss]

Yeah dude go base or 512 16 lol

[tender thunder]

selling my mini would soften the blow...

[vagrant sphinx]

I thought we just had a talk about that and that you said you hated the color?

[tender thunder]

It grew on me

[brisk dagger]

You should get that growth checked

[fallow abyss]

Definitely wait for that lol

[austere tendon]

12/256 or 16/512

Retro power doesn’t make as much sense for a more sleek modern device IMO

And I don’t think anything can utilize 24gb ram

(Watch me be an idiot and order one)

[tender thunder]

[fallow abyss]

You know, I love people picking exactly what they want, but the retro power is something you really have to want or else just don’t lol. Like if you are 100% go for it lol, but otherwise I don’t see it

[tender thunder]

Okay

If you can find me a situation where the 12gb model would have ram issues then I'll buy the 16gb version

if not

then i'll get the 12gb

[tepid widget]

I had yuzu crash on me with TOTK Zelda with my 12 gig pocket s. Crashed with less than 400 MB of ram free

[tender thunder]

damn

retro power it is then

[vagrant sphinx]

Go to a doctor, you need to get that growth checked and potentially removed.

[vagrant sphinx]

The Retro Power is 24GB.

[tender thunder]

I'm aware

[vagrant sphinx]

How long were you playing on it? Some drivers, last I remembered, had memory leak issues that would at least take a while to fill it up.

[tepid widget]

15 to 20 min.

[fallow abyss]

Don’t sell your mini yet at least lol

[quartz moon]

Just thinking how many early bird price quota on the 8Gb model

[austere tendon]

Pocket S had 200, DMG and micro seem to have 400 per sku

[austere tendon]

I thought if there was a case to up to 16… not 24…

[vestal hornet]

Best I got is that OLED blacks go better with a black bezel if you're playing an aspect ratio with black bars.

[golden bane]

its nice

its definitely.. special

they did something well with the colour scheme

buy it if your feeling freaky

let it in

[tender thunder]

I'm thinking I just might

I have 2 days left to devide

[sand phoenix]

the all white model looks prettier to me than the retro power

[patent hare]

ngl having a powerful oled like this does feel nicee

[fallow abyss]

I’m now in a funny predicament to think over. Basically wife said I could have her gcloud. She also said I could buy this. Gcloud creates less redundancy, I save cash, and I actually really like when I’ve tested it. This is however oled 120hz. I’ll think it over

[tender thunder]

Yeah I'm getting it, just on the fence about which SKU

Like the elitist in me wants the most ram

But I'll really only realistically be emulating up to Wii

Windows and switch emulation isn't practical enough for me yet

[austere tendon]

I think I’ve settled on
16/512 white

[tender thunder]

Yeah I want at least 512gbs of internal

[thorn rock]

Going with 12gb black. That should be all i need from it. Will just bump memory with spare sd cards laying around.

Any news on gift box for x days from launch or whatnot?

Be nice to get a basic case for free

Or at least a screen protector

[quartz raft]

https://tenor.com/view/is-that-your-final-answer-regis-phibin-gif-4138876

[austere tendon]

Yeah case would be nice. But no not yet. Probably won’t know until right when campaign starts.

[tender thunder]

If the retro power comes with a Gucci case like 556 I'll buy it

[trail basin]

I don't even need this at all but thinking about the 12Gb/256

[thorn rock]

https://tenor.com/view/fingers-crossed-i-hope-so-please-please-gif-19730905

Really want me a nice tomtoc case

[fallow abyss]

Wife is pushing me to get the evo lol

[chilly quarry]

https://tenor.com/view/things-that-never-happened-jeopardy-alex-trebek-never-happ-gif-14574212

😆

[fallow abyss]

Oh dude, you have no idea how supportive my wife is of my hobbies lol. Almost an enabler haha.

Only thing I can’t get her on board for is getting back into motorcycles lol

[chilly quarry]

Hahaha I’m teasing. My lady is the same. Although she starts questioning it when I have a bunch of smaller e waste flying in, instead of more meaningful purchases 😆

[quartz raft]

shes a keeper

[quartz raft]

you can just play road rash on your evo instead

[lost topaz]

She’s probably like “spend all your money on your cute little plastic toys instead of your 200km/h crotch-rocket death-trap!”

[wooden rain]

You mean street hawk does not convince her?
https://youtu.be/gPQruBjHdRc?si=KyC_-IghyakEQ_Z_

[tender thunder]

Chat

It's joever

my mom convinced me to buy the retro power

[hollow nova]

Get me the white

[fallow abyss]

I showed this to her under the guise that it was an educational video on why I should be able to get a motorcycle.

She said “wow even more dangerous than I thought”

[brisk dagger]

Think of all the handhelds you can collect now that you’re not getting scraped off the pavement because of her though.

Motorcycles are cool but the risks are, despite everything, somehow genuinely not overblown.

