Anbernic RG Slide

[heavy thicket]

God no especially t620

[rocky loom]

any chip can be cool enough if its throttled down enough amirite

[ruby spear]

underclocked* 🤣

[rocky loom]

ah yes that

or with enough cores disabled

[vestal tundra]

that's not what underclock is but sure

[rocky loom]

i mean as another way

[honest peak]

Black top to hide bezels + white bottom would look better imo

[tall quiver]

you heard it here first

[ruby spear]

Black looks like the back of
a bus or van 🤣

[rocky loom]

white shell black glass/controls

[ruby spear]

Imagine the new chip is t620 🤣

[rocky loom]

gen2 obv

[heavy thicket]

God Forbid

[hardy wraith]

how much will this cost

will it cost as much as like the 557

i think t820 is fine for this

[fervent lantern]

t618 would be fine if the price is cheap

like $125ish tops

[hardy wraith]

if its like 125 im buying it lol

[ruby spear]

T820 price would be a no for me 🤣

[tough mist]

It’ll be double that

[weak heron]

If its below t820 its a no for me

[hardy wraith]

if its like the 557 price would be a no for me

bit weirded out that its 4:3 instead of 16:9 though

so psp will have black bars instead of running fullscreen

[weak heron]

But based on the games they showed i doubt its a t618

[hollow breach]

If it was running gow I would expect at least t820

[rocky sigil]

yeah it's either t820 or higher

[heavy thicket]

Why

[rocky sigil]

honestly I don't see why this couldn't be a d8300 but I guess we'll see

[heavy thicket]

Especially God of war 2

[hardy wraith]

price

[heavy thicket]

Have we forgot about anbernic messed the chip up and the firmware of rg557

They need more time for it

[hardy wraith]

black looks pretty cool though

[rocky sigil]

no, but it looks better now, no? people have been singing praises about it lately after Anbernic issued an update

[ruby spear]

https://tenor.com/view/im-poor-remember-heather-nill-panic-do-i-look-rich-to-you-do-i-look-like-i-have-money-gif-21736316

[rocky sigil]

see e.g. @oblique jasper review

[heavy thicket]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[hardy wraith]

if it has a d8300 chip expect this to cost like 250 bucks

but i dont think we have a d8300 chip

[rocky sigil]

well idk, this doesn't look like a budget device either, Anbernic is putting a new custom manufactured panel in here after all

[heavy thicket]

The performance mode yes but overall experience nope it's needs a lot of work when it's android build and stuff

[hardy wraith]

expect this to cost like t820 price

[heavy thicket]

Unless they fixed that stuff on anbernic rg slide I really doubt it

[rocky sigil]

I can put up with a little jank as long as it plays stuff and it's performant personally, it's not the end of the world

[hardy wraith]

looks like this will release by like july

[ruby spear]

4th of july

[hardy wraith]

🤯

[ruby spear]

https://tenor.com/view/viralhog-gun-fire-murica-flag-america-gif-12183553

[heavy thicket]

It's bit more than jank compare to T820 devices

[hardy wraith]

what if its a g99 lol

i kinda dig the design thoughh

atleast now we can play subway surfers!

[fervent lantern]

they should give it two dpads like the rg556

[heavy thicket]

At least we will fine G99 is optimized

[hardy wraith]

and is kinda cheaper than the t820

[fervent lantern]

wait the panel in this is custom?

not e-waste?

aint no way

[heavy thicket]

It's custom panel

[hardy wraith]

custom

[heavy thicket]

It's basically a diss to retroid

[fervent lantern]

i don't believe em

[hardy wraith]

watch retroid clap back with another 16:9 handheld!

[heavy thicket]

Lmaoo yes

[hardy wraith]

without any new changes....

just a better processor and maybe this time! more ram

[heavy thicket]

Rg406h and rg406v screen was a custom panel

[warm burrow]

Man this

[hardy wraith]

retroid is making big bank, they force their devices to have stick down so that people are forced to buy their grips!

Retroid knows the money glitch

[fervent lantern]

stick down is based

[hardy wraith]

i love stick down with a grip

[fervent lantern]

wouldn't play a fps on a rp5

but stick down is ok for action games

[hardy wraith]

i personally dont play alot of fps games using controller

[fervent lantern]

not using the tips of my thumb for left analog

[hardy wraith]

i just play w mouse and keyboard

[fervent lantern]

cap is concave so i use the joint section of my left thumb, works good

[hardy wraith]

all i need is the cost for the slide and its either a yes or no for me

[rocky sigil]

you know the conversation about the news is over when we are back to arguing about dpad top vs stick top

[hardy wraith]

dpad top is pretty great for fighting games though

[hollow pulsar]

Finally they shared the video!

[fluid verge]

dpad on top for 2d games and jrpg

[hollow pulsar]

The easiest pass ever!
Looks so stupid!

[hardy wraith]

I most of the time just play my rp5 with a grip

[rocky sigil]

Ser?

[fluid verge]

si

[hollow pulsar]

Just wait for the QC issues 😛

[fervent lantern]

what are the pill shaped stuff on top for

[hardy wraith]

idk

[fervent lantern]

i like everything announced so far except those

[hardy wraith]

i do not know where the power button would go

it looks pretty funny though

[rocky sigil]

subwoofers

[fervent lantern]

i hope it's not rgb leds

[wooden rock]

Looks nice.

[hardy wraith]

I hope not

[safe wave]

i cant see this being low priced

[hollow breach]

It's their "masterpiece"

[edgy hill]

allwinner 727

[fervent lantern]

i think im gonna wait for double screen devices

or when they start using chips w more juice than o2

[misty meadow]

why do u need stronger than 8 gen 2

[edgy hill]

Allwinner T736 octa-core “sun60i” processor with two Cortex-A76 cores and six Cortex-A55 cores

[hollow breach]

Cyberpunk 2077

[misty meadow]

is winlator good enough to handle that?

back when I tinkered with winlator I got a ton of crashes aswell

[hollow breach]

Not really

Even 8 gen 3 and above can barely play it

[ebon cradle]

That’s hot

[hardy wraith]

man those side bezels sheesh

looks like a thiccer iphone 6s plus lol

[shadow sinew]

looks good, however the bottom part makes me want to buy the MCON, it could really work well with phone

[hollow breach]

This might just be peak

[dry idol]

960p?

Called it - #🔥│upcoming-chat message

[hardy wraith]

it looks good though

bigger iphone6s+

[hollow breach]

It's hard to know for certain but it looks pretty thin in that video

[tough mist]

#🔥│upcoming-chat message

they kinda spoiled it already

[dry idol]

side-chins are excessive. deflated my interest

[hardy wraith]

4:3 is cool but honestly, I wouldve wanted it to be 16:9

[hardy wraith]

Yeah the side bezels look pretty large

[ebon cradle]

No more bezel fear mongering

[hardy wraith]

But then again it is a 4:3 handheld

[ebon cradle]

They really aren’t that bad

[hollow breach]

I LOVE BEZELS

[hardy wraith]

the black one would be better though I think

[ebon cradle]

Same

[fluid verge]

Bezels my beloved, i would get the white one

[hardy wraith]

Im leaning towards the black one more

Like a 60 40 split

The white one looks pretty clean though

[willow cove]

...it looks quite top heavy with that 4:3 display... they could've made it a lot smaller/sleeker with a smaller 16:9 display.

[safe wave]

I do find it funny when people get heart attacks about bezels

[hardy wraith]

id buy the black model tbh

[ebon cradle]

Cuz they spend more time staring at the device as opposed to actually playing games on them

[hardy wraith]

true true

Sometimes i stare at my green 35xxsp and think that this color looks bad when playing non green games but when im playing games i tend to forget about the color

[lavish matrix]

Will it be thicker than RG405M, It will defeat the purpose more

[crystal spear]

should be

[ruby spear]

What the

[rocky sigil]

the good thing is that since closed it looks like a phone from 2010 it'll be inconspicuous enough that nobody will want to steal it if you leave it unattended

[heavy thicket]

You know what 🤭

[sour bluff]

The only time bezels bug me is when they're not black lmao

[heavy thicket]

Mannnnn☺️

[heavy thicket]

Amennn

[worldly spire]

Yeah. Just stretch the game to the whole screen. No bezels.

