#Mangmi Pocket Max
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my guess is he's curled up in a padded room because not enough people bought the pocket max 😄
David is in Rome 
Color?
the real david is the friends we made along the way
odin 2 portal - base black
considering pocket max in white before preorders end
A previous year's Y700? The gen 2 (which is now 2 gens old, soon to be 3 gens old) has the 8gen2 (edit: this is wrong, my apologies!) which is an excellent chip for streaming, giving you access to Artemis' ultra low latency mode
nope 😄 first y700 was 870, then gen 2 model with the 8+ gen 1
Anyone tried this on their MediaTek devices before?
What are the chances the Pocket Max ultimately winds up on AliExpress and we can get it for a better price after coupons?
Just about guaranteed
Eventually
I definitely see some for £120 or so
I paid £63 for mine
I paid $90 from mangmi at launch. Pretty sure I’ve seen Ali listings recently that were ~$100 after discounts. So maybe if the pocket max doesn’t sell well it could get cheaper on there.
I also paid £63. But mine arrived broken. So I paid the ultimate price really 😅
I ended up selling it broken as mangmi only gave me a $10 refund for issues.
oh dear
we all have bought a portal already
i had an odin 3 preorder already so I was covered
Probably sanding down Mangmi modules
ah good times before the price skyrocketed 😄
Mine's shipped 
There's confirmation on the Mangmi Discord that all colours have shipped too
whoo 😄 how much did it come to for you?
$212.99. Just got it without any accessories, so was $199.99 + $18 shipping - $5 discount code
£157.40 + £4.64 international purchase fee from my bank
Pretty good imo
yeah, I'm tempted
fair price
David demands it
But still no buy from Petey 😅
Yeah tbf if i had the same experience as you with the Air X, I doubt I'd buy from Mangmi ever again
Yeah. After my Air X. Very cautious.
Just got the shipping notification for mine too. Was not expecting it anywhere near this quick
What happened there?
arrived broken
Right stick non functional, mangmi only gave me $10 refund. Told me to avoid sending it back. As no timescale of when it would returned. So ended up selling it broken, making as much as i could back. Thankfully only paid £63 for it
Ok I think I recall the $10 now
I reckon you can get a free one
or at least, get what you paid for
Mangmi will be including air x with every pocket max purchase soon. Like buying pocket s mini 
I hope mine doesn't have any problems.
I wish the best for mangmi. But I felt no joy putting the pocket Max into the cart several times.
I hope they arrive in working order though, no sanding required
If it were $150 and DIY sanding, I'd buy
Honestly I probably would have bought one if they just had another cool set of buttons to show off, but apparently they have no desire to support that at all
If something is modular you have to have more than one option to show off
The main I am hoping for is comfortability!
Especially with those huge sticks
Fullsize
I'm also eager to see this screen.
The sticks are the killer feature for me yeah
Love the ones on Evo. Gulikit also.
Yeah they got the sticks
Are those full size sticks or are you just happy to see me?
@still ember did your pocket max ship?
Did he cave and get one? I thought he made the sane decision and went for a portal
Lol, I didn't know he actually got one.
We will probably receive our Max's a a few weeks to a month ahead of the portals atleast
he did?
Curious to see how ppl feel about build quality. If I'm over $200 I want a premium feel. Air X was okay for $85.
someone said it was cheap - was it dweed
Perhaps, gotta go rewatch now
I'm guessing the plastic was scaled up and has a similar feel and finish
I don't know about that bro
When did you order?
Guessing the day it went on sale
The day of the sale, roughly mid day for me, don't know about them
My two have tracking now as well. No ETA. They may have just printed the label.
This so stupid. Why does adding a $10 case add another $10 in shipping?
So basically for buying the console and to add the case it's $20 more.
This is for US shipping.
I really do want to support this company but this is ridiculous.
presumably because the device + the case requires a bigger box to ship, which in turn adds to the shipping cost
Yeah, I skipped the accessories for this very reason. The screen protector seems to add as well :/
Hell yeah, it's actually been picked up by the courier too
There you go
Solution dont buy the case, you can easily get third party case much cheaper that can hold switch console and it will be okay.
From aliexpress or from your physical store or local e-commerce store.
david did you buy one yet
imma melt an odin 2 portal into a bottle and pour it out for every pocket max someone buys
Ofc he didn't
One thing about me is I'm always departing from sort facilities
Now it's a race
Unfair, your Portal shipped way sooner than my Pocket Max lol
I love how we're discussing ayn shipments in here
Another win for the AYN
Will they get stuck in china if they didn't leave the country by some dateline?
Deadline in two weeks for portal sale, what's next after? 