[quartz raft]

and the money you save from not buying weapons

https://tenor.com/view/btv-weirdo-gif-24951187

[brisk dagger]

You should definitely use the fact that you can’t have a bike to talk her into getting a motion rig for a motorcycle sim though

[fallow abyss]

Oh dude quick off topic, yall ever look at racing wheels for like pc and want one? I’d kill for one with feedback lol

[austere tendon]

Been there done that. Wife objected to large bucket seat frame with wheel attached lol

Tbh it did take up unnecessary space

[fallow abyss]

lol the seats are cool but I’d just chuck it on my desk

[brisk dagger]

Yes. It’s a real problem too, cause I’ve had an entry level force feedback one in the past and it sucked, so now I specifically want an expensive one lol

[austere tendon]

Just need to have a sturdy desk

[fallow abyss]

Yes the good ones are a good chunk lol

[austere tendon]

I had a fanatec something or other that was pretty decent

[fallow abyss]

I’m all for fuck around and find out

[brisk dagger]

Also I look at crazy joystick setups a lot too, especially ones that support dual sticks for more space oriented games.

I don’t even play any right now

But wouldn’t I, if I had a sick rig?

[austere tendon]

I have a couple in a bin I picked up for when star citizen releases… they’ve bin in that bin for years now

[fallow abyss]

See man I can get lost in racing games

[brisk dagger]

Make it to Star Citizen release and still want to play Star Citizen challenge

[austere tendon]

https://tenor.com/view/caveira-skeleton-ive-been-waiting-gif-13523984

I install it once a year, spend a half hour getting to my ship and taking off, bump something the wrong way, blow up. Uninstall game.

[brisk dagger]

One of my favorite zen activities is just loading up a racing game with a big open world and just going. No races, no pressure, maybe a podcast and we just drive.

[austere tendon]

Yeah I usually just zone out in Forza Horizon

[brisk dagger]

It’s led to very weird taste in games lol

My personal favorite is still The Crew 2

It’s not even good

[austere tendon]

Ah I played the first one with some buddies

[brisk dagger]

But it’s BIG

[austere tendon]

Before I had a kid and social gaming went out the window lol

[brisk dagger]

You can drive for like a full hour in a single direction before you have to meaningfully reroute. Just get to follow the curvature of the road and vibe. It’s great.

[austere tendon]

Can you even still play? Didn’t Ubisoft like delete that game or something

[brisk dagger]

First one. Second is still good.

[austere tendon]

Joys of not owning actual software. RIP

[brisk dagger]

There’s a third game too, and it handles marginally better, but they reined in the scope of the world a ton. Now it’s mostly like a direct Forza competitor but multiplat.

[austere tendon]

I just remembere in the first one how they had this weirdly scaled down version of the us. Major cities were a few blocks each or whatever.

[brisk dagger]

Yeah. Second reuses the same map with some minor modifications in certain key locations.

It’s strange when you’re like looking for your neighborhood, or following the plot closely and paying attention to what city you’re supposed to be in.

But if you just kinda take it as a big racing game map, it mostly feels like a normal one but with enough breathing room to enjoy the open road even at 200+ mph.

[austere tendon]

Cool yeah I guess Forza you run out of Highway fairly quick

Maybe I’ll pick it up (if it isn’t already in my library from some freebie)

Can stream it to the evo

[brisk dagger]

I know with certainty it’s on GFN

I doubt it’s on xCloud but I haven’t checked in months so idk.

Also used to be on Stadia, rest in peace.

[austere tendon]

I can just moonlight stream.

[brisk dagger]

Oh yeah I forgot people do that lol

I don’t actually have a tower

[austere tendon]

Ah yeah I have a rtx4070 in mine

Rarely game at the desk it’s mostly used as streaming host

[brisk dagger]

I kinda get stuck in this weird cycle thinking about PC stuff where like… I care about Nvidia’s tensor features, but I’m not willing to feed them that absurd amount of energy, and then I look at AMD and miss the features…

It’s a whole thing

Oh jeez I did nottt realize we were in the Evo channel lol

My bad

[tender thunder]

2 more days till I make a very bad financial decision

[wet laurel]

same with birth, once the baby is in your hands, all the pain and worries will go away

overthink even further Sniffer until the baby is in your hands

[tender thunder]

Ah but you see

overthinking is what got me here in the first place

[wet laurel]

fixed

[tender thunder]

What do I do if I don't want the baby

[wet laurel]

the vent fumes on the special edition will smell even sweeter

[tender thunder]

that's true

good point

[wet laurel]

[golden bane]

Let's buy em and

Then let's love em

Love those Evo's to sweet death

[brisk dagger]

Well not to death please. Repairs are hard. Maybe like within an inch of their lives.

[tender thunder]

Now to wait two days to order

then how long till I get my child in my hands

[austere tendon]

3 months…

[tender thunder]

thought they said mid september

[austere tendon]

Oh, he doesn’t know.

[tender thunder]

ah

[brisk dagger]

Gonna be a long 3 months.

[tender thunder]

At least I have my mini

[trail basin]

gotta order that thing and forget about it

[tender thunder]

Yeah if I'm gonna wait 3 months I'm defs getting the retro power

Good thing I got my mini and a new switch game coming in the mail to tide me over

[fallow abyss]

Soon

[hollow nova]

https://tenor.com/view/dave-ramsey-you-too-huh-oh-you-too-huh-gif-13608048

still waiting on my 600i remodel 🥹

what model do you think is going to sell the most

I feel like the 12/256 is the sweet spot

[austere tendon]

I think I have a 300i. Idk bought a copy super early on and did one upgrade. Haven’t paid a penny since.