[hardy wraith]

Id like to see them have like a silver version

[heavy thicket]

But also it's not bigger iphone 6+ this is htc/blackberry/ xperia play tribute

[hardy wraith]

it looks like bigger iphone 6 lol haha

because of the wider screen and side bezels

[misty meadow]

yeah It might be a homage to old phones

I don't really like when companies compromise products in sake of nostalgia

[heavy thicket]

Someone who had a iphone 6 even 6s it's deffo not bigger iphone 6 trust me

[heavy thicket]

How come

[ebon cradle]

What if nostalgia is the business model tho

[heavy thicket]

I mean nostalgia is thr reason why we buy it in the first place

[minor tundra]

You covered the speakers

I wish this came in another colour and not just black and white

Even a grey

[rocky sigil]

I would have taken white with black bezels

[twilit estuary]

Looks uncomfortable to use left stick and face buttons

[misty meadow]

I might be the minority here but I actually have no nostalgia for retro consoles and choose to play them because they are good

[heavy thicket]

That's also true

Also I do wish anbernic actually do colour options than black and white

Even tho I would get black version

[rocky sigil]

nah it'll be fine, the person playing in the video doesn't know how to hold handhelds

[twilit estuary]

Idk like yeah, I have nostalgia for some stuff but it has to be something I've enjoyed in the past

[vestal dirge]

You hold handhelds differently when you're trying to film 'em.

[heavy thicket]

Basically yh

[heavy thicket]

Another one that I enjoyed the nostalgia of this one is too much for me 🥹

[hollow breach]

Facts, only handhelds I have nostalgia for are the leapster and dsi

[vestal dirge]

They're showcasing PS2 and Wii games so I don't think we're getting the T618 in here.

[heavy thicket]

It would be t820 or similar to t820

[rocky sigil]

yeah, we already established this much, it's t820 or higher

[ebon cradle]

Probably a SD 8g2

That’s my guess

9000mah battery

[heavy thicket]

Hahaha

[vestal dirge]

Anbernic being Anbernic, it's either the T820 or D8300. They don't seem to just put random chips in stuff anymore.

[fervent lantern]

WHAT ARE THE PILLS FOR

[vestal dirge]

Buttons for waking the device when it's shut?

[rocky sigil]

that's a reasonable guess

[heavy thicket]

But also they didn't showed wii u tho

It's t820 that's my final guess

[fierce nova]

I think the 552 is only time they did that.

[twilit estuary]

For me old phones brings up trauma not nostalgia lmao i did not enjoy playing on that stuff, slow, always full memory... Let's just say we've come a long way
But on the other hand psp go was the coolest thing on the planet back then and i kinda wanted one. But also 16:9 gaming looks small and bad on a 4:3... idk I'm really split on the design of this Anbernic slide 😶‍🌫️

[heavy thicket]

But you see it's been three years ago

[woven gulch]

I wonder if the H700 is less random, than the others(T618,T820,d8300)...

[fervent lantern]

shoulda used the cube screen smh

[ebon cradle]

Shoulda used the pocket ace screen

[vestal dirge]

Well it's like a PSP Go ... but you play PS2 games on it instead.

[fierce nova]

Just saying they pick a SOC and stick to for a while

[heavy thicket]

What 16:9 gaming do you need than psp andorid games and switch and ps vita

[rocky sigil]

presumably they would want to avoid 16:9 since the screen does best with 4:3 content

[fervent lantern]

wii

[twilit estuary]

I'm not going to be able to afford it anyways so I'm cool

[hollow breach]

A lot of android games also scale to the screen

[fierce nova]

T820 is my guess. No wii u like someone said

[vestal dirge]

If this is the 820, it should be "relatively" cheap. They can't seriously charge RG557 prices for it, at least.

[hollow breach]

If it's a t820 it better be like $160

[weak heron]

Sonic on the leapster went crazy

[ebon cradle]

As long as it’s under $200

[fierce nova]

229 is my guess

[heavy thicket]

Deffo not 160 maybe 185

[heavy thicket]

No no

Especially t820

[minor tundra]

T820, 179

That’s my guess

[vestal dirge]

I'm just straight up NOT paying $200 for a T820 handheld in 2025 - I don't care what it looks like.

[heavy thicket]

Same 179 to 185

[minor tundra]

It would be funny if they did go back to t618 and it was like 130 though

[heavy thicket]

Dw it would be not 200 it would be silly behavior

[minor tundra]

Rp classic killer at that point

[woven gulch]

What if dualscreen?

[hollow breach]

T820 isn't the best for 3ds

[heavy thicket]

T618 would be bit hard to swallow

[vestal dirge]

Nah - if I want to play DS games (which is rare), I have a New 3DS XL and a DSi XL.

[twilit estuary]

You're right, PSP is the only 16:9 system I'm interested in personally but on retro handheld i tend to play way more 4:3 and 3:2 stuff

[minor tundra]

Yeah I’m very happy this is 4:3

4:3 is the way, the truth, the light

[heavy thicket]

I would say that mcon is expensive but at least you can the pair with your phones hell even your razer edge

[minor tundra]

Hell this has a better size for gba than the o2mini

[heavy thicket]

Honestly same

I'm even happier with 4'7 inch screen tho

[rocky sigil]

and it's on par with the ktr1 screen that everybody seems to love for GBA

basically this is the ktr1 screen except better for 4:3 content

[minor tundra]

And 120hz for my ms dos fetish

[vestal dirge]

Main thing is that it needs to be big enough to see, Something the size of the PSP GO screen is getting small for my old, tired eyes. 🙃

[heavy thicket]

Anbernic doing 120hz Nintendo doing 120hz ayn doing 120hz

[minor tundra]

https://tenor.com/view/skyroads-sky-roads-game-gif-18906586

[heavy thicket]

Retroid your turn

[twilit estuary]

Ah I was wondering, do we need a new upcoming device chatroom for the teased new retroid possibly dual screen device?

[upper shale]

Ok this is very exciting now 😬😬😬

[rocky sigil]

breaks my heart that everyone on YouTube and Reddit is like "but y no 16:9???"

[hollow breach]

Bans gonna lock that down expeditiously

[vestal dirge]

I'm also happy that high refresh screens are becoming the norm.

[upper shale]

120fps super hexagon 😁

[heavy thicket]

Retroid need to come over and do 120hz 🤭

[twilit estuary]

Do old games natively go above 60 fps?

[safe wave]

the form factor i cant imagine is going to make this cheap

[heavy thicket]

Deffo not

[safe wave]

esp if its going to have some power to it

[vestal dirge]

It's PSP Go nostalgia. (It's probably a safe bet, though, that if this does well there WILL be a 16:9 version)

[heavy thicket]

Would be around 179 to 200

[safe wave]

if its d8300 and i hope its not tbh, it'll be 250 at least

[vestal dirge]

Black frame insertion for retro games, old PC games, Android games, and the fact that the UI experience on Android is WAY better at >60Hz.

[heavy thicket]

I would still buy it but it would be problem because I heard rg557 have issues with apps and stuff

[safe wave]

im going to enjoy listening to people complain about the price when its revealed 😄

[vestal dirge]

Why wait when we can complain about the prospective price now?

[fierce nova]

After you tried to Root the device and fail.

[austere needle]

I wish this was H700, then I won't have buyer's remorse if it sucks

[rocky sigil]

Anbernic can honestly afford to price this at >$200 and people will still buy it

so I wouldn't expect miracles

[austere needle]

no lol literally no one bought rg557

[hollow breach]

Within reason

[vestal dirge]

What problems with Android apps does the 557 have? Is it just the "some apps don't like running on rooted devices" which is the same issue all Anbernic Android devices have?

[heavy thicket]

I'm not doing that honestly I would let it alone use this for retro games and good ass old andorid games

[rocky sigil]

this is different, people will pay for the form factor

[safe wave]

i mean form factor here is something nobody has tried to do in a very long time im not going to expect miracles either

[heavy thicket]

15 years now

[austere needle]

idk, it looks like a thick boy compared to my pspgo

THICC

[safe wave]

but still given how finicky people in the community are about pricing, still gonna be careful

[hollow breach]

To an extent though, if they make it too expensive that's still going to alienate a lot of people

[heavy thicket]

We love thicc

[fierce nova]

what I use my for

[safe wave]

some people expect 8gen 2 for flip 2 prices 😄

[austere needle]

can't beat thicc when doing doggy

[woven gulch]

*with oled.

