ANBERNIC RG Vita, RG Vita Pro

[ivory tangle]

It's funny so some translators spelled Anbernic like this: Ambernick.

[short goblet]

deadfred ai needs to make these people real

[lusty adder]

They put the N before the B lol

[short goblet]

I prefer David Mangmi though

[radiant kettle]

Eleven Wang

[kindred widget]

Anbernext

[next storm]

Let’s see Paul Ayns device

https://tenor.com/view/patrick-bateman-gif-5985161365119532609

[ivory tangle]

Let's see Ricky Morty Screen Retroid's device.

[thin spoke]

Those tiny, slightly inset sticks will probably be more comfortable to use than the stupid fricken non-inset sticks.

[lusty adder]

Where's TechDweeb with the shadow video for this ?

[kindred widget]

Waiting for the Dweb to get it on

[somber belfry]

Nooo it has an all glass front

[hallow aurora]

Hopefully knowing anbernic this thing will drop in a couple weeks

[lusty adder]

Best i can do is Chat GPT doing Max Anbernic

[kindred widget]

Chat GPT wdym dawg that literally is Max

[lusty adder]

Is it lol ? Idk what he looks like 😆

[burnt vector]

They absolutely killed it on the shell, but the d-pad and face buttons let it down quite a bit imo. Especially compared to the d-pad and face buttons you can get in an RP6 now

[spring island]

Why couldn’t they inset the sticks a bit 😞

[kindred widget]

They are brother

[spring island]

Eh

[kindred widget]

This level of inset is more or less the same you would find on an actual Vita

[spring island]

More towards the screen

So it’s comfier

[burnt vector]

Yeah, they could've been a little more aggressive on the inset

or maybe they literally couldn't. I guess it's more accurate to say I wish they would've/could've

[spring island]

It doesn’t have to be a 1:1, make it a little easier to use the sticks

Yes

[raw ice]

Yeah if the display connector is on the side rather than on the bottom (which is why the og vita has that chin) they have no room

[burnt vector]

Just now noticing it doesn't have front-firing speakers, either. Between this and the greater inset on the sticks, it's crazy how much they got right on the Vita back in 2012

[spring island]

I get why, but they will be shite to use 🤣

[slate drum]

I see Anbernic is adding another entry in the "Devices that are unable to properly emulate the console their shell is a clone of" category?

[sly mist]

Just bought an odin 2 mini yesterday 💀

[kindred widget]

Tbf you probably would have a similar vita emulation experience on an 8 Gen 2

Vita emulation is just meh

[slate drum]

Fair.

Still, I'm not sure having 3 devices that qualify for that title is a good look

[lusty adder]

I mean , the Odin 2 Mini can't play the entire Vita catalogue either

[slate drum]

That being said, that still raises the question of whether this device will be a solid PS Vita emulator whenever the software catches up (which I'm assuming will take somewhere between 5 years and a decade)

[raw ice]

Tbf we have like 5 vita inspired devices now and none of them can play vita well

TrimUI somehow gets a pass for a vita inspired shell that can’t play psp

[lusty adder]

I haven't messed with the D8300 yet but the T820 could play around 40% of Vita ( of what the emulator was capable) and that chip was considerably less powerful

[slate drum]

I mean, I'm not giving them a pass for that one, a 16:9 device that can't play PSP is just silly

The Smart Pro S handles it fine though

[dapper ivy]

chip not known so far right?

[terse parrot]

Yep, might even be two different chips

[dapper ivy]

probably if there is a regular and pro model but who knows

[kindred widget]

T820 and D8300

[raw ice]

I expect this to be competing with that and mangmi air rather than rp6 but whatever

[dapper ivy]

hopefully, as much as people like the 200-250 higher end android devices I feel like cheaper is generally more exciting here

higher and arm devices will become more interesting to me if somebody does port steamOS in some way shape and form from the steam frame xD

[sturdy totem]

You can but the screen on the vita has 2 touch points on the screen and back. so if u want to emulate the touch buttons on the back u have to to alternate front and back touchpads on your single screen device

Im more interested in getting an oled vita tbh

[hexed cave]

Could be two ram variants 😅 ram prices these days are considered pro

[mild temple]

Reasons I don't think this will use the VITA screen. The vita screen has a significant bottom chin.. and the design seen here doesn't seem to incorporate the known chin... so I'm pretty sure these will be a different screen. Which is likely a good thing. I would like OLED though.. when can we have that?