[fallow abyss]

512 16

[austere tendon]

I think 512/16 was most popular for pocket s

So prob that

[hollow nova]

backed in 2015 and slowly starting dumping money in

wait what is the price for 16/512

529

with shipping that's about 560

I couldn't justify that price for the evo

someone should ask them to do unmarked buttons again

[austere tendon]

Damn, it’s been a decade.

[vagrant sphinx]

I think that was for the Micro and DMG.

Assuming I didn’t mishear one of those 2 and either the DMG or hopefully the Micro will be shipping sooner than that.

[hollow nova]

micro mid sep and dmg is end of oct

evo is nov

[fallow abyss]

Pain

Dam think I have to go white

[vagrant sphinx]

Ah, so the Micro was sooner than the DMG, but Mid-Sept is the earliest. That’s fair…

damnit
Edit: I hate when Discord mobile is annoying.

[quartz raft]

Is there another tier that comes with a DYNAMIC Motor

[vestal hornet]

Lol, no

[vestal hornet]

I used to do this in Test Drive Unlimited, just drive around

[tender thunder]

Retro power gang

[fallow abyss]

https://youtu.be/6f7gBShHjRk?si=Pr8roRv2MCa_obJB

Dam dude the sticks look massive

Looks soooooo good

[tender thunder]

The screen looks amazing too

[patent hare]

why do you guys do this and tempt me into this 😄 i cant afford it anyway but that screen is ❤️

[vagrant nymph]

Should I sell my odin2 and get this.Not sure I can be bothered to wait 3 months plus.Who knows what else might turn up.Such a buzz kill

[patent hare]

3 months is nothing in this scene 😄

[vagrant nymph]

I know but now there so many alternatives or close alternatives out there.Its a nice price but it's not a bargain.Need to decide by tomorrow suppose I could order and cancel if I change my mind.

[thorn rock]

Waited 385 days for my playdate. 3 months is a blink of the eye 😅

[thorn rock]

Odin 2 will still be fine if it meets your needs. But the real issue is will Aya Neo announce a new handheld before they ship the Evo 😂 i think Evo has everything i need. So endgame for me

[tardy compass]

Aya usually gives one through igg, up until the pocket s it was always there, but the s only gave a case for the first 7 days.

[thorn rock]

So do i get a super duper one for first 10 seconds haha

[tender thunder]

Hey man, I did

[austere tendon]

Yes. Lol and I'm even an Aya "shill." My bet is they will announce an x86 with this screen or something.

[trail basin]

strix point + this screen

[thorn rock]

We are going to see this screen in a lot of handhelds. This is only the beginning.

[austere tendon]

Ugh, I hate the new AMD naming. AI 9 HX 375?

[trail basin]

yeah sounds like a robot lawn mower

[austere tendon]

So arbitrary - they were incrementing 6xxx, 7xxx, 8xxx, etc... and then... 375???

1xx and 2xx weren't good enough lol

and lets shove the AI reference in there

Anyway, yeah, that chip plus this screen could be interesting.

I'll be even more interested to see if we get more adoption of windows on ARM and how good the translation layers could get. Handheld PCs are in need of some power efficiency gains, and not just by slapping a gigantic battery in.

But that's probably a ways out still

We at least saw the start of it this year with the snapdragon x elite laptops

[trail basin]

definitely!! and maybe not that far out

[tardy compass]

Once they get ahold of new chips they 100% will, every 7in device will get it if they can source them.

[eternal dust]

Just say HX 370 for short, that's what I'm going to do

[tender thunder]

How about we go with MK.1 MK.2 naming scheme

[quartz raft]

people were starting to understand the naming scheme, which isnt good. marketing wants people to be confused so they will just throw their money

[fallow abyss]

Man it’s going to suck ordering an waiting lol

[tender thunder]

real

[thorn rock]

https://tenor.com/view/scott-scottpilgrim-pilgrim-waiting-gif-13506058

[quartz raft]

just buy more toys to keep you preoccupied

[tribal wolf]

Base is only correct answer or Retro

[fallow abyss]

@tender thunder hit that baller

[tender thunder]

O shit

Retro represent

[austere tendon]

Why base. You don’t think you’d hit any limits on ram for switch or internal for android?

[tender thunder]

It’s all or nothing

[fallow abyss]

512 16 for me just feels right

[austere tendon]

That’s what my pocket s is. But I’m using less than 256 internally.

$70 difference

Is 12gb ram ever not enough?

[fallow abyss]

I mean how much is left? As you want more than a few gbs left

[tender thunder]

Here’s the way I look at it

I want the 1TB so I don’t have to buy an SD card

And the retro power is only $50 more

So buying retro power is the only logical solution

[austere tendon]

I think I’m using like 150. But there’s a gacha or two I could delete also

Already have a 1tb sd. ROM storage isn’t the issue

[tender thunder]

Also mucho internal storage is nice for android apps and games

My mini only has 60 ish left on internal

[fallow abyss]

I mean it sounds like you know what’s technically right. Do you as a person ever hold regret for stuff like this, or can you genuinely not care?