[vestal dirge]

Thickness isn't really the issue with pocketing most of these - the exposed analog sticks and stacked triggers sticking out are the issues.

[heavy thicket]

🤭🤭🤭

[safe wave]

pocketing is overrated 😏 /s

[hollow breach]

I thought that until I tried pocketing a 406h

That shit is too dang thick

[austere needle]

this will be doa, flip 2 is way better than this if its priced the same

[safe wave]

that was your mistake

it takes some eyes to tell the 406h is not pocketable 😄

[austere needle]

try that with a steamdeck

[vestal dirge]

May as well pocket a Legion Go.

[hollow breach]

With a clipshield it actually fits pretty easily, just looks ridiculous

The 406h

[austere needle]

why the fuck they stick with 4:3? what happens to psp and vita games

[hollow breach]

They get smaller

[twilit estuary]

Ok just learned of BFI. Cool. And yeah android UI at 90 or 120 really is smoother (but i prefer 90 as a compromise between battery health and smoothness)

But 120 fps on Android games is pretty rare and if available it's generally on heavy titles right? Like call of duty or Fortnite and that stuff barely runs at stable 120 on flagships devices, before they go in thermal throttling. Still s good thing. This really is the 120hz year, I've heard based model iphones are gonna be 120hz too from now on.

[heavy thicket]

I mean get retroid pocket 4 pro

[austere needle]

look again, the video with the ugly chick holding it, it looks thick as fuck

[heavy thicket]

Ugly = unique

[hollow breach]

What did the chick do to you damn

[safe wave]

i get the impression anbernic has stolen kinemi's dog

[austere needle]

the least they could do was hire a pretty model, not their office lady that's on a break

[heavy thicket]

🤨

[austere needle]

i mean its for the world to see, having an ugly chick as your company's face..

[heavy thicket]

😐

[icy fable]

Wow. Real basement dweller coming out swinging 😆

[austere needle]

they can even use AI video models, that shit looks real as fuck

[heavy thicket]

https://tenor.com/view/blank-stare-50cent-nah-nope-no-gif-16975883

More he speaks more I turned into 50 cent

[icy fable]

"I jack it to AI all day. Perfect girlfriend"

[hollow breach]

Feels like there's always somebody being out of pocket on every new release

[austere needle]

i can't wait for next year where pornstars are out of the job and we're getting full ai pornos from various game girls

[icy fable]

Cringe takes aside. This thing looks amazing. Just caught up

[heavy thicket]

Innit

[woven gulch]

I mean, they have AnbernicAI. Or how they call it.

[austere needle]

not yet, wait next year

[heavy thicket]

Anbernic ai perfect 👌

[wicked helm]

Just saw the video... I might be in the minority but I don't think I like this thing

[austere needle]

you mean majority, no one likes it

[heavy thicket]

Sigh

[hollow breach]

https://tenor.com/view/bait-thats-bait-tom-hardy-mad-max-gif-5055384

[heavy thicket]

Anyway more power to me

[woven gulch]

Will ask it to generate an "Anbernic waifu"...

[wicked helm]

I haven't really read through the comments, but I did saw you having some wild opinions... 😅

[austere needle]

wait until they announce it at $200, fuck that

[heavy thicket]

People would will buy it but yk

[hollow breach]

I mean yeah I probably wouldn't buy it at $200 if it had a t820

[austere needle]

the only reason they had a segment of 120hz coz they know how sucky their screen is LOL

$200 and not oled

[heavy thicket]

I mean retroid doesn't have 120hz

[dim heart]

Love it 😊

[austere needle]

oled

[heavy thicket]

Okay oled or not doesn't matter

[safe wave]

wild is a polite way of putting it 😄

[austere needle]

oled 60hz beats trash lcd 120hz anyday

[wicked helm]

I am being polite as much as I can 😛

[hollow breach]

https://tenor.com/view/idk-man-idk-i-dont-know-gif-27358524

[heavy thicket]

Okay that's your opinion

[fervent lantern]

PILLS

[hollow breach]

A good lcd can get very close to an oled

[austere needle]

and all of switch oled/retroid customers which are in the millions

[dim heart]

A beautiful device Iam here for it

[minor tundra]

https://tenor.com/view/excuse-me-but-wtf-dog-wth-gif-18128750

[heavy thicket]

Oh millions

[wicked helm]

But back to the Slide, I really hoped it would look more like the PSP Go and less to whatever this HTC phone design is :/

It's just not as sleek as I'd like

[heavy thicket]

I mean shout out to my old 2010s phones 🤭

[austere needle]

dude, realistic tifa with a rod banging aerith 60 mins ai porno with ai sound would sell like hotcakes

[hollow breach]

Given this and the vertical mockup they have I think Max might be on an old phone kick

[minor tundra]

bro

https://tenor.com/view/bonk-vào-mặt-cái-cám-bonk-anime-bonk-meme-bonk-dog-gif-26069974

[heavy thicket]

Less someone take the phone ☺️

[wicked helm]

I had a HTC Wildfire and would have it longer if the screen wouldn't die on me back in the day

[heavy thicket]

Damn

[austere needle]

i honestly don't get these chinese manufacturers, why not use pspgo shell (abundance) and build a motherboard around that

its like a sure win

with 2025 tech

[heavy thicket]

Built Like psp go

Or you mean xperia play

[wicked helm]

Eh... Too much like something already existing isn't fun either to me, this is why I dislike the Odin mini

[minor tundra]

because the psp go screen sucks

[austere needle]

yea why not build a motherboard that fits in a pspgo shell

heck i'd have a h700 motherboard in a pspgo shell please

fuck

[minor tundra]

so you'd have a tiny 16:9 screen that's only good for PSP paired with a chip that can't do full psp

[heavy thicket]

Well we are in 2025 second no h700 you can't even do full psp anything

And if you want modern that attached your phone get mcon

[wicked helm]

Unless I see some good reviews that convince me otherwise, I don't think I'll be buying this even for the novelty factor

[austere needle]

why not? its the dream pocketable device

[minor tundra]

your dream pocketable device is terrible for psp because of the chip and terrible for everything else because of the screen?

I'd rather have the 28xx

[hollow breach]

Atp I'd just buy a 34xxsp and get basically the same experience

[icy fable]

Assuming T820 I'd buy at $200. Closer to $300 is where they start to lose me

[austere needle]

3:2 screen is too small for 4:3 games

[vestal tundra]

you think they'll deliver?

[hollow breach]

Debatable

[austere needle]

if they made 35xxsp v2 small sized i would buy it in a heartbeat

[heavy thicket]

Well it's difficult one they need to make sure the product is good

[hollow breach]

I mean there is the miyoo flip

[heavy thicket]

This

[austere needle]

dont buy anbernic devices above $100, you will get screwed

RG405M flashbacks

[minor tundra]

my 405v and 406v both slap

the 405m was also great with gammaOS

probably anbernic's best but it wasn't for me because stick top

[austere needle]

too big

steam deck level big

what were they thinking

[vestal tundra]

no, it'll be worse, they already changed the sliding mechanism because the original mechanism looks cool but too complex and expensive to make, people already put up their money because of the original video

[icy fable]

They explained this on billibilli or something?

[heavy thicket]

Mostly because of russ ideas and some of few ideas that the creator had before honestly

[heavy thicket]

Steam deck level big

Hold on

Bait bait bait

[icy fable]

Haha. Based on his history I think it's safe to just ignore most commentary

[hollow breach]

It always kind of shocks me just how big the 406v is though

[vestal dirge]

About half a Deck.

[heavy thicket]

That's why I said bait bait 😭

[hollow breach]

477v is about to be crazy

[misty meadow]

what is that site?

[hollow breach]

Retrocatalog.com

[vestal tundra]

the original mechanism was cool and unique, now just a generic device, just like what anbernic's doing here

[heavy thicket]

Anbernic rg slide is like small phone back in the day with sliding

Mostly xperia play clone

[icy fable]

I don't need crazy mechanisms that fail/don't work. Id rather get something tried and tested. At least to start

OneXSugar is a good purchase if you wanna blow money on something whacky

[vestal tundra]

what I mean is the hype about mcon was partly about that mechanism

OneXSugar is also crowdfunding right? I have almost no confident in any crowdfunding product at all

[cold crag]

Honestly 120hz might be really nice... If the chip is powerful enough to use Black Frame Insertion.