[kindred widget]

Could be

[mortal island]

T618 4GB and T820 8GB 🙏

[subtle shuttle]

Yeah, it’s too narrow at the bottom to actually fit the vita screen.

[kindred widget]

I will find you

Break down your door

And personally uninvite you to the 4th of July

[mortal island]

ye

[lusty adder]

Could this be the same screen used in the old RG505 ?

[mortal island]

there's like, some chance of it

I just hope not

[raw ice]

No chin on this so I don’t think so

[mortal island]

they made the forehead as big as a chin, that's how it hides

[mortal island]

Basically, no one knows

[raw ice]

It being centred says to me the display connector is on one of the sides rather than the long edges

[lusty adder]

If they have a backlog of these screens they will 100% use it .

For the pro version , do you guys prefer the black or the white one ?

[frail wadi]

since this is speculated to have a weak ass chip, what are the chances that the base model is Linux only, and the "Pro" moniker simply refers to having +1GB more ram to just barely being able to run Android

[near maple]

Slim. Did they ever do a weak 16:9?

[kindred widget]

I am going to end you

Shhhhh they might listen

[frail wadi]

almost certainly I guess, Anbernic has never done two chips at once

[mortal island]

youtube vid shows android buttons on both versions, so it's android on both

[frail wadi]

ah, that's fair

[kindred widget]

Only one I can think of is the 556 and even that has the T820 at least

[frail wadi]

552, 503, 505

[near maple]

Weak as in completely budget. Like powkiddy's.

[frail wadi]

okay the 552 is technically not 16:9

[mortal island]

close enough

503 is completely budget

[lusty adder]

Base model has a fan and Android home buttom

[frail wadi]

maybe they just left it in there anyway because they couldn't be arsed to make two separate models

[terse parrot]

I hate them both 😭 but out of the two, I prefer black. The only one I like the look of is black non-pro

[lusty adder]

That would be unfathomaly based of them

[hexed cave]

Same thats the one i have my eye on

I have enough pro devices 😅

[frail wadi]

I expect the worst now lol

[terse parrot]

Ooh like the Arc S and Arc D

[frail wadi]

exactly

they have a history of doing that

[mortal island]

Expect 3566, get T618

for suuure

[hexed cave]

I actually want a decent non pro device, air x wasn’t it for me

PAM was ok. But that screen

[terse parrot]

I'm telling ya Anbernic need to do a 47XXH

That'd be the perfect non-pro device

[mortal island]

thay won't though, H700 is done

[kindred widget]

Black to match with my Vita

[lusty adder]

Give them at least a couple of days for the fatal flaw to show up. Come on , let them surprise us

[kindred widget]

Just expect the worse on the get go

That way you'll always be surprised

[lusty adder]

If it all goes well with this , no monkey paw fingers twearling ... it may be the first black device i'll buy.

[kindred widget]

Kinda not a fan of the colored abxy buttons but I can live with them

[unkempt parcel]

Lol this is anbernic we're talking about here

[solemn kiln]

Gonna wait for reviews of how persona 4 golden runs on this, my experience with rp5 emulation with p4g was so bad I ended up buying the switch version lmao

[lusty adder]

Convincing myself to like it tbh

[terse parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/the-simpsons-ralph-wiggum-george-washington-presidents-day-never-gif-20373692

[lusty adder]

You don't understand, i want a plastic D8300 but not quite like this 😆

[terse parrot]

Wish Anbernic would sell Playstation style buttons for it

Don't wanna spend ~£30 on etsy just for buttons

[kindred widget]

Brother you want a fire hazard

[solemn kiln]

Arent those trademarked?

[kindred widget]

Does that include shipping

[terse parrot]

Well so are all the ROMs on those microSD cards they sell lol

[teal sonnet]

Do we know any specs yet ? I hear T820 and D8300 but is that just speculation?
Does this even have stacked shoulder buttons?

[terse parrot]

Nah

[kindred widget]

Speculating

Looks to be stacked

[solemn kiln]

Lmfao right, maybe the Vita name too

[kindred widget]

Theres a base and a pro model. Both presumably android

[unkempt parcel]

Anbernic design/r&d is basically what's in the parts bin at their warehouse

[kindred widget]

Unless its one chip and different ram configurations, to which I am going to strangle Max, we can guess all day long to what powers it.