To be fair Ayn probably had to pack hundreds if not thousand of international orders and pocket max had like 10
Lol yeah true
Ooh Ryan got a white one https://youtu.be/bANonxtc9QM?si=m8L-fcAFUqxAtWES
Hello everyone, in this video I need to very quickly tell you about the Mangmi Pocket Max before it's too late! It has the same Snapdragon 865 processor as the Retroid Pocket 5, Flip 2 and Mini. My website has thousands of reports for this! It's made with streaming in mind so that big beautiful 1080p 144hz OLED is GLORIOUS! I -REALLY- like this ...
Yeah, after the price increase, not sure I would've bought the max. It will all depend on the competitive landscape when the early bird expires.
This forum is constantly debating items that are at sale prices. This will pass.
Interested in more Mangmi customer service stories
Pre arrival has been good. My order didn't appear in Shopify so I sent a message. They take the weekend off though.
The only scary part is we are getting batch 1s
I'm going to have the best unit in the whole world
One million points to whoever gets that reference lol
This looks like old internet
"sticks, sticks, these sticks tho, can you believe these sticks, my god the sticks"
I haven't watched it yet lol 😅 finish work in 6 mins tho
Most positive review of them all
I'm just starting work.
Next week is the new year and I heard if your item isn't out of china a few days before it's staying there for 2 weeks or so
If it doesn’t sell well, there might only be batch 1s…
Instabuy at $170 or less imo
Of course
Yes for those that can't afford a portal this would a good deal at 170
I'm out, I'm unfollowing and leaving
a big use case of this is the streaming, and I don't stream games at all
Under £120 and I'd more than likely buy it
If the sticks wer put on an odin portal, I'd be all over that too
Fair
you'll be back 
mangmi pocket max. get it for big, thick, girthy sticks.
Comfortable to hold, unless you want to use ST/SE, right analog stick, or back buttons apparently
Those sticks and triggers though
it would seem
Retroid doing their part trying to kill this giving the RP5 and Flip 2 discounts .
Sure not exactly the same size but still comparable as both have OLED and use the SD865
Rp5 is pretty different in terms of controls and ergo. My preference is to always have a grip on it.
Already 200+ local orders🚀
Better than before. Anyone know the break even point?
Thought the pre order was low margin.
Flash in the pan
It's two days left until the end of super early bird offer, so highly likely it will reach to 300 sold units for CN market
It's definitely more than 10 of global orders for pocket max, lol
300 units sold is horrible. Whats the profit margin on these? like 10%
10 was an exaggeration for the sake of meming, I definitely believe it's less than 100
International
Yeah its about few times less than CN sales
Does this Chinese 200 number captures their own websites, where is this number pulled from
It's pulled from jd.com
I never heard of it need to look into it
Is this where they sell locally? I thought mangmi has their own website
Links on their cn website
It doesn't let me do anything on those, as soon as I click anything it asks for login details. I am just going to go full David mode
Yes I tried the VPN to Asia as well
Just install it from playstore, and search from app 😉
Usually it's about $20-$30 profit from each of console, that is not bad 💸
So they get 9k for local selling
I don't know how many people work there but they need to get into my assembly job in the UK, they will be getting 3k per person every month, that's more than the launch
🧢
Peak experience
They say
The buzz words don't matter. At the end of the day the products didn't meet customer expectations.
It didn't meet the price expectations
Product itself was fine
If it was 170 early bird and 200 retail this would fly off the shelves
Nah I disagree. The product wasn't fine. Modular buttons that nobody want. Older SOC. Of course lower price would see more units but overall meh product
It meet price expectations of 180-199, but released with issues, that is not acceptable .
They got too greedy with the modular buttons and all glass front. All they needed to do is to differentiate themselves from the portal enough that people would see it as a different product entirely. Make absolutely killer ergonomics, forget about the size, this thing is huge already. Give up the all glass front so people that hate it would see it as a perk against the portal. Remove the modular controls or if you really want to do it make dpad and stick position swappable for the weird people that want to play dpad centric games on a 7inch. Keep the 865 to keep the costs down, after all you position it as a streaming handheld, 865 is ok for android games and low-mid retro gaming, even a good portion of switch will run because of insane driver support. But they just literally made a worse portal with the only redeeming quality being full size tmr sticks. AYN rightfully responded by slashing the prices on base portal and completely destroying mangmis sales, all because they could not differentiate themselves from the portal enough to make even a slight incentive to give up power in favour of other features that pocket max could have had but decided not to
Before the sale, was the price a differentiation?
That makes sense - personally don't need any of 7" streaming device, regardless from brand mangmi or ayn😅
I would genuinely keep this over astra if it was 170 dollars. My pc can run everything way better than any handheld can. I got my EDC to take outside when I need to, so for home use a streaming device would be perfect
I'm one of those weird people lol
It's like the only reason I want it
Reviews are saying the one micro switches are worse so they don't use them. It's going to be personal preference. Will test it out when mine arrive.