[woven gulch]

Maybe GPD? They have a good track record. Tho, those prices...

[vestal tundra]

GPD just uses crowdfunding as a sale channel, you can get their stuff at the same price somewhere else

[steady gust]

I'm so glad we're in a 4:3 screen war. Can't wait for retroids custom 4:3 oled screen

[cold crag]

With Android games mostly not having issues running on 4:3. Sure it looks weird, but seems to run fine. Poor PSP really gets the short end of the stick with needing that 16:9. Even more powerful chipsets you are getting GC/PS2 emulation which is again mostly 4:3.

[hollow breach]

The 4.7 inch screen is big enough to where I think 16:9 should still be fine for this tbh

[vestal tundra]

custom screen is easy but not cheap, just throw the money at an engineer contractor, the main point is to have that money

[heavy thicket]

Actually psp would be fine

[cold crag]

Although playing Lumines 2 on the Flip 2 at 4x resolution has been glorious.

[hollow breach]

In a roundabout way you're getting the intended psp experience since they both share the same screen size

[cold crag]

Yeah, technically if it can do 16:9 at the same screen size as the PSP GO. it's technically a faithful recreation, even if it's much chunkier 😄

[steady gust]

It has the same size as a normal psp for 16:9 4.3"

[heavy thicket]

Yep

[cold crag]

Oh dang I thought it would cut it down to PSP GO size, not regular PSP.

This thing is bigger than I'm picturing it then.

[remote chasm]

I've found psp perfectly playable even on the 406 screen so a 4.7 should be absolutely fine yeah

[cold crag]

The real PSP Go we wanted all along 😄

[warm burrow]

interesting development

[cold crag]

Oh yeah, that's only a smidge smaller than the PSP Go screen.

[lavish matrix]

Screen to body ratio is already less than 55%

[hollow breach]

This thing is going to be wide, hopefully it makes it less thick though

[lavish matrix]

PSP game will make it 45%

[misty meadow]

guys, would you rather get a retroid pocket classic flip or an rg flip?

[heavy thicket]

🤭🤭🤭🤭

[heavy thicket]

Yh t820

[minor tundra]

I don't think BFI is super resource intensive

[heavy thicket]

It's not

[vestal tundra]

do you use BFI in your TV?

don't think I know anyone does

[cold crag]

Oh is it not. I didn't think it would be. But I've never used it, and I only heard Russ talk about it on beefier handhelds. Probably because they were the only ones that had 120hz displays, not because they were more powerful 😅

Well whoever said it was gonna be around the same size at the RG Cube was spot on, kudos.

You were spot on!

[steady gust]

The coloured buttons look so ugly imo

[heavy thicket]

See and why I said it's not bigger iphone 6 it's old phone homage

[minor tundra]

need thickness comparisons

[heavy thicket]

I'm already sold

It's t820

[halcyon kayak]

Can someone do the math and calculate how big 16:9 will be on this

[minor tundra]

it looks like it's no thicker than the cube/406v (hopefully a decent chunk slimmer) while having no exposed controls to catch on your pocket

[minor tundra]

4.3"

same size as a psp1000

[heavy thicket]

4:3

[cold crag]

PSP GO XL 😂

[halcyon kayak]

Excellent that's basically the same size as PSP

[steady gust]

If its not overpriced I will get the white one

[halcyon kayak]

I would mainly play 4:3 and occasionally 16:9 so this is perfect

[heavy thicket]

People need to understand they doing 4'7 inch was good decision

[warm burrow]

I need to see some more PSP games in action to decide

[steady gust]

Yeah a bigger 4:3 screen is still the gold standard for me for retro emulation

[halcyon kayak]

I would like this in a Flip form factor though

[hollow breach]

Oh yeah this might be pocketable

[cold crag]

4:3 makes more since for a slider too. Gives more vertical clearance for the screen to move up, giving more room for controls on the bottom.

16:9 works much better for a clam.

Since only about half the footprint is usable for controls on a slider. Maybe a bit more. Probably more like 60%

[halcyon kayak]

We got a 120hz screen on a 4:3 before 16:9

[cold crag]

As wild as that sounds, it makes more sense for BFI than trying to cram a beefier chip in to run android games at 120hz. Especially when most don't even support it. I don't know enough about game streaming to know if you can even use 120hz for it.

Seems like it would be a bandwidth nightmare.

[ocean gate]

where is the Anbernic data sheet that confirms it?

[heavy thicket]

The proof is in the Pic ☺️

[heavy thicket]

You can when it comes to game streaming

[weak heron]

Swapped out for blank buttons would be clean😮‍💨

[cold crag]

Oh good to know. I feel like like when I tried game streaming on my S24+ it was still laggy and choppy so I wasn't sure what it was actually pulling at. 😅

[heavy thicket]

But it depends on if anbernic make it good experience

[limpid radish]

Do they just not have small 16:9 screens available.

[weak heron]

Every device in the comparison pics has a t820 right

[limpid radish]

I can only imagine they don't. Not making this thing 16:9 is bizarre.

[heavy thicket]

Yh

[cold crag]

Oooo that's clever, didn't even notice that.

[heavy thicket]

I could be wrong and it could be t618 but the background of t820 devices, comparison of t820 devices

You already know the feeling that it's t820

[sterile bear]

I think I've travelled back in time to when HTC was relevant

[heavy thicket]

🥹

Blackberry as well

[sterile bear]

I had this!

[limpid radish]

Anbernic should make a T-Mobile Sidekick.

[cold crag]

Rotated the Slide comparison with the 406V

[heavy thicket]

Hehehe

[misty meadow]

wait, it it comfirned to be t820?

[cold crag]

not confirmed. Just cheekily hinted at.

[ocean gate]

making a hint out of them comparing their device to other stuff they released, lol

[limpid radish]

t820 or t618 seem like hefty steps back.

[ocean gate]

putting it next to an rg557 just wouldn't make sense size-wise

could still be d8300 until confirmed otherwise

[misty meadow]

eh, I think it's going to be fine, This guy might be 150 dollars that way

[limpid radish]

Well. I suppose.

[safe wave]

given how iffy the 557 has been, i think it'll be a blessing not to get the d8300 in this

[limpid radish]

I don't know anything about that.

[violet fog]

I mean....given the Price of the 557....how much do you think they would even charge for this

[heavy thicket]

250

Plus

If it's d8300

[violet fog]

250 was 557 price lol

So I'm thinking slide tax, closer to 275-300. If it had the d8300

[lavish matrix]

Overclocked t820 would work better

Price it $160

[heavy thicket]

But If it's t820 tho 179 to 200

[ocean gate]

$160 or fuck off

[heavy thicket]

Plus slide tax and 120hz

[limpid radish]

They should give it a SD865 instead.

[cold crag]

Removed the 406h for better Cube comparison

[limpid radish]

Just give me the RP Slide.

[misty meadow]

that's rp5 terretory, they cannor justify that price

[heavy thicket]

They need to ask qualcomm price

[lavish matrix]

What use of 120 refresh practically in gaming

[heavy thicket]

Rp5 doesn't have a slide and 120hz

Just oled and snapdragon and linux

And good andorid build

[misty meadow]

oled is a more appealing feature than 120hz

[cold crag]

Yeah the 120hz can be seen as overkill, and it makes me worry about the price.

[heavy thicket]

Yh maybe 185

[limpid radish]

If this has good USB C video out, it'll be a buy.

[heavy thicket]

Mmmm idk

[heavy thicket]

It would be dock able

[lavish matrix]

Good i need that

[misty meadow]

I am looking for 150-160 usd pricetag

[ocean gate]

the t820 can't charge and do video out at the same time iirc tho

[limpid radish]

The RP Flip 2 is the ultimate hybrid handheld to me.

[heavy thicket]

I mean able to dock it not charging and dock at the same time I already know that

[lavish matrix]

Crazy world we can never have everything good at a decent price, always buy the next one

[safe wave]

almost as if business

[limpid radish]

Lame business.

[cold crag]

LOL if they sell us the perfect device, what will they sell us again in a few months?