[lusty adder]

Broski instead of naming it RG477H , named it Vita. Now the tourists will complain it doesn't play Vita games
It's over , RIP

[solemn kiln]

“Can you guess what powers it” ahh marketing

[kindred widget]

And thats the 2nd device this week that I was excited for to meet its end.

[lusty adder]

It hasn't died yet though , if it's the D8300 in the Pro version it's ok

[kindred widget]

I just need to know the base specs

If the base is the T820 I am 99% sure the pro would be the 8300

[teal sonnet]

Just noticed it has no intake fan but do see exhaust unless I missed something, doesn’t the D8300 need decent cooling

[naive prairie]

T618 base, T820 pro. (I kid ... but you never know with Anbernic)

[kindred widget]

The pro model, specifically the back of it, wasn't shown iirc

So they could have all sorts of stuff going on back there

[lusty adder]

They didn't show the back of the Pro

[teal sonnet]

Interesting

[naive prairie]

Thing is, the T820 also likely needs intake. The T618 doesn't.

[kindred widget]

A prototype model perchance

[sacred narwhal]

Funny thing is the back has exhaust/air vents.

[kindred widget]

Anbernic tax all the way

[naive prairie]

Like the (fanless) Retroid Pocket 3+.

[teal sonnet]

You Forgot to add the RTX 5090 model

[ornate flare]

The tax itself will be like $43 if I order a 476H... Why can't they do similar like Retroid have...

[lusty adder]

It's a mid range handheld , let's be realistic 😆

[teal sonnet]

OK RTX 5070

[kindred widget]

You pay extra for quality assurance

[naive prairie]

Let's at least stick with handheld APUs. Base Z2 Go, Pro Z1 Extreme, Special Max Edition Z2 Extreme AI (Anbernic likes AI)

[sacred narwhal]

Always buy from AliExpress if you can. The coupons usually end up making the device cheaper than ordering direct

[teal sonnet]

I actually wish we got more budget PC handhelds like AyaNeo did with the Air Plus i5/7320U models

[kindred widget]

557 is still like 240 on Aliexpress

[undone hemlock]

Sony lost the trademark

[kindred widget]

And that thing is 12GB/256GB D8300

[ornate flare]

I’d like to, but AliExpress doesn’t always sell certain items to every country in Europe. For example, I can’t find the Anbernic 476H on AliExpress anymore.

It used to be available, but for some reason they keep removing it.

[kindred widget]

It's just a name

[sacred narwhal]

Probably has to do with your country import laws. Sorry you gotta talk to your people

[kindred widget]

There's a lot of things with the name Vita

[sacred narwhal]

Quick google search says "Vita" is a registered trademark used by multiple entities across different categories, but it is not a single, universally owned word."

[teal sonnet]

This
Even in the states every time I think I find what I think a decent deal , it always says not available to your area so just gave using AilExpress

[sacred narwhal]

The full name is PlayStation Vita or PS Vita. Not Vita so we all good.

It be crazy if they let you copyright just the word Vita.

[kindred widget]

If they used Sony's 🔺️🟨❌️⭕️ they might've been in trouble

[devout canopy]

No, the non pro has to be the t820, because i reject the oreo skittles

[kindred widget]

But they should be fine

[teal sonnet]

Just rename it the ATIV problem solved

[undone hemlock]

You will embrace the skittles

[teal sonnet]

Or Vati

[undone hemlock]

All skittles

[devout canopy]

Never, I'm set on the non-pro Vita

[raw ice]

3326 base 3566 pro

[undone hemlock]

That would be hilarious

[teal sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-no-nonono-noooo-cat-no-gif-16356106285349646826

[ornate flare]

This handheld or 476H?🤔🤔

[raw ice]

Intel n100 base Intel n150 pro

[devout canopy]

476h all the way

the cult must grow

[kindred widget]

@undone hemlock will pay you to buy the 476H

[ornate flare]

Do we even know the screen size on this?

[kindred widget]

5" probably

[raw ice]

I do like it but I think the 477v wins for me

[devout canopy]

5" given the size of this thing

[raw ice]

I just like verts tho

[kindred widget]

5.5" but I think thats stretching it

[raw ice]

My guess is 5” 720p or 5.5” 1080p lcd - trimUI or mangmi screens.