For me this is the ultimate device, genuinely, so I’ll splurge a bit past “rationale”

[tender thunder]

I mean I get mad fomo

[austere tendon]

The main reason I got the 512 for the pocket s is because the base model only had 128 but here there’s a 256 option so it’s tempting

[tender thunder]

512gb is usually the lowest I want to go on internal

[fallow abyss]

I’d bet you order 512 when push comes to shove lol

[austere tendon]

Probably

[tender thunder]

Aight bet

[austere tendon]

My heart says 512 my brain says 256

[fallow abyss]

I never like to rationalize a luxury purchase. If I want something I’m getting what I want lol

[tender thunder]

What if I want the luxury item

[fallow abyss]

Tbf I have other limiters to make sure I don’t like hoard this shit, but not at purchase time

When I buy I get what I want lol

[austere tendon]

I’m Relatively good about keeping the collection size down. I’ll be selling the pocket S in probably a few days here to help with the cost of this.

[tender thunder]

I keep trying to rationalize just buying 512gb but my heart keeps pushing me to retro power

[fallow abyss]

I think the color scheme just isn’t for me

589 1 tb is only 60 more huh

/s.

[tender thunder]

I mean it’s true

But then if I go with that

The retro power is only 50 more

And we already spending big money

Might as well go all out

[fallow abyss]

Lmao. Jokes aside I genuinely am perfect at that middle price

But that’s me

[tender thunder]

Yeah I’m happy with the retro power

DW I’ll send proof I buy the RP

[austere tendon]

Yeah. Yeah. 16/512 is the way for me I think.

Don’t wanna have to worry about micro managing internal.

[quartz raft]

In what instances would 8gb ram be insufficient

[sand phoenix]

Winlator

[golden bane]

Brother we in the same boat

My Pocket Air is 12GB

How could I not go 1 step up for this monstrosity

[tender thunder]

Can you really call it a monstrosity if you don't get the retro power

It's almost time fellas

[golden bane]

retro power is nice

but i prefer black model with OLED and i dont like retro

but it looks nice

[tender thunder]

I hope we all enjoy the colors we get

[thorn rock]

12GB Black

[golden bane]

[trail basin]

@inner aspen do we have an RH link

[golden bane]

same one

[tender thunder]

For all u doubters out there

Y'all said I wouldn't do it

But I did it

I got the retro power

[golden bane]

they did it

[austere tendon]

Did anyone actually say you wouldn’t though?

[tender thunder]

Yeah

[trail basin]

congrats, you proved your 1 or so doubters wrong! enjoy

[tender thunder]

Take that haters

[thorn rock]

https://tenor.com/view/he-man-gif-18501881

Any idea about accessories? Says about a giftbox on check out but nothing in the IGG

[trail basin]

someone ask in the aya discord

[tribal wolf]

I just did base

8gb is fine for what I’ll use it for

And I’ll sell when a x86 comes with this screen later

[tender thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/the-simpsons-pathetic-principal-skinner-gif-13486077408184960752

[weary musk]

Looks like it's the most popular one.

[tender thunder]

Kinda surprised NGL

[tribal wolf]

Usually the gift box is just like a bag, some thumb caps, and mug/hat

[tender thunder]

Probably scalpers buying the retro power

[tribal wolf]

Maybe

[weary musk]

I also don't get it 🤷‍♂️

[tribal wolf]

People who wanted this for awhile will get it. It’s only been 21 minutes

Will level out

[weary musk]

It's Ayaneo, there's never any rush.

I don't mean that in a bad way, it just takes them a while to get through the early birds.

[wet laurel]

If scalpers didn’t get the metal ap they won’t get the retro power evo ;))

[sand phoenix]

It was the same with the DMG

[tender thunder]

Why would someone scalp the metal analogue

You gotta be pretty fucked in the head to want an analogue

[weary musk]

And yet.....

[sand phoenix]

I think there's a bunch of people that fall in the camp of "if I'm gonna splurge, might as well go big"

[tender thunder]

Mfw I buy a $600 handheld that can play more than GBA games

[weary musk]

Some people got a lotta cash 🤷‍♂️

[thorn rock]

Really was hoping for a nice tomtoc case

[weary musk]

Yeah, you can get at least some playstation for $600

[ocean parcel]

Went in big but I always do...

[tender thunder]

Oh I'm sure there will be a tomtoc case

[thorn rock]

Hope so! 👍

[weary musk]

Normally the Ayaneo cases are really nice.

Can't fault them on the free stuff.

[tender thunder]

Yeah

[patent hare]

So it begins

[tender thunder]

I'm probably just gonna forget about it

Better for my health that way

[weary musk]

For the x86's they throw in usb a to usb c adapters without even mentioning it on the igg.

[tender thunder]

I got a game coming from playasia so that can tide me over

[sand phoenix]

proceeds to check YouTube and discord every 5 minutes for the next 2-3 months

[tender thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-shaking-radlcies-gif-24378563

I mean

Of course I'll watch Russ, Rob, and Dweeb's videos

[austere tendon]

[tender thunder]

Rip

[trail basin]

The gift is the wait

[tender thunder]

Hope they kept the receipt

[weary musk]

The gift is the friends we made along the way.