[limpid radish]

Honestly, the only "good" Anbernic devices I can recommend are on the XX line.

All their android junk is lacking hard.

[heavy thicket]

Rg slide but v2 16:9 and " glass font"

[lavish matrix]

Sell many of one device, like Analog did for years

[cold crag]

I almost pulled the trigger on the OG Cube for a while. Thankfully I waited for the Flip 2. I'm in love with this thing. Honestly since clam is not ergonomic, I feel they could go a bit smaller. If it's not gonna be very comfy to hold, it should easily fit into my pocket.

[limpid radish]

I wish the cube was better, because it was literally so good.

As much as I adore my Flip 2, the cube remains the most comfortable retro handheld I've ever used.

[cold crag]

Slide is thicker and rounder, not as thick and round as the Cube. But it will probably feel better in the hand than the Flip 2.

[lavish matrix]

If we are wishing for stuff, ayaneo DS style with 4.5 inch 3:2 up screen 3.92 inch down with a good ergonomic stick button. Snapdragon 8 series

[weak heron]

They are working on it

[cold crag]

The extra depth for the analog triggers on the Flip 2 I could probably do without. I find them too small and hard to finesse well enough for half presses anyways

[weak heron]

Will probably be G3 gen 3 tho

[cold crag]

Ayaneo is probably the only person I would trust with a Dual screen solution, but at the same time I'm not gonna want to pay the price they will ask for it 😄

The Flip 2 feels weird because it's thick at the top and thin at the bottom, which is like the opposite of ergonomic. Not even completely neutral because of flatness like the DSes and how the Slide will be.

[weak heron]

I was gonna get ayas flip 1s but will probably wait for an arm release

[cold crag]

Yeah I already splurged on an Ally X for a Windows handheld, so I can't see myself dropping that kind of money again for the Flip 1s. Much harder to justify when I can't just run it back to Best Buy if something goes wrong.

[crude galleon]

The screen is a bit bigger than the rg406v, interesting

[cold crag]

Yeah they confirmed 4.7" compared to the 4" on the 406s.

[icy fable]

OneX and GPD basically use it as a preorder system rather than actually crowdfunding

[cold crag]

Don't Ayaneo do the same?

[icy fable]

Yeah. A lot of companies do

[crude galleon]

And more bigger then i expected

[icy fable]

It's basically an advertising platform

[cold crag]

Probably the only safe ones to back, honestly.

[icy fable]

Aw a sales front it's kind of nice too, cause you can add tiers and bonuses and unlockables. All that you don't have to now program into your storefront

[cold crag]

MCON was similar in that they had OhSnap backing them that already knew the manufacturing process, and had successfully run a bunch of campaigns.

[icy fable]

But yeah. Id trust OneX on IGG. They've delivered everything so far. And usually more on schedule than Ayaneo

Now I mean, can you still get a lemon or buggy product. Definitely

[cold crag]

I want to back the Sugar, just for the shear innovativeness of it. But all those points of failure in all that articulation has me hella nervous. Most of these companies have a hard time getting one hinge right, let alone 3.

[rocky sigil]

man I can't get over how those speaker grills look straight from 2010

otherwise looks great, but those speaker grills kinda ruin the white one

[hollow breach]

https://tenor.com/view/true-john-wick-morgan-freeman-get-this-man-get-this-man-a-true-gif-7759561326776237427

[cold crag]

At least they color matched the grills. Some older phones had bare metal grills that stood out much more.

[true goblet]

I'm ready for the widescreen Cube.

[ebon cradle]

Where my fellow rh slide fans at

[unborn storm]

Except it'd be called RGPrism

[ebon cradle]

RG Box

[heavy thicket]

RG Cowboy ZU

[ebon cradle]

RG sphere

[weak heron]

R(e)G tangle

[cold crag]

Still waiting on my Okama gamesphere.

[hollow pulsar]

https://tenor.com/view/nokia-cellphone-flip-call-picture-gif-4943781

[cold crag]

https://lcd-phone.com/en/content/64-differences-between-in-cell-on-cell-out-cell

interesting read about In-cell displays, in case anyone like me, was unsure what that was.

Basically seems the same as a laminated display.

Slightly better/thinner display.

I remember the extra layer really only mattering at the gaming store I worked at that did phone repairs. Apparently Laminated displays were much more of a pain to replace than just the glass on broken phones/tablets.

[crisp shale]

Having just watched the promo video, the screen on the RG Slide looks magnificent. Unfortunately everything else about the device is pretty meh for me. I'll wait until Anbernic puts that screen in a RG406H or RG406V styled shell with more traditional ergonomics (and preferably woodgrain lol).

[unborn storm]

Oh my god, it's spherical!

[cold crag]

Comparing the footage of God of War 2 from the new trailer to Russ' footage in the Cube review. Looks like it's running at 1x resolution. So definitely could be T820, or at least something similarly powered. I'd imagine they would bump the res if they could.

[heavy thicket]

God of war 2 would struggle in t618

It would be t820

[cold crag]

I have only been running PS2 games on 1x on my Flip 2 with a bigger screen and I haven't minded it so far. So I can't imagine 1x being a problem on the smaller screen.

[heavy thicket]

It would be fine

[heavy thicket]

You should run bit more than 1x

[cold crag]

I've mainly been playing Mat Hoffman Pro BMX 2 and Shadow of the Colossus. Mat Hoffman could probably bump higher but I'm not sure Colossus could.

[minor tundra]

odin 2 portal is 120hz

[smoky bone]

I would take this over the significantly stronger chip they used in the 557. Linux support is a great feature to have

[upper shale]

Lets not forget the Evo too 😅 165hz

[blazing bison]

idk how much this helps compare size, but I have a CubeXX so compare size w 3dsxl, 35xxsp, vita

[heavy thicket]

Razer edge is 120hz

[minor tundra]

honestly not much bigger footprint than the 34xx I already pocket

the main pocket competition for me is I've been considering deleting the sticks on my 406v

[smoky bone]

Is this screen the “custom” screen I’ve been hearing about from Anbernic?

[minor tundra]

yes

1280x960, 4.7" 120hz

[smoky bone]

4.7 would be game changer for gen 6 emulation. I hope it can do 2x set and forget across the board

[ebon cradle]

Depends on what chip it’s using

[minor tundra]

if it's t820 I think that's a yes for gamecube and dreamcast, but maybe not on the absolute hardest ps2 games

[lavish matrix]

It's been a year since the ethereal announcement & 2.5 years aetherx2 since halt

Otherwise things could have improved yet

[minor tundra]

yeah, ps2 on android is a mess

[lavish matrix]

Utilisation of proper vulkan on ps2 emulation would work great on D8300

[heavy thicket]

Yep

But you know what t820 is enough better than nothing

[lavish matrix]

Okay, but why we hope for t820 this year on Android side

[minor tundra]

for me the d8300 would cost us too much in terms of firmware, battery life, and price for only maybe a dozen more ps2 games

[heavy thicket]

Mostly battery life, gamma os and software like firmware would be bit optimized for it

[lavish matrix]

That's being optimistic I guess

[heavy thicket]

Even dozen more ps2 games you need performance mode to push the performance hardest ps2 games

Or use gamma tricks

[lavish matrix]

T820 & 120 hz doesn't go i guess

[heavy thicket]

For retro yes

[lavish matrix]

From chipset itself

[heavy thicket]

The chip is fine itself

Like phones have 120hz with weak power nowadays

[lavish matrix]

Those phone suck

[light oracle]

Are those sliders I see ?