[devout canopy]

Verts are novelty devices to me

[devout canopy]

I scaled it up to RP5 size and the screen was smaller than on that... so it is 5" or even less IMO

[teal sonnet]

I really just want to try the new 4.7” Anbernic screen with stacked shoulder buttons and D8300 , hers hoping the 476H gets the D8300 treatment

[undone hemlock]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-the-hell-i-will-i-will-nope-no-wont-do-it-gif-15555515

[raw ice]

Yeah I’m leaning towards the 720 trimUI has been using

[naive prairie]

Unironically, I would buy the absolute hell out of a PS Vita-sized handheld with an N150.

[raw ice]

Same tbh

Just gimme a gpd microPC 2 with a gamepad on bottom

[spring island]

T618 + 60hz lcd

[devout canopy]

I think they have dug up a 1080p panel at least

Hopefully 120hz

[vapid flax]

cmon guys I've seen 16:9 1440p oled in phones before, 720p would be baad

[devout canopy]

1440p would go hard tbh

[vapid flax]

took 2 seconds to find

although this is much bigger than 5 inches

there ya go

anbernic should hire me fr

[raw ice]

If they actually get that panel I’m cancelling my portal order

[vapid flax]

xD

[undone hemlock]

Those are curved

Fuck curved displays

[naive prairie]

RG Vita. Do you know what powers it? Maybe it's the T618 after all ...

[ornate flare]

Wait, will this handheld even have active cooling??

[raw ice]

There’s an exhaust grille but no apparent fan intake on the back

[sly rock]

It’s not, the sticks on the vita sticks are actually diagonal while the RG VITA is diagonal it’s still almost kinda straight

[kindred widget]

Hmmm

They should have copied the design for the speaker holes if that's the case

That could've pushed the sticks a little bit more

[sly rock]

Oh yeah I agree

Sounds like Anbernic were smart since Ayn Odin 2 mini got discontinued a few weeks ago

[ornate flare]

Won't that make the handheld to overheat?😲

[kindred widget]

I mean if there's an exhaust then surely there's an intake

[sly rock]

I wonder if RG VITA would be the same size as the vita or will be like the AYN ODIN 2 mini

[kindred widget]

Maybe somewhere in between

[sly rock]

I’d laugh since somehow it’s bigger than the vita and yet the sticks aren’t as diagonal

[quaint mirage]

@carmine sage are you sure about that?

[frail wadi]

it's gonna be the exact same panel as in the original Vita, i.e. the one on the 503/505

Anbernic has used it before, this is shaped like a Vita, render looks 5 inches

it's gotta be that

[devout canopy]

unlikely, the Vita panel would require a bigger chin

this screen has most likely the electronics on the side, which is why the sticks ain't more inset

[raw ice]

The vita panel has a huge display connector on the bottom

There is no way this is that display unless they were able to get it semi-custom

[frail wadi]

okay, I stand corrected, I now expect an even worse panel than that

[raw ice]

I expect lcd

[sly rock]

[sly rock]

Ohh fair, I’m just happy we’re getting medium sized handhelds since even the retroid pocket 5 looks to be slightly above medium sized

We really need more medium sized handhelds like I don’t mind 5 inch’s or even 5.2 inches as long as it’s medium

[frail wadi]

yeah this is going to be a PSP machine

think TrimUI Smart Pro competitor

[sly rock]

Man that handheld has more diagonal sticks than the anbernic

[devout canopy]

it's kinda funny how Retroid killed the RP6 design, just so Anbernic could deliver

[kindred widget]

We lub Anbernic

[kindred widget]

More the community killed it because God forbid we get something different

[tawny lynx]

It was different in all the wrong ways

Reaching for hotkeys on the bottom of the screen just sounds annoying for one

[kindred widget]

Man do you make a living giving the worst takes?

[tawny lynx]

No I don't have any affiliate links

[kindred widget]

If only

[devout canopy]

Retroid killed it by making stupid decision after stupid decision

push out a trailer and immediately open pre-orders, before 99% of the people even register that an RP6 is on the way, pull it off the store not even 24hours later, refund everyone, without any compensation/coupon, because fuck those who aren't US based and have to pay currency exchange fees... and open a damn pool, because you are chicken shit

[kindred widget]

Damn you got fucked unlubed by the redesign huh

[cunning bane]

so, what conclusions have we all come to in terms of chip speculation

[high junco]

Barely enough to live up to its namesake. Again.