It's so big I will be on the d pad comfortably regardless
Maybe. D-pad lower and using left shoulder buttons at the same time gets tricky. Steam deck did well here.
sent them an email asking for more details on the screen dimming and memory speed some weeks back, just got a reply yesterday saying its confidential 
Still confidential
I feel like with my luck I buy this it delivers and then one of the companies announce a 4x3 of 5.7 the next day
From what we know there are no oled 4:3 available to use for handheld companies because if there was we would definitely see one already
And if you want to buy something 7 inches I would definitely recommend the portal instead of this because it's pretty much the same look and feel, arguably better ergonomics with the grip. No modular nonsense, more than twice as much power
For only 50 extra dollars
Once you done with it the resale value is going to be way better too so it's actually saves you money in the long run
They dimmed the screen so much I can't see the lines man😭
It's David Mangmi trying to sell his remaining stock
money laundering
You better hope for him to sell them so we can get the Gen2 in 5 months
Pocket Max with Snapdragon Elite Gen 5
I love the fake inflated retail prices of Aliexpress stuff. "Look, this SD865 handheld retails for $900+, isn't this sale price a bargain?" Funny thing is that a pretty sizable (at the time) toy retailer had to settle a class action lawsuit over this same practice in the early 2000s.
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You start early @wintry mountain 🤣
Yeah just logging onto my work laptop now 😅 I do 7am - 2.30pm, it's pretty sweet tbh
This is a great schedule
I do 8-5 Monday to Thursday 8-1 Friday
Frequent paid overtime is nice too
For all dem handhelds
Pay day feels
that is a great impression of you 😛
Thats me with handhelds or a cupcake 😅
Mostly for mortgage deposit savings, I put away about 60% of my income into the ISA at the moment. I leave some for fun but I mostly finance my purchases so its not too bad
yay for good financial decisions 😄 we are a rare breed lol
It's been rough this year, just applied for citizenship, £1735 for the application. Portal looked like a great purchase compared to this
I can imagine. But all sounds very smart. Unlike me who just bought a new house and already has 3 handhelds turning up 🤣🤣 poor decisions on the end
Did you see the Legion Go 2 prices have all gone up? We were smort for buying when we did, not financially irresponsible at all 
We are all clever people here and make wise decisions 
I gots schmoovement
Me
There are at least 3 other people in the Mangmi Discord hehe
Clicky TMR testing with the kishi 3 pro. Not bad. Max is in Taiwan.
Good shift pattern. Used to do a similar shift with DPD back in day
Half hour lunch for the win! An hour is way too long, especially when you're WFH
What is it? A tablet?
Yeah, y700 2023 model
Yeah, when i WFH, i had breakfast at 9am as i logged into the dialler xD used to prep lunch before lunch break to maximise my down time
ah good times
now i start work when i feel like it and go home when i feel like it
Last day for super early bird 🙈
SEB is over. RIP Pocket Max
I think they will extend EB if they are smart
Maybe they'll just threaten to raise to full price
It's tough to purchase it now at that price.
how you finding that controller with the 2023 y700? 🙂
Kishi ultra currently on offer in UK 🤫
The pocket max is going to be a case study of external forces screwing over a launch.
The one two punch of ai raising memory prices and ayn dropping the price of the portal, killed this product before it even came out.
Oh I thought it was one of those $150-$200 ones 😮
Its what would be the V2 i guess. Not V3 😅 kinda similar and will fit Y700
I have a hatred for razer products. So wont be buying one
Ah USB C as well, I enjoy the flexibility of a bluetooth one way more
Got abxylute S8 recently. Can’t recommend that one enough.
Such a nice controller
Hmm cool, i've only got the GaneSir X5s right now. I like it but wish the handles were longer
Is the right stick comfortable to use?
Surprisingly yes it is 🙂
Its also really light compared to gamesir G8+
Nice
I had a colourful package the other day 🤣
Ah hell yeah
I have the white 64 controller, woulda got the grey one had it existed at the time
Yeah i have black already, but couldn’t resist the grey 😅
It's the best I've tried. It's the 3 pro which is quite costly though. Thought is was interesting as it was another way to get TMR sticks with micro switches. It also just worked.
Not content with the first two facilities, my Pocket Max is now in transit to a third, more hopeful facility
I hate to spoil the experience but this is the next destination
After the one you got
That sounds good 
They were waiting for mine to arrive before letting yours leave
Mangmi paying the airport so that I don't get to dunk on pocket max buyers for getting their inferior product later than my portal
Anyone get portal? I think everyone
At this point, is there anyone left in this hobby who does NOT have an Odin 2 Portal?