[lavish matrix]

They lag more than 60 hz in idle scenario

[heavy thicket]

Like s22

Even 60hz is fine

[minor tundra]

nah, widdle sticks

[heavy thicket]

120hz 60hz doesn't matter I want it in my handsn

Until I get money lmao

I will wait for reviews to confirm

[minor tundra]

you can also set it to 60hz if you have a problem with 120

[heavy thicket]

Exactly like my phone im using 60hz just for battery life

I like 120hz

It's good to have options

[minor tundra]

yeah I'd leave this on 120 for the motion clarity and frame pacing benefits

I use my y700 on 120

[heavy thicket]

Plus it's gaming phone for me 120hz would be better choice

[smoky bone]

For Black Frame Insertion would it be possible for Anbernic to do true backlight strobing since it is their own custom screen? I’ve used BFI on the Win Mini 120Hz and it works with eliminating motion blur but it has weird effects like temporary burn in and the dimming effect is really strong

[heavy thicket]

But general use 60hz is fine it depends on you really

[heavy thicket]

If it was me who would buy it btw I would wait until reviews come around

[smoky bone]

I only buy second hand here lol

[lavish matrix]

the topic was T820 handling 120 vs 60 not as 120 is bad

[heavy thicket]

T820 would be fine

[minor tundra]

running a display at 120hz by itself is not difficult

[lavish matrix]

Give me more Hz is fine

[heavy thicket]

Especially for retro gaming

[minor tundra]

rendering some modern phone games at 120fps might be

but for retro gaming 120hz is all upside

other than the slight battery life tax

[heavy thicket]

Retro gaming with 120hz is more than fine it's only some andorid games would be bit 50/50

[lavish matrix]

Netflix edition Android games have good dazzle too

[heavy thicket]

All I know is this is classic andorid games machine

Java games machine

[rocky sigil]

Stubbs is saying there's already an embargo on this one

@jagged stone when does the embargo lift?

[lavish matrix]

How & when or Why did Embargo trend start in Retro hobby

[heavy thicket]

Really properly after next week

[heavy thicket]

I think they are waiting for patient to be over or close to the date

Otherwise this would come next week

[icy fable]

Love that peeps were coming in here saying it won't fit in a pocket. Looks totally reasonable

[jagged stone]

Ah there is an embargo on the embargo, soon! 😂

But no really this has a double embargo

[heavy thicket]

DOUBLE

[jagged stone]

Mid June

[heavy thicket]

Yh it's patent that they are waiting a double embargo

[hollow pulsar]

Triple!

[heavy thicket]

I knew it

[jagged stone]

Thats the date we can talk about the next embargo

[ebon cradle]

An embargo embargo is crazy

[jagged stone]

But we'll have a prototype unit around that time, more to come

[heavy thicket]

So it's true they are waiting for patent to be over

Because double embargo is crazy

[icy fable]

https://tenor.com/view/yes-evil-headnod-jack-nicholson-gif-8019533

[smoky bone]

What like a psp go patent??

[heavy thicket]

Yh it's sony Xperia play/psp go patent

[smoky bone]

That didn’t stop Ayn from making the Odin 2 mini 😅 but design patent (that covers mostly aesthetics) don’t last as long as a patent on some technology or functional feature

[flat pivot]

Why should Anbernic risk any lawsuit just to give some nerds informations 2 weeks earlier? :>

[heavy thicket]

That's different with ps vita sony didn't put anything on it same with psp

It's mostly of xperia play than psp go

[icy fable]

Because we're very important sir

[heavy thicket]

https://patents.google.com/patent/USD640245

[smoky bone]

Because they patented the sliding function (I’m assuming). They could have in theory did design patents on the candybar designs but those are weaker and basically only protects them from people copying the look of their design

[heavy thicket]

Yep

[rocky sigil]

oh

[heavy thicket]

That's why we got double embargo

[rocky sigil]

so looks like this one needs more time to cook than the usual Anbernic

I was hoping we'd see it out in two weeks

[smoky bone]

Interesting, thanks for the info

[heavy thicket]

Yh we got it next week and stuff but it's patent that we waiting for expire and anbernic can do anything they want

[icy fable]

Hey man. If they get it right I'd wait 6 months

[heavy thicket]

It's more xperia play style rather than psp go

That's why I kept saying it

Even tho we probably won't get a sim card on it

[smoky bone]

Btw, Sony could pull a sleazy move and make a new patent as a variation of the old one to extend it. Basically, the concept of a game pad on mobile is no longer patentable but they could then do a loop hole by patenting some specific necessary step for manufacturing or implementing the actual concept. I’ve seen this happen in other industries

[heavy thicket]

Properly but it's been 15 years and no one would do it unless it's retro gaming companies

Sony is not like how sony was before

[scenic oar]

Yeah they don't care about handheld gaming anymore since the Vita

And the Portal is just a streaming device

Which essentially only work at home

[heavy thicket]

It's rumored that they would do a handheld around ps6 time but it would be like x86 more time

[dense aspen]

Like others have said, Odin 2 Portal.

[hollow breach]

Would be crazy if the odin 2 portal had a 4:3 screen

Actually hold on

Ah nvm the surface duo only has a 60hz screen

[sour bluff]

Yeah, a 4:3 Odin would be pretty cool.

[heavy thicket]

I mean is it first time we got 4:3 120hz

[limpid radish]

I'd be a lot more forgiving of 4:3 aspect ratios if I didn't play so much DS.

Kinda looking forward to that Magicx hotdog.

[dense aspen]

Yeah, I’m talking about the “before 16:9” part.

[hollow breach]

You know there's a handheld perfect for that

[heavy thicket]

Yhyh

[limpid radish]

With Android?

[hollow breach]

Soon

[heavy thicket]

Sorry it's mad that anbernic got 120hz I never thought they would do that especially before retroid

[limpid radish]

Literally what's the point of 120hz.

On a fucking 4:3 retro handheld.

[dense aspen]

Well technically they already had it in some of the 34XX and 35XX handhelds, since the screen issues were apparently due to them being natively outputting as 110hz, but Gamma figured out a fix that would let them run at 120hz (or 60hz).

[lavish matrix]

I really thought this year they would do bigger flip like 40XX SP or 407 Flip something before Slide

[heavy thicket]

Even mad after we find out they can output

[heavy thicket]

Honestly it's smoother gameplay smoother pacing

And frame pacing if we using like pal version

[lavish matrix]

Actually main reason is that all the display maker are doing 120 hz minimum anyways

[hollow breach]

I feel like I see the 120 hz discussion every 5 minutes at this point

[heavy thicket]

That as well

[lavish matrix]

As the rumors goes slow sloth Apple iphone 17 will also have 120 on base model finally

[lavish matrix]

Its new buzz in Retro handheld for first time. People are surprise/confused/wondering why

[dense aspen]

Huh, so they won’t be locking the option to their pro models anymore?

[hollow breach]

I mean, not the first first time but yeah ig

I'm just not really sure why people seem upset about it

[dense aspen]

Because people always like to argue on here.

[lusty acorn]

I’ll look forward to playing winlator with this device + gamestreaming!

[dense aspen]

Hell, people like doing that on the Internet in general.

[crystal vine]

Black frame insertion 😎😍

[lavish matrix]

Different people have different emotions, Just let them flatter. Me included

[heavy thicket]

It's impressive that anbernic are using custom panel 1280×960 winks winks

Back to you retroid

But yh

[crystal vine]

1280x960 is great but pales in comparison to 1920x1440

[lavish matrix]

My first computer 17 inch monitor had just 1024 x 768

[lusty acorn]

I don’t care about the tiny details like that, but will it not crash like the retroid pocket 4 pro?

[heavy thicket]

Crash

It would be like titanic

[oblique jasper]

The Internet: “You know what would be cool? A slider handheld!” Also the Internet: “REEEEEEEE THIS SLIDER ISN’T PERFECT FOR MY EXACT IDEA OF WHAT IT SHOULD BE”

[heavy thicket]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[dense aspen]

…Wait, what do you mean by crash?

[heavy thicket]

Honestly I'm just excited for this device

Too excited

[lusty acorn]

No my number one problem with android for me is, the operating system crashes at random times for no reason. And it happened on my rp4pro once.

[crystal vine]

Yeah idk why the psp go lovers are freaking out, you still get a way bigger screen even at psp aspect ratio

[lusty acorn]

Me too fella

Me too

[hollow breach]

Fr I'm just happy it's real

[heavy thicket]

It's mad people say psp go lovers but this is xperia play lovers as well

[dense aspen]

Ok you meant literally. I got confused after Ghetto’s comment.

[lusty acorn]

Yep

[heavy thicket]

Lmaoooo

I just confused people over here 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[lusty acorn]

What android version is this device rocking?

[crystal vine]

Too bad they couldn't put a 3:2 screen in there

[dense aspen]

I don’t think we know yet.

[crystal vine]

A slider device with the ktr1 screen would go hard

[kindred timber]

I guess Android 13 if it's T820

[lusty acorn]

I hope is 13, because I want to run the modern emulators.