[cunning bane]

alright, are you talking about the pro as well?

cuz me personally

i think the regular isn't even getting t820

[kindred widget]

T820 base 8300 pro is what I'm hoping for

[devout canopy]

I made 0.64€ profit, but others lost quite a bit

[kindred widget]

We'll have to see what they do but Anbernic has a way of fumbling gold

[devout canopy]

I hope the base is t820, as I don't want the oreo skittles

[cunning bane]

i really hope so, but no intake, questionable trigger length

something weird's going on

[cunning bane]

i'd be willing to buy custom ps buttons and replace the ones in the pro, abxy looks so weird

[kindred widget]

If the 2 models are just storage and ram configurations Max Zhou is waking up without his testicles

[devout canopy]

with current SRM prices... ehhh nope

[subtle shuttle]

Wrong handheld. If this was emulating the PSP then the sticks would be sliders.

[cunning bane]

i'm sorry, what

more stuff getting expensive

[cunning bane]

which handhelds have used sliders in recent years besides the flip?

[subtle shuttle]

None, that’s the problem.

[raw ice]

Only to then sell fewer rp6 than ayn does odin 2 portals during your own preorder period because ayn mogs you with a price drop

I would love to see how many cancellations retroid got the day the portal base price dropped

[devout canopy]

I didn't buy another RP6, after they cancelled my order

[kindred widget]

Quite a few I'd imagine

[devout canopy]

and I bought another Portal

[raw ice]

I was interested in the rp6 pre redesign, the redesign ruined for me, ordered a portal with the price drop and might buy this too lol

My rp5 needs to get sold once the portal gets here

[cunning bane]

i'm personally heading towards the rp6 route, but if this thing DOES have a d8300 and the screen isn't attrocious, then maybe

[subtle shuttle]

Literally had a better speaker placement before the redesign.

[kindred widget]

That's where I'm at as well. If this thing has an 8300 I'd fold so fast

But if not then RP6 it is

[cunning bane]

cuz the 8300 is pretty much the sweetspot, idc about pc emulation and i have a switch 2

just want up to wii and then off i go

but every d8300 has one stupid issue that pushes me away from getting it

[devout canopy]

I would still go for the t820 one

[cunning bane]

cuz of the buttons

[devout canopy]

and the fact that I have a Odin 2 Mini that is already on everything PlayStation duty

[tawny lynx]

If this is a 5 inch oled with a t820 it could be solid

[cunning bane]

absolutely, but why on earth is there a pro, then, with what we know

the lack of intake is still throwing me off so bad

[devout canopy]

maybe it draws air through the speaker holes at the bottom

[tawny lynx]

Yeah I'm not sure what's up with that part

[cunning bane]

new ways to fuck up the sound

[kindred widget]

Well we haven't seen the back of the pro yet so we have no clue what's going on back there

[cunning bane]

almost like they strategically shot the video that way to create more discussion

[valid lintel]

Prices?

This was unexpected.

[kindred widget]

We dunno we'd have to see actual specs to start guesstimating

Unlike the Pocket Max we likely won't have to wait months just to know the specs

Days or maybe weeks at most

[sacred narwhal]

The reviewers probably have a unit on the way. I expect this to be released very quickly in Anbernic fashion

[raw ice]

my guess is about 100 usd

[kindred widget]

Depends heavily on specs

[raw ice]

this really just looks like an anbernic smart pro S

[kindred widget]

Or has all hope for the T820/8300 been lost already

[raw ice]

I doubt it's trying to compete with the rp6

they already have the 557

[lusty adder]

Community " We didn't like the design "

Anbernic " Lmao who cares "

[kindred widget]

Dawg the 557 is irrelevant in this day and age

[sly rock]

Whoa I remember that analogue stick gave my thumb temporary imprints from gaming on it for so long

[raw ice]

... and this just being the 557 again would somehow make it relevant?

[kindred widget]

It's not even in it

[raw ice]

yeah I loved my psp1000

[sly rock]

@kindred widget here's hoping retroid makes a retroid Pocket 6 lite were it's 5 inches

[sly rock]

Same!