They wanted to check multiple times that you actually made the correct purchase.
Factory worker: “Someone bought a mangmi pocket max?!” scratches head
lmao
I got mine at launch, I was the 50th backer on IGG
Damn that was October 2024
Time is bad
It's no surprise we can't tell time anymore. Anbernic's over there releasing their 2022 handhelds again.
You said cats so that's my queue to ask if anyone else is playing Mewgenics
It fuckin' rules
Its on the list now 😅
Is @wintry mountain the only one we know of in here that bought the pocket max?
Can you live stream in discord when you start sanding down the dpad module?
There is actually a 3d printable grip for the x5 series https://makerworld.com/en/models/2172066-gamesir-x5-lite-controller-grip-2-0-perfect-versio#profileId-2356014
Pretty nice!
Arrived at the airport 
Mine is still there
I have a white one on the way
My 2 white ones are now in HK
Yeah, investing a bit.
It has the features I wanted so I bought two. Didn't want to wait for price hikes that will kick in soon. GPUs I bought in November are 30% more expensive.
Watch this be 150 on Ali next year
Care to wager?
I was hoping maybe $150 on this discord marketplace but it’s not looking good if barely anyone ordered them
That's possible. Used may go to that price by the end of this year. The capex for datacenters is not stopping. And the portal is sold out. Haven't seen pocket 5s for that price yet even.
Mine left the Hong Kong airport this morning.
Wow. @wintry mountain you were not the only one 
It's a miracle
There is not enough information for me to put money on it. What if they made one batch of like 800 units and that's it? If that's the case then no matter how weak the device is it will still overpriced after Ali drop due to scarcity. My current assumption is based on the RP5 price on this marketplace, one went for 135 including accessories and shipping, another listing went for 160 with retroid dual screen. Objectively speaking this has the same power, bigger screen and nicer sticks but module mess as a downside. A fair market price for it is 150 a year from now if even that. What it will cost actually depends on the quantity produced
David also mentioned that it has slower last gen ram
Rip portal2, base version is completely out of stock
This may have been the final sale who knows
Glad I got my order in
Ok so now it’s Mangmi’s time to shine.
At least you aren't forced to take the microswitches now
For free too.
Took their direct competitor literally running out of stock, but they’re finally the only option at their price point.
And now they’ll be getting sales any second now…any second now…any-
For 7 inches sure
I hope this makes it obvious that this is all sarcasm on my end.
Is it at 220 now?
How funny would it be if they restock the portal again
Mangmi can't breathe
It was very small batch
No offense but I think this can be further understood of mangmi mindset and mentality regarding about their pricing and market position.
I will probably stay around just to continue shitting on mangmi for any future upcoming product, because it’s entertaining
Mangmi air x is good, don’t get me wrong. But their future release? I’m gonna stay around with popcorn
The next Mangmi device is rumored to be a sub $100 Linux Vertical similar to the RPC.
Will it also have lame modules?
Definitely, useless modules are their thing now
They have made a mistake with this one, they should have shipped with those clicky ones by default and let you purchase the actual good ones as an add on. This way you got no choice and are forced to get them. They need to step up their game
This form of entertainment bites the hand that feeds us. Reviewers who have this device are positive or very positive....at the early bird price point anyway.
They were both free during EB , they should of just went with the good ones internally and scrapped the modules entirely
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Oh oh Portal Max back in stock for $249
Mangmi being choked to death for a month straight
Pocket Max at 220 totally cannot compete with this 249 portal.
Pocket Max post EB will not be selling well with o2p selling at 249!!! I believe ayn infact producing new batch of odin 2 portal.
where would we be without you, david?
Reminder that the Pocket Max will go up to $240 so the Portal would still be the better deal
I dont think they will do it too soon. So 220 prices will stay for a longer while.
I guess 220 "early bird" goes at least until after AYN sale is over, if not longer
240 is just suicidal
Base Odin 2 portal back in stock? Yeah there is no reason to buy this. They should have put a snapdragon g2 in this.
Swappable start and select positions
Game on
Drop the price to $100
Hopefully mine will be here by the end of the week.
Can’t keep straight who’s posting portal tracking or pocket max tracking 
It's a race
It's all portal tracking, people that say they ordered pocket max are trolling
We're all addicts here. They probably got one of each.
I ordered a pocket Max
Will be here this week
Ban keeping Mangmi in business 😅
How many orders is that now? 5/6?
Pocket Max will be nice when it's like $150
We'll call it 6
Oooooh yeah
"that sand bastard" as Mr Balls calls me
Are you a fan of the micro switches? After getting the Kishi pro 3, I'm starting a TMR + clicky controls fan club. We currently have one member 😁.