[kindred timber]

or directly GammaNext

[lusty acorn]

I hope so

[heavy thicket]

It would be andorid 13 or even better experience Gamma t820 edition

[crystal vine]

Isn't Android 13 already like 3 versions out of date

[kindred timber]

If they want to sell a lot, they have to keep the 150-160 USD price point otherwise, it will not sell well

[kindred timber]

remember it's not a phone, only a retro handheld

who cares about new android with security restrictions

[lusty acorn]

Ya god dang right it is buddy

[crystal vine]

I prefer Linux in general

[lusty acorn]

Not to be that person I hate Linux.

Just saying.

[crystal vine]

Android is cool if you like android games but there's no portmaster, plus the cfw is generally more limited

[lusty acorn]

For handhelds

[crystal vine]

Linux feels more like a legit console in my experience

If I'm using android I may as well just be using my phone

Although the obvious best solution is having a handheld that can run both

[heavy thicket]

Or get this if it's t820 use gamma os

[kindred timber]

we can clearly see that you never had any android handheld to compare it to a phone....

[lusty acorn]

I miss android. For me it’s the perfect platform for side loading apps. iOS is just tedious when it comes to that imho.

[rocky sigil]

accurate, but real talk, I think internet is wrong here and on aggregate a 4:3 slider is the better choice

[crystal vine]

Android has numerous advantages for handhelds for sure but none make it worth it for me

[crystal vine]

I'm just not a fan of emulation on android, I've tried it a bunch of times

Everything was always more of a pain to configure

[kindred timber]

totally agree on that, T820 is the perfect middle range CPU for emulation up to DC, PSP and N64 with (almost) perfect framerate and about 90% of GC and PS2 Games

no need for 16/9 except for PSP at this range

[lusty acorn]

I hope it plays gow3! (XD)

Just messing

[kindred timber]

use your phone

[rocky sigil]

well we don't know that it's an t820, but in general a slider is something you want to be as compact as possible otherwise it defeats the point and you may as well grab another handheld

[blazing bison]

this is 95% of the way to my endgame handheld. Can't wait to buy it

[kindred timber]

They wouldn't have compare it to all T820 family on pictures above, i can definitely bet it's a T820 inside

[lusty acorn]

Im just messing around.

[hollow breach]

I mean they only have one recent high end handheld that is a d8300

Not much else to compare to

[lusty acorn]

Can the t820 run winlator?

[hollow breach]

Probably light indies and older games

[kindred timber]

Yes it can, I did run Beats of Rage Remix (pc port) on RG556 with Winlator... but unfortunately not a lot of compatibility due to this (f"E"ç) Mali GPU

[blazing bison]

Hardware: less bezels on top. But thinking about it more, since it looks like dual front speakers, I rescind my complaints. A good IPS is nearly as good as OLED so I don't mind 🤔 ignoring what the chip may be, this hardware could be perfect

[lusty acorn]

So I guess I gotta do experimenting with winlator.

Thanks for the heads up

[wicked helm]

I dislike the fact Anbernic seems to be making the same colorways, being the black and white variant with the same abxy buttons shared on all their consoles

[blazing bison]

White black are the most popular. If the device sells like hotcakes, you could eventually see 7 colorways like the 35xxsp has

[kindred timber]

wait for V2 for new colors

[wicked helm]

🙄 😮‍💨

I'd prefer a glass front like Retroid did it and without it looking like a 2010 phone...

[heavy thicket]

Hell no

Loved glass front but nope sometimes it is nice to change it up

[minor tundra]

anything that isn't a perfect locked 60 or 30fps will have way better frame pacing. 50hz pal exclusive roms, 70hz cga ms dos, arcade cabs being all over the place between 54 and 65hz, 75hz wonderswan, 75hz lynx, loads of early 3d titles for ps1/n64 being random unlocked framerates as low as 17-24fps.

also you'll get better motion clarity on anything 60fps with 120hz even if you don't use BFI, plus BFI is an option if you're willing to sacrifice some brightness for even better clarity. You'll also get lower latency.

[hollow breach]

💀

[minor tundra]

and again, you can just turn it to 60hz if you really hate it being 120

[wicked helm]

I mean... I wouldn't buy retro handhelds if I'd play games on device that mimicks or is a smart phone

but that's me, and we can disagree 😛

[heavy thicket]

For me it does what xperia play used to do

So it's perfect for me

[minor tundra]

its a better screen than my 406 in a more compact form factor than my 406

as long as it doesn't otherwise completely suck I don't know why anyone is mad

[heavy thicket]

They wanted a 16:9

And like a psp go

[minor tundra]

honestly looking at the control layout clamshell is better for widescreen and slider is better 4:3 imo

[heavy thicket]

Look at xperia play

[minor tundra]

yeah, where are the speakers

which of these looks like it has a more comfortable control layout

[heavy thicket]

Second one

[sour bluff]

The angles help a good amount

Honestly I wish they used a different white for the white model. It just looks like a 3D printed proto-type lol.

[heavy thicket]

I don't even need to look it

[heavy thicket]

Or grey

[minor tundra]

god I wish we'd gotten a grey

or an indigo

or an orange

[sour bluff]

Colors

[minor tundra]

literally any non-transparent colour other than white and black

[sour bluff]

These fuckers are always forgetting colors these days

[heavy thicket]

Indigo hell no but grey and orange or blue

[minor tundra]

like imagine if we could've gotten the slide in this colourway

[heavy thicket]

Yes

[sour bluff]

You get White, Black, SNES Grey, and Gamecube/GBA Indigo. That's it.

It's half the reason I'm hesitant to get rid of my RP4 Pro, that red unit is so nice.

[minor tundra]

I'm so torn between buying the slide, buying the classic, or joystick deleting my 406v

[sour bluff]

Yeah, the RP Classic is a last bastion of color. Forgot about that guy

[heavy thicket]

Easy buy the silde after reviews

Or just keep 406v

[minor tundra]

I mean I already have the 406v so joystick deleting it could be done at the same time as buying either of the others

[daring marlin]

When is anbernic gonna bring back the wood grain color?

[minor tundra]

when people stop complaining that retro handhelds aren't 16:9

[daring marlin]

So never

[woven gulch]

Maybe, someone will make a skin sticker thing for it. (I saw one on aliexpress for the 35xx sp, but its not available anymore). Oh wait, i found one:

[heavy thicket]

🤣🤣🤣

[minor tundra]

I do want a nice pocket 16:9 device but only once we get budget linux chips that can do portmaster and full psp, and then I want a psp1000 clone (like the 34xx but copying psp instead of gba)

[heavy thicket]

I already got this xperia play clone I'm good

Like look at this one

[fervent lantern]

wat pill for

[heavy thicket]

This screams xperia play for me maybe it's size of psp go and the screen bit more

[lusty acorn]

What’s the gpu in this device?

Sorry if I ask

[heavy thicket]

We actually don't know

[icy fable]

I'm sure if it's successful they'll drop some later color drops like they have in the past

[heavy thicket]

But our guess is it could be t820

[icy fable]

White and black are just safe. Since I'm taking it out of my house black becomes an auto buy tho

[lusty acorn]

I bet it’s a Mali g52

[icy fable]

Can we tell if the front glass is flat yet?

[heavy thicket]

Finger crossed if we get t820

Best balance

Price and performance

[clever sable]

T820 or stronger makes most sense imo. 960p scales well with the 3d console systems

[blazing bison]

about colors: If the device sells like hotcakes, you could eventually see 7 colorways like the 35xxsp has

I love this hobby

[clever sable]

Guess there was a 960p 4:3 screen after all

[blazing bison]

and f*ck this ever being 3:2. I haven't seen anyone ever pull off PSP being played in 3:2 instead of 16:9 (30:17)

[heavy thicket]

I mean ayaneo pocket ace and ktr1

I'm still waiting for powkiddy they been missing the fun

[blazing bison]

one of the claims of greatness for 3:2 is being able to play PSP in 3:2, but there's no guides on how to do so

[heavy thicket]

But this came at right time for me

Also it would be fine like look at the Pic it look fine especially it's 4'7 inch

[ebon cradle]

Looks so sexy

I think this might actually be peak

[blazing bison]

depending on the chip, this is endgame

Anbernic would not call this a "Masterpiece" unless they cooked up something good

[hollow breach]

? What do you mean guide it's not like a widescreen hack, 16:9 just doesn't have very big black bars on 3:2

[blazing bison]

putting PSP on a 3:2 device isn't terrible. But part of the argument for 3:2 is being able to display PSP games natively in 3:2 by using hacks. There is no good guide about how to enable these hacks
https://shauninman.com/utils/screens/

[cold crag]

Does anyone have a RG Cube/Cube XX and a Flip 2 to give me a size comparison? I was thinking it would be around the same size or smaller, but it seems like it's bigger than the Flip 2.