[kindred widget]

Looks more like a nub rather than a stick

[raw ice]

please the rp5/6 controls are cramped enough already

[raw ice]

it was a slider

[kindred widget]

Nah a slider would be more like what the 3DS had going on

[raw ice]

yes

[kindred widget]

PSP was straight nub action

[sly rock]

To be fair the Retroid Pocket mini is small and yet it's controls are more comfortable than retroid Pocket 5, g2, and 6

[raw ice]

the psp slider and the 3ds slider are relatively similar

the psp one didn't have as much travel

[sly rock]

3ds slider is way better it's comfortable to play with

[kindred widget]

No the fuck it was not

No historical revisonism here

[tawny lynx]

This is why we need a z1 extreme in it smh

[raw ice]

for some reason people will tolerate literal dogshit when it has the nintendo name on it. Like the switch having the controls right on top of each other and no real dpad just so they can do the poverty 2 player half controller each gimmick

[tawny lynx]

Anbernic lock in

[kindred widget]

Man the switch controls fucking suck

Especially hated the lack of a dpad

[tawny lynx]

Switch sticks gotta be one of the worst things to ever happen to handhelds

They're in everything

[sly rock]

Still better actually comfortable

[lusty adder]

I had a Switch Lite and hated that console and the entire Nintendo system with a passion. Kept it for 5 months then sold it

[sly rock]

Because we tend to exaggerate how bad the controls are the average person or kid tends to not care that much

[kindred widget]

I guess this was the goat of Nintendo clamshells

[raw ice]

the ds lite was peak

[kindred widget]

The DS lite is partially the reason I got the OG 3DS

[sly rock]

Plus psp controls are like really bad people since camera controls are either the d pad or the face buttons when going 3d

[kindred widget]

I wanted something the size of the lite as well as one of the XL models

It just so happen that the XL 3DS'S are really expensive while the DSi XLs are cheap

[lusty adder]

Just noticed something, is the Pro Model smaller than the base one ?

[kindred widget]

So I went with the DSi XL and OG 3DS

[kindred widget]

Yea sorta

[lusty adder]

Interesting , if it's a compact handheld with the D8300 it may be nice

Maybe the same size of the Odin 2 Mini

[raw ice]

I don't think it's smaller I think it's just a perspective thing

[kindred widget]

Maybe the base could be a competitor to that Trim device Pope was talking about while the pro has a beefier spec

[near maple]

That can't be right, if only for the added production cost.

[kindred widget]

Yea that might be it

[lusty adder]

Could be too , let's wait for the showcase to see it better.
Since the 'pro' is more expensive they may have fine tuned the design a bit more ( hopium )

[lusty adder]

I am almost sure it's a T820 and D8300

[kindred widget]

Unfortunately it might just be the two of us

Hope was lost relatively fast

[lusty adder]

I went off the chat for a while and missed the updates on the Matrix 😆 What happened ?

[kindred widget]

Uhh some of doom and gloom

Mainly from Joey who thinks this thing having a decent ish chip for the looks is unlikely

It already happened before with the RG DS

[sly rock]

Pure white is better than pure black

[kindred widget]

It can happen again

[sly rock]

In my opinion

[kindred widget]

Personally going with black if its rocking an 8300

[sly rock]

Imagine playing GBA games on the RG Vita?

[naive prairie]

Eh, if it's crap we just won't buy it.

[lusty adder]

I don't think they're going for an RGDS case again tbh
Specially with 2 skus
I have no delusions of a SD in there but the D8300 is very likely to be on the pro

[kindred widget]

If it doesnt have the 8300 ill just get the RP6 as planned

[kindred widget]

Thats what I plan to do as when I got my DSi XL I very stupidly transfered my GBA games to the DS from my Vita.

[sly rock]

Inb4 AYN ODIN 3 mini gets announced when you just ordered the Retroid pocket 6

[kindred widget]

Playing GBA on a DS fucking blows

[sly rock]

Hell yeah

[lusty adder]

Same , with the D8300 i see it as a cheaper option to the Odin 2 Mini. If it's not good i won't buy it and move to something else. Hopefully Retroid will be out of preorder limbo by then

[kindred widget]

And I'm too lazy to transfer it back

[sly rock]

I'll get this as a PSP and GBA machine

[lusty adder]

But power chasing these devices is useless tbh It's better to get the one you feel that suits your needs better and that's it. Unless you collect them
Everyday there's a new better one and they usually nerf each other with competition

[kindred widget]

The good thing about Anbernic announcements is that we won't wait weeks on end just to get a pube hair of info

[sly rock]

Oh yeah true thats why Im excited for more medium handhelds

[lusty adder]

If it comes with the D8300 then it's my GC / PS2 and Wii definitive machine

[kindred widget]

Cough cough Mangmi

[kindred widget]

Same

Thats my main use case

[lusty adder]

I have a 34XX for GBA and under and since i have OCD with the hinge of my Flip2 , i want a more solid handheld so it can be my "demanding systems " one

[sly rock]

Smart!