On controllers yes
On handhelds no
@wintry mountain beat me by a couple hours when we raced 477V’s 😅
So close
That's impressive
Fackin' Landan you shlayg
Better head to b&q or wicks to grab some sandpaper
Mine is out for delivery!
Delivered!
Mine is enjoying a 48 hour flight
Looks Great!
What's your impressions?
Someone rename group to odin portal shipping updates
I hope everyone that brought one of these enjoys it. Happy gaming.
I hope the sticks bring joy
Honestly haven't had a lot of time to use it much so far. The bit of testing I did earlier I was getting consistent 3-4ms decoding times for Apollo/Artemis local streaming.
Ergo is really nice.
Definitely feels built very well.
Sticks are great
I hope everyone got a Portal instead
I see a lot of folks on Reddit have purchased this.
Much more than I was expecting.
All coming from the Mangmi subreddit
Lol
I seen someone say they canceled their Portal order and went with Mangmi but their friend didn't and is waiting on the Portal to ship. Pretty smart friend imo
They (2x white Max) about a 5-hour car trip away. Hoping to get them by the weekend
fingers crossed you get them soon
it might be today for me...
Would like to know what you think. Hoping it just holds well without a grip. If it's cozy to use, I'll use it.
How come you bought 2?
Mostly laziness. If it works well without a grip, I wanted one in a couple of places in the house. The price increase was a factor as well. Ram prices and the hyperscalers are still buying.
Man, I wish I could afford to be lazy
But if this thing needs a grip we're cooked
It took decades. Just now playing the games I've missed out on.
pocket maxes in every room of the house!!! looks around... lives in a studio apartment.
The price increase likely cooked it already. Only hope is that all prices go up.
Only 2 states away, hopefully a Saturday delivery
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Bangin' decode times
The fan's weird. At quiet it's great, not audible at all. Balanced, you can hear it, but it's quiet enough to not be annoying/distracting. Smart/auto, even at idle on power saving mode, is louder than balanced and honestly annoying.
The plastic has a really nice papery texture to it, it's not slick like an RG556
More comfortable than a Portal without a grip, not quite as comfortable as a Portal with a grip, but is a fair bit lighter than that so it evens outs. I don't think I'd need a grip for this
If this needs a grip I'm convinced some of y'all just wanna grab fat ass cheeks all day long
Not that there's anything wrong with that
Fan was one of the consistent criticisms I saw in reviews.
Not awesome. That was a concern of mine too.
Lol I wondered why you said "awesome" before that crucial edit 
weird how david disappeared for chinese new year, out of office
I'm back to say congrats to sand_pest for receiving
How bad is the fan? Does it turn on for only high end systems?
I'd watch 3 hours of you playing on the pocket max 😁
I skipped because I don't game stream
You have good insights on controls and feel while you play. It's entertaining.
On smart/auto, at idle, in "power saving" mode, it's annoyingly loud lol. Louder than "balanced". "Balanced" is okay but I'm gonna be forcing "quiet" where I can get away with it.
All I've done is a quick streaming test, not played anything proper yet, still working at the mo
Looks great. How are the sticks?
They feel nice yeah, not slippery either. I find I usually want to put thumb grips on most sticks, but, first impressions, I don't think i'll need 'em on these
Is the SD865 GPU overclocked from the factory at all times , or is that just in Max/performance settings ( or whatever they call it ) ?
I don't think the high performance settings gives it the OC that people refer to when mentioning 865 OC. Where the frequency is up to 905mhz or something
But in high performance I see a difference in ps2/gc, I rarely see any difference in Gamehub or the switch games I've personally tried
Could be worth doing the proper overclock, it brings the 865 in and even above the sd888 range (from What I'm told)
I just wish more reviewers would do a deeper dive into this feature because from what Ive seen it gives it a pretty significant performance bump and no one really mentions this
Or glosses over it pretty quickly without getting too much into it
Couldn't agree more. I remember playing one of the nfs on nethersx2 and was getting frame drops a lot. Switched to high performance and boom solid 60 no drops.
I would love to know what actually happens when high performance is selected
Does high performance make the fans go crazy or can you adjust the curves in anyway?
adjustable
Gonna quickly check now
So on high performance mode you get the option of smart, sport and a new option "customise"
Nice so besides the modular controls this is better than your regular SD 865 and think a lot of people were hung up on the fact it was just a SD865
The performance bump makes it significantly better all around
In smart mode the fan is fairly quiet depending on temps, sport and the lowest option on customise seem to be the same, and the highest option on customise is noticeably louder
I would say so yes. An actual OC can give up to 20% increases
Someone has a spreadsheet on reddit testing different Gamehub games pre and post OC. There is definitely a difference and it does vary game to game
Would be nice knowing what each setting actually does and Mangmi should of been more clear , they might of had more sales
Let's hope one of the reviewers tests this specific feature out in more depth
Testing the overclock would make an excellent livestream
Mangmi put out several videos showcasing different aspects of this device. If they had a black magic overclock demonstration it seems like they would have used it.