The rounded edges of the Slide will make it more pocketable than the Flip 2 even if it's bigger though

[hollow breach]

I've never really someone mention that tbh, most aspect ratio hacks I've seen for psp have been 21:9

[blazing bison]

https://retrosizer.com/

Flip 2 not in retrosizer yet

[icy fable]

It's about same size as flip 1

[blazing bison]

tbf I've made arguments for GBA being good on the RG CubeXX

[fluid oyster]

Hey all I'm "sliding" into this convo...

See what I did there?

Ok I'll see myself out.

[heavy thicket]

https://tenor.com/view/laugh-lol-cant-stop-laughing-gif-14341553

[hollow breach]

You might be onto something

[cold crag]

Oh okay. So the Slide will be bigger than the Flip 2 but not by much. It being round all over will probably make it feel much more pocketable.

[cold crag]

Yeah I saw that photo online. So I was trying to find Cube comparisons to 3DS XL and Flip 2 to 3DS XL to try to see how the Slide would compare to the Flip 2 😅

[blazing bison]

base level photoshot skills would be able to take care of the comparison, cba

[icy fable]

Cube has been one of my fav handhelds. If this is cube sized that's awesome for me

[blazing bison]

since I got less than base level photoshop skillz

[blazing bison]

I fkn adore the CubeXX but that's thanks to the ergo bumps on the back. The RG Slide gives way for pocketability, and I think it's a worthwhile trade since the CubeXX isn't coming around town with me

[icy fable]

Yeah. I had a face shield and actually pocketed mine. Worked best in cargo shorts tho

[blazing bison]

the RG Slide also gets the benefit of raising the screen upwards like vertical devices. Helps the viewing angle so you don't crook your neck as much

[icy fable]

Yeah. I think the only thing that would bother me is if they didn't get the weight right. Hopefully it's distributed nicely

[heavy ocean]

It's pretty cool that it goes into auto sleep when you slide down and slide up to resume

[ocean gate]

can you wake it up without opening it?

[heavy ocean]

Most likely you can turn off this function, or press the power button to wake

[dull cosmos]

That off centered screen is bothering me lol

[rocky sigil]

the teaser shows it playing a mobile game closed so yeah

[pure willow]

This would be crazy if it was also a phone

Monkeys paw curls and it's actually the 1:1 screen and the rest is all bezel

[icy fable]

Basically my dream

I wouldnt carry it all the time. But if it handled virtual sim cards and I could swap it out depending on where I was going that'd be pretty epic

[pure willow]

This would have been a really weird side device I'd have wanted as a teenager

Like a phone without all the bullshit on it like emails that makes using a phone kinda annoying

If it's not a phone, it's kinda neat that it can be used easily with android. Side mp3 player fuck around device one the go?

[icy fable]

As a teen I'd totally rock it as my phone. But yeah. I wouldn't solo it now. I got too much shit on my main phone. I wouldn't want all there random notifications popping up

[pure willow]

Maybe if I was going on a trip I'd bring just this

Now I'm curious cause if it's not a phone it seems like an odd choice though I do like it. But if it was a phone what would it cost to add the radios and shit? Doesn't seem like ambernics style. Although, $300ish and a decent CPU. Maybe

[shell prism]

they heard the complaints about the 34xxsp being too low so they made this too high to balance it out

[scenic oar]

I think... I really want this

But not sure about the color

Hard to choose

Probably black? It would stay cleaner lol

[minor tundra]

I'm having a hard time deciding on colour myself

I already have black devices

[chrome sapphire]

so it's clear that 3:2 is the ideal resolution for fellow omnivores

[minor tundra]

on one hand I'm worried that white would look dirty, on the other hand black is boring

on the third hand maybe keeping the device low-key looking is part of the appeal of the slide

on the fourth hand maybe that trip to chernobyl was a bad idea

[violet fog]

On the other, other, other, hand....they only revealed 2 colors & Ambernic always releases 3 colors with these Devices usually

[scenic oar]

Btw the thing while closed looks like this lol

If I end getting it, I might get a theme to give it a Frutiger Aero look or something

[heavy thicket]

Beautiful hey

Just look at that

[scenic oar]

So Anbernic is hitting like 3 generations of things with this console

[heavy thicket]

All it really need is some phone çasè colour

[scenic oar]

The PSP Go and Old Android phones being two of them

[scenic oar]

Let's see what pops in AliExpress or Etsy

[heavy thicket]

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Because when I was thinking about it

I was like rg slide phone case we need different colours of it

[cold crag]

Since everyone keeps commenting on how big the bezels are 😄

[light oracle]

They aren’t that bad

I think people make a bigger deal about bezels than it actually is , they aren’t OG Retroid Mini big.

[edgy hill]

Tell me it's a t820 without telling me...

[scenic oar]

I guess both sticks will be white in the final product

[dull cosmos]

are those buttons next to the speakers???

[light oracle]

Is it just me or does the 406H’s screen look more vibrant?

[scenic oar]

The speakers are on the sides of the screen

[pseudo ginkgo]

I want this

So

Bad

[hardy wraith]

id be happy to play gba on this thing

[rocky sigil]

as you should, GBA will be 4.5 on there which is excellent (non integer scaled but whatever)

[hardy wraith]

screen looks kinda good

[rocky sigil]

yeah I think this one is destined to be black

[rocky sigil]

but I mean what other high end handhelds do they have to compare it to besides the rg557

I don't see why those photos make it necessarily a t820

[light oracle]

It's a D8300

[hollow breach]

I have to say though I didn't think we'd see gameplay footage this quickly

This will probably release within the next two weeks then I guess

[heavy ocean]

The RG Slide video description says "For gaming on platforms like PS2, Wii, NGC, and DC (640x480), the RG Slide provides a 2x pixel-to-pixel display"..so it must either be T820 or D8300 to play PS2 at 2X

[rocky sigil]

the way Stubbs was talking about the embargo suggests this is releasing later than usual, maybe end of June

[hollow breach]

Probably sometime after the 10th then

[lusty acorn]

Thanks for the heads up guys

[rocky sigil]

they are going to be sending prototype units to reviewers before the final product comes out

so not releasing immediately

[light oracle]

Can't wait for ETAto get his hands on it first

[hollow breach]

It is odd that they don't make a big deal about wii u like they did with the rg557 or mention the upscaling for ps2 games, makes me think it's probably a t820

[hardy wraith]

I also think its a t820

D8300 would also be possible

[light oracle]

If it is it better be under $200

[rocky sigil]

Wii U is more suitable for wide screens than 4:3 so it would make sense not to show it here

but a possible argument against the d8300 is the fact that the chip gets hot and needs good cooling which may be more challenging in a compact shell like this

and then of course we have this chinese "lamb" Anbernic guy saying that the d8300 "would not be suitable for this screen", but we don't know if he's trolling

I would say that as it stands right now t820 is a safe bet, because it can't be lower than that, while d8300 is a maybe

[minor tundra]

2x pixel-to-pixel display doesn't mean upscaling to 2x

it means integer scaling

[rocky sigil]

that's also true

but I don't think anything Anbernic has used below t820 can move god of war 2 that well, regardless scaling

I wonder if we should just crash the official QQ chat group

everything is coming from there anyway

[analog compass]

99% it's T820. 8300 will be used for 16x9 1080 screen

[icy fable]

Id say there's a 80% chance the white would eventually yellow

[minor tundra]

don't you need a chinese ID number to join QQ?

[mental agate]

In case anyone needs a good size comparison here's how a mockup fits inside the Switch 2 case

In all seriousness, is it big? Yes and no. Way bigger than a PSP Go, but relatively compact compared to a RP Flip 2

The controls actually don't feel bad, but the positioning is all a bit awkward. The screen feels huge