[ocean parcel]

Gift on 200 dollar device, no gift on a 680 dollar device...

[tender thunder]

I mean

Its free so there's really no room to complain

[patent hare]

Aya logic

[tender thunder]

I just look at it like every other handheld I own

I never use the included case

I always get something from tomtoc

[trail basin]

They know this is the goat android device

[ocean parcel]

Really not the case it's the screen protector I like

[brave granite]

If removing the gift stuff can reduce shipping cost (and pass to us), even better.
Find their packaging and stuff too excessive.

[tender thunder]

Real

[tender thunder]

That's true

A screen protector might look weird on the bezel-less screen tho

[ocean parcel]

I have it on my neo 2 worth for all the touching and fast clean up

[fallow abyss]

16 512 white

[trail basin]

512 white here too see ya guys in 3 months

[fallow abyss]

Do they at least come with a screen protector?

[patent hare]

ohyeah shit i kept thinking november is further away 😄

[thorn rock]

Nope

[fallow abyss]

That’s like the #1 thing I need before I’m comfy playing with a device

[thorn rock]

They said accessories not ready yet

[fallow abyss]

Ah dam

I’ll check back later

[thorn rock]

Hopefully will be easy enough to add them on when they are

[sand phoenix]

I'm an idiot

I told myself a million times I don't need this

I backed

[fallow abyss]

The dumb part was thinking you don’t need this

[austere tendon]

https://tenor.com/view/twins-twinsies-man-spiderman-spider-gif-10514073451626580881

[fallow abyss]

See yall in November lol

[golden bane]

you never wanna second guess urself, you'll end up buying it at retail price from some aliexpress vendor and youll end up with a lightbulb

[thorn rock]

We all have that thought

Fomo is a real pain in the a**

[golden bane]

before this device existed i wanted these specs in exactly this build so

i thought

we'd get this device

in 1-2 years

the announcement was a bit of a shock

[raw mountain]

https://tenor.com/view/peas-triplet-happy-excitement-gif-17265301

[golden bane]

😮

[raw mountain]

Triplets then

[fallow abyss]

Basically, I don’t need this device, but it’s literally the perfect android device, and so I just had to. Only final thing would be widevine l1 but that never happens on these

[austere tendon]

https://tenor.com/view/kid-bored-boring-wait-waiting-gif-21724212

[fallow abyss]

I believe yes but the wording on the 1st one is very specific

[golden bane]

no idea what widevine was

but i agree perfect

[fallow abyss]

Like they meant it wasn’t up at the time of the crowdfunding

[golden bane]

a refresh rate higher or panel better is basically pointless, these specs and bezelless display along with peak sticks/buttons

it hits every note

[ocean parcel]

I just read, gift box: $69

[fallow abyss]

Allows you to stream 1080p content from big apps like Netflix. Otherwise you get reduced to 480. Only device I ever saw with widevine l1 was the gcloud

[golden bane]

same as chipset

[golden bane]

im sure there must be soem types of workarounds for something like this? no

[fallow abyss]

Iirc mostly no on android lol

[austere tendon]

Root and magisk maybe

[golden bane]

what do you mean by stream

[fallow abyss]

Watching media

[thorn rock]

I wonder who that is 🧐

[fallow abyss]

Not game streaming

[golden bane]

u can watch 1080p

on these

u mean stream to another monitor

[fallow abyss]

Sure if you have the base file

If you are on Netflix with a non widevine l1 you will get worse quality

[golden bane]

hmm, i C

[austere tendon]

Certain streaming platforms have a form of drm that prevents high quality streaming unless the Android device reports back a higher widevine level

[golden bane]

ahh okay

[fallow abyss]

Mind you I don’t expect these to have wvl1, but that truly would be my final thing on like “wow this is truly it”

[austere tendon]

I don’t really watch stuff on devices like this though anyway

[golden bane]

i genuinely think, there are workarounds and app cracks

but perhaps not

[golden bane]

i would

on this aspect ratio

its actually decent

[fallow abyss]

I actually watch movies on these if they are oled 1080p lol, but I rip my Blu-ray’s

Long process but to me so worth it, such high quality

[golden bane]

oled + hdr support + aspect ratio

its not ba

bad

[austere tendon]

I have an oled laptop, bigger screen. Better speakers

[golden bane]

way better

than modern high end phones

that are super long

my razr 50 ultra

6.9 inches but its a slim tower

horrible for watching

[fallow abyss]

I mean I have oled tvs lol. But legit like sometimes I watch movies in bed with my daughter, something like Aladdin lol

[austere tendon]

Cause you know know speakers will be shit on this. Aya is allergic to front firing good speakers.

[golden bane]

oh

front firing

would have been dream worthy

thats definitely

one thing i wish

[austere tendon]

As much as I like aya stuff audio is a real weak point for them

[golden bane]

yh

[austere tendon]

But I’ll just use headphones with this anyway

[frail burrow]

The audio on the air series is like listening on bad headphones with cotton in your ears

[golden bane]

finally having an android handheld that is actually more powerful that my smartphone

[frail burrow]

Pocket s is better so maybe

[golden bane]

this was infuriating for me

[austere tendon]

Pocket s is much clearer. Just zero low or low mid frequencies.