Are we supposed to believe they achieved performance mode configurations that have never been seen before in any other 865 device??
If so then they need to show the receipts
Perhaps one of the reviewers who actually takes the time to play games more in depth will get to something like this, could be interesting.
i don't think any of them will live with it long enough to
I was strictly referring to a proper overclock on a 865 compared to the standard 865s on rp5/portal
But the difference in performance and high performance aswell, in an rp5
Would make for an interesting comparison
Only thing we got is this
It show tangible performance gains and only noticed after someone mentioned it might be overclocked
Not sure what else would explain the difference, both have very high stability
Compelling
That is a marginal increase
took years of training and clearly still it has not been enough
Better than mine , it just talks shit all day

My two should be in tomorrow. Got wake on lan set up on the PC for some potential streaming and syncthing set up with some roms. Will be playing the Game of the Week on it. May be the first one showing up in completion screenshots... unless sand_pest beats me to it 🙂 .
isn't that what happens if you break the tabs on the sd cover?
Scored the first completion. Will write some review notes later.
I have received mine
Temp and CPU % vs fan speed 😜
It will hit red temps (over 85c) on this with the fan off.
Posted a bunch in the magmi channel about what I thought of the max. It's a bit long #1348901442525855805 message. If anyone can do that scrolling screenshot thing and post it here, please do so.
Playing Black on the PS2. Great experience that also demonstrates how the lower controls are not inset enough. 2x with the fan off means I'm focusing on sucking at the game and not fan noise.
I’m excited to see where this company goes
All the posts on Reddit about this device are very positive
It's, generally, very good. They went for a clean and symmetric look. The d-pad is smooth and the start and select are on a single side and lower. This leads to a few ways I would change it. If this gets a linux build, it'll be a long-lasting as it will improve with software releases. Time will tell. I'm happy with the purchase, but got in early.
So much detail went into symmetry. You can see the exhaust length matches the top button length.
Wonder when the first one will pop up on the marketplace 
Still time to sell your Pocket Max and get the Portal while it's on sale.
Before I was playing Black on the PS2 on the Max, maybe the portal's performance gains made sense. Black plays fine on the Max, upscaled, without the fan on. Tested it out to see if the PWM would bother me and it doesn't seem to. All annoyances are minor and don't have an alternative without tradeoffs. So no real reason to sell.
The Max got face button size and spacing right for me. That doesn't happen often.
Just wish the Dpad was more inset and probably was possible if it didn't have the modular controls
There's a good teardown video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRW_UTLTnVo. Seems to confirm. The full-sized sticks do take up a lot of space as well.
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Finally odin 2 portal sales are ending soon on 25th Feb.
Therefore I think sales for pocket max will pick up after that.
Great News for Mangmi.
Bro the Pocket Max sales have been good
Lots of people have bought it
Their reviews are also good
Early bird was good at 200 dollar.
Once it retail at 220 there is drop in sales as odin 2 portal is selling at 249. But odin 2 portal now going back to 300 dollar. pocket max at 220 is a great buy.
So @still ember did you buy one
@open drum could you try the circularity test on your Max? https://hardwaretester.com/gamepad . One of my small gripes is a pit or catch felt at the top of the circle.
Displays info about all gamepads connected to your computer. Check buttons, joystick axes, drift, vibration, and more. Works with all controllers and joysticks in a modern browser.
It's more about the feeling of smoothness than the test itself.
Mangmi still waiting to raise price. This thing going to 240. Not a good deal anymore, that's over
Pocket Max is dead
Sure, 12 people bought it but probably 37 people bought a portal
Not sure why David thinks everybody is excited to pay more for this thing all the sudden
Funny thing is that David never bought one
He's shilling a Device he doesn't even own
$162 dollars and I'll take it
He's sitting on a big wad of cash from Mangmi.
150-162 sold
Where all the used pocket max?
Probably too busy streaming games
Look at the decode times on these giant sticks!
your problem is assuming that david thinks
David didn't buy a Pocket Max but did he get a Portal 🤔
i think he might've done 😄
Who is this famous David? 😅
Seriously.... Who is it? 😶
the biggest max simp who never supported what they were simping
The complete opposite of YouTubers 😎
David was a one man marketing campaign
Why you guys all bullying David ?