[thorn rock]

Mine will always be on mute due to the wife being next to me 😂😂😂

[frail burrow]

Yeah. I rarely have sound on so mild frustration more than anything

[fallow abyss]

Time for the pain of waiting

[tender thunder]

Nah time to forget about and be happy when it ships

[thorn rock]

If they can beat my 380 days for my playdate then we are good

[patent hare]

temptng thing is I do have spare money....

[austere tendon]

I have a theory. The launch event isn't until mid next month, but they started orders now. Compared to s/dmg/micro where launch event and orders were same day. Maybe they are finally learning after pocket s shipping/screen supply debacle and are trying to get a more accurate device count in advance so they can aquire parts and manufacure in time to ship out better in November. I could totally be wrong though.

[frail burrow]

I was thinking similar. Maybe they'll actually be able to ship more than 50 units in the launch month

Launch is kind of useless with aya unless you buy the top sku

[trail basin]

maybe they will just ship all of these pre orders sooner than November 😎

[frail burrow]

Try to pull an ayn and ship early

[patent hare]

unlikely but perhaps

if we are lucky 😄

[fallow abyss]

Already knew it was gonna get disliked on Reddit lol

[tender thunder]

Damn

[fallow abyss]

And within 2 minutes I get disliked lol

It’s funny to me tbh lol

[errant estuary]

Does anyone know if this will support 4K 120hz to external monitor? Looking at the indiegogo page it has usb c 1.4 dp alt. But can’t tell from the specs of it

[tender thunder]

Aya is pretty hated by the community I guess

[fallow abyss]

Maybe worth asking in their discord

[austere tendon]

SBCgaming shits on aya every time

[loud loom]

it really feels like they're hated because people want the product, but dislike the price, which is kind of sad lol

[fallow abyss]

I think there are some just straight up haters on there lol. They really hate the xxsp even though that’s selling like crazy and people love em, same with anbernic in general

[tender thunder]

Ppl hate them cuz they're expensive

[loud loom]

anyways, the retail price is kind of out there, but the eb is surprisingly tempting. this would be super tempting if i wasn't satisfied with my odin 2.

kind of curious how pocket s owners are feeling though, the price is surprisingly comparable and they both seem to fill the same use cases. except the evo has such a nicer screen

[thorn rock]

To be fair to aya. They have never said they are a budget brand. Their devices are high end. The prices are usually pretty good still for what you get

[fallow abyss]

Some of them seem to be selling for the evo

[vagrant sphinx]

It’s Reddit, what did you expect?

[fallow abyss]

No it’s actually what I expected lol

[loud loom]

i expect pictures of an anbernic device with a washed out screen posed while in the middle of the wilderness

[quartz raft]

why does the dmg cost almost as much as the evo lmao

[loud loom]

all the expensive parts are pretty much the same

[golden bane]

dmg should have been a diff chipset at half the price

[quartz raft]

its almost as if they priced the dmg to make the evo look like a bargain

[fallow abyss]

Because for whatever reason they put a top of the line chip in that lol

[golden bane]

dmg doesn't have HDR/120Hz and a few other things

thats the issue i have with its price

anyone doing like gamecube or switch on dmg is weird

[quartz raft]

i still on the fence for the evo

[golden bane]

that aspect ratio is nuts

[quartz raft]

the dmg wouldve made more sense for me, as i already have a premium horizontal handheld

i think what could tip me over is the gift box announcement

[austere tendon]

I keep thinking about it (DMG)

but i don't know that i can justify it

[real bridge]

Do they hit you with shipping in the US as well?

[austere tendon]

Yeah like $30 i think

[quartz raft]

you cant

[austere tendon]

I wish there was a pocket dmg with same display but weaker chip. I just want a compact oled for 16 bit stuff

Maybe just have to wait it out for something

I should just swear off new handheld purchases for the rest of the year now lol

[fallow abyss]

You don’t want the h700 version of the pocket evo? /s.

[austere tendon]

Except it's just gonna be that 720x720 ips probably

[loud loom]

maybe if it was metal 😄

[austere tendon]

RGB20sx already exists

lol

Stuff I might be interested is the rgb10max4 or if magicx releases a 3:2 device.

[fallow abyss]

Even this is superfluous for me. After trying the cube, I realize I’m not really into the cheaper screen/stuff much anymore

Unless it’s like micro. I still love the 556 lol

[tardy compass]

Takis upcoming handheld is basically that, but the gbc shell is a bit thicc.

[austere tendon]

If he would stop teasing and actually show/release something

I'm kinda tired of his drip feed

[tardy compass]

We already know what it is tho. Its a gbc shell with a fpga inside and an oled screen.

And the fpga board is known too.

[tender thunder]

Yeah I'm sure they expect to sell the most during EB

[austere tendon]

I might have lost track a bit because he's also got his mister board thing going on, hard to track down reliable info besides sorting through his twitter

[tardy compass]

Fair. I lost intrest with the first one because its using gbc shells. I dont really like them. Oled is great and will likely be the best bang for your buck for awhile.

[trail basin]

and where is the switch lite oled kit

[tardy compass]

Initial production to make sure the whole process can be complete in a timely manner. Could be any day now that orders opeb.

[austere tendon]

I'd be ok with GBC.

if it's affordable i'll buy it

[tardy compass]

I think he confirmed price, letme go look

[austere tendon]

will it have abxy or just ab though

[quartz raft]

Orders next month, with the hdmi enabled one in October/november

[sand phoenix]

this is it basically, reddit is dirt poor, so anything >$200 gets shat on

[quartz raft]

You just said you wouldn’t buy anymore handhelds for the rest of the year 🤣

[tardy compass]

Oh wait, it might not be a gbc anymore.

[sand phoenix]

It's totally fine for 4:3 content, just some minimal black bars: https://shauninman.com/utils/screens/#src_screen:16,src_nn:0,src_crop:0,src_width:640,src_height:480,dst_screen:0,dst_width:1240,dst_height:1080,dst_size:3.92

it's still a bigger physical area than your typical 3.5" handheld

[austere tendon]

I’m selling the pocket s and getting this. If they were released side by side I would have picked evo because I don’t absolutely need the smaller device. And cooling will be better on the evo.

[tardy compass]

It might be more like the unicorn.

Full size sticks too.

[austere tendon]

That looks horizontal?

Which is fine by me

[quartz raft]

How powerful is the mister supposed to be

[tardy compass]

Its even better. Ill probably buy it now.

I think taki has done some showcases on one of his channels.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RSrzM7dM-Y

Still oled, horizontal, fpga device with full size sticks. And its being designed from the ground up by someone whos very knowledgeable on ergonomics, and smaller details like dpad and face button membranes.

[quartz raft]

I already got horizontal oled. Was hoping it would be vertical oled

But awesome for those that don’t have oled yet

[frail burrow]

The taki handheld won't interest me until the fpga cores have sleep and save states

[fallow abyss]

Oh?

[frail burrow]

I'll wait for the marketplace sales when people are disappointed they can't save state

[fallow abyss]

OH!?

Man is going no half measures

[frail burrow]

There is only one fpga core that needs sticks so it's a waste imo

[tardy compass]

Based on the prices for the board. I think itll be in the low $100 range, i cant find the original tweet that had a price range, may have been taken down.

[fallow abyss]

Chief tbf theres gonna be marketplace sales of people that didn’t even open the device lol

[real bridge]

And a lot of early and mid PS1 games had dual shock optional, so I really don’t understand putting full sized sticks in

[tardy compass]

If it get use in any game its technically a bonus.

[sand phoenix]

man, we just blew +$400 and are already discussing the next handheld

don't get me wrong I'm interested too lol

[real bridge]

Pocket Evo is old news now. Who wants one anyways

New shiny toy

[fallow abyss]

Anyone get tracking yet? /s.

[sand phoenix]

some cores can savestate

there's even an AP GB core that can fast forward by upping the CPU clock

just don't ask about any of that for the SNES

[frail burrow]

But can't save state

The gb cores that save state are closed source

[tender thunder]

Guys

Can the Evo even play Gameboy and GBC

[austere tendon]

What’s the evo

[frail burrow]

Only if you stretch it to 16:9

[austere tendon]

https://tenor.com/view/evo-x-gif-23595654

[frail burrow]

[tender thunder]

[trail basin]

The micro can play gba, not this

Which is why I bought both

[tender thunder]

Damn

Waste of $650

Shoulda got the DMG

[trail basin]

Now that's just silly

[sand phoenix]

It's in development iirc

it may well happen soon

[frail burrow]

I just play one game on a handheld and then sell it. My one game for the evo will be OG Tetris stretched to full screen so I can get the full EVO experience

[trail basin]

To be fair I sold a modded gba to pay for the micro outright, good upgrade

[sand phoenix]

wait until you find out you liked the modded GBA better

[patent hare]

my thoughts as well. I don't think I'll get it as im very happy with my odin 2 pro, but this does look like one hell of a nice device

[prime verge]

Which one are you referring to? N64?

I think I agree that I’d prefer a compact fpga device with no sticks (maybe 6 buttons and a circle pad?)

[tender thunder]

I'd buy that

I'd buy anything with 6 buttons capable of Saturn

[vestal hornet]

100%. Sometimes they make seemingly odd choices, but it's usually because they don't compromise on specs or build quality and end up pricing out a lot of people. And it makes them real salty.

[vestal hornet]

I'm a Pocket S owner and I love the device, but I'm double dipping on the EVO. I want to rationalize that one can be a portable option while the other is better for in house use and streaming, but realistically if both had been available at the same time I'd have picked the EVO and not gotten the Pocket S, they overlap too much. I just don't want to bother with selling it.

[trail basin]

I've got 2 more so all good

[tender thunder]

I have my Odin 2 mini for SFF needs

The Evo isn't leaving my home unless I go on vacation

[fallow abyss]

Yeah honestly still keeping my 556 lol. I’ll likely use it the most due to smaller form factor

[patent hare]

the extra customs for UK is gonna be painful but even then price on it isn't too bad 🤔

[quartz raft]

ayaspace finally started working for me the other week. its prolly my favorite frontend now. the only thing it's missing is a random game button/chooser. or does it have that?