I get having some fun at someone’s expense but you guys are non stop

Because he's shilling a product that he himself didn't buy
That was my next choice
I think he may be Mangmi's CEO
Isn't David the same guy that had a rabbit with glasses as a thumbnail ? The one who was all about input lag on the RG DS server
Quite possibly
Yeah at one point he had that pfp
120Hz with subframes and battery life being awesome
If it was long essays reminiscent of ai summaries, it was likely THE David
please stop trying to keep this channel on topic
Nah that was a different rabbit pfp
Isn't the topic of this channel the Odin 2 Portal? Now I'm confused.
Mangmi finally showed up. Ergos aren't bad, but the Odin 3 and Switch 2 are both more comfortable with their grips. I do love the micro switch buttons though
are they dome or actual microswitches
Without actually tearing it apart, they feel like micro switches.
They're pretty damn clicky, the only controller I have that has a more distinct click are my easysmx s10s
Theres a slight catch only at the top of the left stick. But it feels like something an Xbox stick protector would fix.
Overall though it isn't as noticable in normal use
I still like it a lot
I thought I was the only one who liked the clicky micro switches
Agree. This is a very good device. It's my first with this battery life, OLED, 144hz, and good controls.
Ayn still selling odin 2 portal base at 249 after 25th Feb!!!!
Pocket Max Sales will definitely be affected.
I saw that an still bought the portal
Still need to tweak this, but am streaming with Artemis/Apollo
I guess the jokes are going to slow down considering rp6 price is going up, 12gb model discontinued as well as odin price increases
Probably not by much - especially if the Mangmi also goes up to its "regular price" $239.99 ...
When portal goes back to normal prices, I won't see the problem.
Especially with the price increases and some ram models being discontinued
Castle Crashers XBLA in aX360e
This was a 90% battery drain. Almost 12 hours of screentime.
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Has Ayn even shipped the sale price Odin 2 Portals? As someone waiting on my Thor their shipping is a complete cluster right now. And yunexpress is garbage. I don't know what carrier Mangmi is using but that alone could make it worth it imo
My Thor has been in limbo for over three weeks now. Still hasn't moved from "arrived at origin facility" in China and took two weeks to get that far from label created.
Odin 2 Portal at $250* (plus shipping) might as well be vaporware if it's gonna be months of waiting
Some of the earliest portal 2 orders have shipped from what I've seen. I think people were expecting a surge of orders to ship this week but I've yet to see that. Mangmi is going to ship super fast in my experience.
Mangmi like a taco truck right now, they're ready to pull up and serve.
I'm tempted to order a couple for my kids for Christmas or their birthdays later in the year. Should run Android Minecraft well enough
Hopefully the current price will remain and the $240 will only be a threat
they only recently returned from CNY but yeah they've got a big backlog atm
I think it was just bad timing because of the Chinese New Year.
Anyone have a size comparison pic between a RP5 or RP6 vs the Pocket Max ? ( preferably the RP5 )
Yes obviously the Max is bigger I just want to see how much bigger it us in person and with my own eyes
Thanks , it's actually not much bigger than the Retroid and smaller than I pictured in my head
With the added grips it's practically the same size
Some of that is due to camera angles in the photo.
Is this your pic ?
So is the Max bigger in person than the pic shows ?
Yes and yes.
If you can can you take a straight on pic of them only together?
Would be greatly appreciated
Sure. It'll be posted by tomorrow.
Thanks man
I asked for a size comparison on some devices and someone posted a pic of 4 devices but the way they wer laid out, I had no idea how much bigger or smaller each one was.
If the portal had these sticks, I wouldn't hesitate
From the pic posted above it looks as big as the Retroid with grips and thought it might be larger than it actually is .
@27 is nice enough to take the time and will post pics tomorrow
😁
Others received their orders fully shipped and delivered within the time frame mine didn't move at all in. A global logistics company shouldn't be pausing for weeks at a time, for any holiday
Man those sticks look lovely
If this had at least SD8G2 it would have been an instant buy for me because of the full-sized sticks.
Just get an O3 :)
The sticks are the best upgrade on it tbh
Thanks for this
Another game down. After putting in about 15 hours on this device, I think the best features are the screen and battery life. The controls are not at the same tier as those features, but still very good. The fan doesn't need to run much so noise levels are good. Performance is good enough for my uses and can handle downloading large files and extracting them relatively quickly. Solid option for most uses and worth a premium over the RP5. Not sure If I would pay another $30 to get it. Will see what the prices of other handhelds do.
I thought I was the only one that would definitely pay more for this device
they should make a sd8gen2 device with r36s plastic and control quality but $30 cheaper than the odin 2 portal on sale
Only potential advantage this has is maybe getting it faster but yeah, base portal for 250 before shipping still makes it the no brainer pick
But Odin 2 portal base will take a long delivery time to reach you. If you order now, maybe End of April or Beginning of May to receive your handheld.
hence why I said 'only advantage the max has maybe getting it faster'
Sup David
Would add controls and ergo to the Max's advantages as well. People have gone back and forth on needing a grip. The max is good enough without one IMHO.
Did you ever get a Pocket Max?
of course he didn't
He ain’t responding to that
He knows he'll look bad if he does
$150 and I'll get one
150 is a no brainer 😄
Yeah $150 is a steal tbh, I'd pay $170
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I still think the modular controls were extremely unnecessary and just added to the cost , no one asked for them and would of been perfectly fine with just membrane based D pad and buttons
Yeah I think if they just didn't do that all together no one would have said anything.t By introducing them, they're just subject to criticism for lots of good reason.
Surely the number of people wishing they were micro switch buttons would not outweigh the number of people complaining to pay more for this gimmick.
Commend them for doing something different but this was just a bit too low effort. At the absolute least, there should have been one other type of button, style or arrangement to choose or be excited about. You can't be like hey, you can customize these with one of two options.
No, then probably. Will watch this tonight. 😁
My issue was more the shipping costs for the case and screen protector. The early bird was a solid price, even with $22 shipping for the device.
For real though, people said adding accessories would make the shipping like 30 some dollars to North America.
Yes, it about doubled the price of the case.
Short video.
Keep dropping
Yes please
do these aliex listings include the microswitch modules?
No mention about them being included
yea i can get it for $170 after all the discounts, tax, and cashback but i don't want it without the microswitch modules
Microswitch Modules have always been a separate purchase
They're only being included for the Early Bird sales
yeah companies just including the free promotion item beyond the early purchase phase is pretty common
Would not bank on the cashback going through. I’ve read horror stories about that with AliExpress
I've never not received cashback/rebates, people just don't do it properly
Well, happier that I got the early bird now. The microswitches are working well. Pretty loud though. Most people may not want them.
i find you forget the noise is there quickly, but its a little jarring at the start of each play session, and definitely awful for your ability to exist around others and play
this being from my experience with all the premium swithc joy cons which all have microswitch buttons and triggers
kind of kills a piece for travel but i do find they feel very pleasant
I find this is true only until your wife throws a slipper at your head for the button bashing
But if no ones around, I don't care for the loudness
Got game streaming set up headless today. Running linux on the gaming pc so needed a EDID for a fake display https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G479L9NF. Set up Wake on Lan and the user systemd file to start apollo and we are off.
Turbo Overkill streaming at 90FPS cap
Finally!!! ayn odin 2 portal base is finally out of stock.
No way that ayn let this return to stock up status again.
LMFAO
Did you get a Pocket Max?
of course he didn't


Ayn back at it again
RIP Pocket Max
Oh dear Ayn is really evil. 25th Feb sales over.
There is shortage of ddr5 ram.
how on earth ayn can sell odin 2 portal base at 249!!!?
I check again. it is stock out already!!!
You're the evil one mate you didn't even buy a Pocket Max 
Ayn o2p base stock return again
🙁 Really sales for pocket max will be affected again.
He doesn't, he just likes parroting his bollocks 😄
I'm sorry for how this has affected your company, Mangmi David
He's too busy using his "Goat" Portal.
It you have received your portal and have no interest in the pocket max, what's are you doing here with these one liners?
David was only directing people to the pocket max to secure his portal sale
It was a misdirection
The absolute betrayal!!
I guess I shouldn't be too surprised living in the LA area but it's still funny to see it pop up on FB marketplace.
Can't believe David is selling off his Pocket Max
$280
That's not even new. That's open box
Could've rubbed themselves all over it for all I know
$3.50
New update details. Vibration adjust is interesting. That was a complaint I heard of
Update took some time. The vibration strength setting works well.
lol “vibrator strength”
First time I’ve ever seen anyone not call it vibration or rumble haha gotta love localization
This device is for "games" ... right.
The first case/grip on aliexpress
Fixes the rounded bottom ergo. I like it.
Someone's obsessed with the Rez Trance Vibrator
150 is a nice deal
I well have to look for that
Oh wow. Is this still in upcoming? 😅
Guess no one believed it came out.
Heh. Surprised this isn't closed yet
Maybe we need to ping @open drum 😅
I saw activity in here and got excited that the poet David made his return. I am greatly disappointed.
I mean we’re all 100% sure David is just a mangmi employee right? lol
I thought there was no question 😂
Or a family of one lol
there was a brief David sighting recently on the RG Rotate channel
Not sute for a while I thought he is from MagicX, he was agreeing with all their decisions etc. He finally bought Odin 2 Portal and announced it here. His actions could be a reverse marketing here - Luna also hated Mangmi and Anbernic
he exists in a quantum space in between chinese manufacturer and enlightened shitposter
I think they kept on restocking just to spite him

Either way I ordered a Portal 2
poor david