[frail burrow]

Yep

[tender thunder]

Is Aya space any good

[quartz raft]

if it starts working for you lmao

[tender thunder]

What's that mean lol

[quartz raft]

i love it cause it just collages screenshots (or box cover) of your gamelist. so you can view all of the art on the screen instead of scrolling one by one

and next update will have video previews i think

[frail burrow]

I use this for that exact reason https://github.com/anthonycaccese/nso-menu-interpreted-es-de

[quartz raft]

it wasnt working for me originally. but then one day i opened it by accident and tried it out, and it was actually working

[quartz raft]

oh didnt see this

ill have to put it on my es-de

[frail burrow]

My problem with aya space is still the it requires a PC to setup - at least it used to

Haven't gone back to it in a long time

[quartz raft]

my problem with ayaspace is that they dont even tell you how to use it

it just started working out of the blue for me

which is pretty cool cause i didnt do anything to set it up

[tender thunder]

Just wondering if I should just go with Ayaspace or use CL

[quartz raft]

how do you compare ayaspace to craigslist?

[tender thunder]

Console launcher

Didn't think Craig's list even existed anymore

[quartz raft]

[frail burrow]

With the pocket s I find myself mostly just using the default home screen and a combination of beacon or esde for retroarch games

[tender thunder]

Yeah on my mini I main Console launcher with beacon on the side for emulators

Es-de would be nice if it worked

[inner aspen]

Here's the RH Link if anyone needs!

https://rh-go.link/Ayaneo-Pocket-EVO_IGG

[hollow nova]

Beacon is life

Have it on my o2p and pocket air and soon to be rp4p

Simple with no extra fluff

[austere tendon]

Beacon has issues if you try to rename stuff

next time you go to update it overwrites it with wrong metadata again

[hollow nova]

That's simple just edit the name

I know it sometimes trys to reset while your changing it

[loud loom]

yup. i think it's always weird talking about price with this hobby. like a high price is a factor to be considered but i think a lot of people consider it a flaw like a poorly designed feature of a handheld

[tender thunder]

Beacon my beloved

[austere tendon]

It always wants to make moonlight streaming android app some jRPG and every time I change it, it reverts.

In the past I used console launcher.

Now I just use ES-DE and the aya home launcher, it's fine.

[hollow nova]

So you change the name and remove the art it scrapes

It switches it to moonlighter i believe lol

[tender thunder]

Yeah lol

It scrapes moonlighter

[rancid rain]

I really want this, but cannot justify the price without any reviews.

[inner wedge]

lmfao moonlighter

yup

[rancid rain]

I'm just going to hope someone puts it on sale in the marketplace here

I love my gcloud, and really want an oled upgrade, which this basically is

[chilly quarry]

Wouldn’t count on it. Not for at least a while

[weary musk]

1 in 3 buyers are getting the retro

24gb of ram may be more of a draw than I thought

[rancid rain]

But I got the gcloud for 150 last year, so quite this is quite the price jump for me

[tender thunder]

Beacon is pretty poo when it comes to scraping android apps

I wish it was disabled my default for android apps

[tender thunder]

I'm one in three

[rancid rain]

From the comments I'm seeing, people are buying the retro just for the color

[real bridge]

My biggest concern are the grips vs the GCloud. The GCloud is stupid comfy and this one looks stumpy

[loud loom]

if i was getting one, i would get the retro as well. pure white or pure black just doesn't do it for me

[rancid rain]

I can theoretically see the benefits of 16gb for future proofing for stuff like winlator, but past that the chip would be limiting factor, rather than the ram. Maybe already with 12gb

[sand phoenix]

there's nothing you can do on Android that can make use of those 24gb, people are buying it for the color

[tender thunder]

Not with that attitude

[loud loom]

not really about future proofing. the retro game libraries are pretty much complete. this would be a product i buy and use until it breaks. if i'm never going to upgrade it, i might as well purchase the option that is perfect for me

[rancid rain]

Right. Mine was sold with a grip sleeve case, but I took it off since the grips by themselves were actually more comfortable

[sand phoenix]

about retro libraries being complete

there's a good chance that this chip could do PS3/xbox360 if someone gave it a go at writing an emulator for Android for those systems

[real bridge]

Honestly if Winlator is a probability just get a Deck or Z1 Ally. I don’t see why you’d frustrate yourself setting this all up with Android when devices that’ll handle the same thing much easier exist

[quartz raft]

how much would you think someone would post it here for, compared to the dicounted price you can order one now?

[real bridge]

At 6” I get it with the Odin. But $400+ I just don’t see it

[weary musk]

Oh, it'll definitely do the easier stuff. Probably the majority to be honest.

Of course, the issue isn't the chip...

I am glad this thing is doing well anyhow. It looks like the ultimate android handheld.

I suspect a lot of people would be much happier if they held off buying the next 4 or 5 powkiddy/anbernic releases and just got this

[patent hare]

most likely 😄

[loud loom]

are you allowd to say that in this hobby

[patent hare]

atm i don't see a big reason to pick this up when my odin 2 pro is wonderful.... the cost for 12gb model I'd go for plus shipping and customs to UK will be a lot

[quartz raft]

its easier to justify smaller purchases

rather than a big lump sum