[lusty adder]

What sucks with Mangmi are those modular controls , those things will fail in time lol

[lusty adder]

Pure white is super clean but i noticed some yellow ish around the controls , have you seen it ? Like an off white color

[sour olive]

Hopefully the RG Vita Pro has an OLED screen

[kindred widget]

I think it will personally

[lusty adder]

I think it will , hopefully

[kindred widget]

It literally looks like the Vita 1000. Which had an OLED screen

[sour olive]

I'd definitely consider getting one if it does

Really like the form factor

[lusty adder]

Yeah me too , i loved my Vita. I wanted the Odin 2 Mini but at the time with moving and college i couldn't get one

So this one is a nice alternative

[sour olive]

I wanted to get the Odin 2 Mini as well

[lusty adder]

Imo, one of the most beautiful handhelds from this hobby

Too bad they discontinued it

[kindred widget]

Definitely but only the white model

The Black's plastic just attracts oils for som reason

[lusty adder]

The Anbernic or the Odin 2 ?

[kindred widget]

O2

[lusty adder]

I think we will see more of it maybe Friday ?

[kindred widget]

Hopefully

[naive prairie]

Hopefully they just announce "what powers it" and don't try to build drama. (I'd say hype, but I think that attempt backfired with the RG DS)

[lusty adder]

Can you guess what powers it ?👀

[kindred widget]

That what powers it thing is just salt in the wound

[lusty adder]

And then

limitless possibilities

[sour olive]

Hopefully that means an Odin 3 Mini is on the way

[raw ice]

https://tenor.com/view/jon-stewart-eat-eating-popcorn-watching-gif-12567454887078541885

[lusty adder]

We need the Russian guy to leak the chip so Max can reconsider it and nerf the marketing and the whole idea

[sour olive]

https://tenor.com/view/salt-wound-simpsons-gif-6175626

[limber hull]

What’s the consensus chat, do we like this or hate it

[kindred widget]

Like it for the looks but the specs are what will make it for me

[lusty adder]

When i left the chat early afternoon there was hopes and joy here

[sour olive]

Doesn't seem like there's much of a reaction either way

We have to wait for the specs to be announced

[tawny lynx]

Don't know yet

[limber hull]

Oh I see, didn’t know specs weren’t announced yet

[lusty adder]

We are numb already

[kindred widget]

Mangmi did a number on us

[sour olive]

Mangmi took all out energy

[near maple]

I might have been more optimistic had the RGDS not went the way it did.

[sour olive]

RG DS is better now thanks to GammaOS

[frosty ferry]

you cant give anbernic credit for that lol

[near maple]

Bless Gamma's heart and all, but the problems run much deeper.

[sour olive]

Well yeah

Lol

[umbral pagoda]

I think T618/T820 would be negative enough for Joey

[drifting spindle]

SD8G3 or riot

Releasing useless handhelds in 2026 and it doesnt even come with swappable rubber/microswitch face buttons smh my head anbernic are living in the year 2

[raw ice]

as long as this can play 99.5% of psp at 1x at a good price it'll be fine.

[lusty adder]

T618 would be the greatest betrayal of 2026

[sour olive]

Pro is most likely a Dimensity Chip

[umbral pagoda]

Eh, like $90 for a PSP chip? That's not bad if they can pull it off

[sour olive]

https://bsky.app/profile/joeysretrohh.bsky.social/post/3mdyihuyczs2l

[tawny lynx]

Can't tell if he actually has any insight or just trash talking

[sour olive]

That's what I want to know

[kindred widget]

Me neither

[thorn forge]

oh, he apparently answered you

https://bsky.app/profile/joeysretrohh.bsky.social/post/3mdymmraud22y

[umbral pagoda]

3326/3562

[sour olive]

Ouch

[tawny lynx]

Yeah we might be cooked then

So t820 for the pro

[sour olive]

GammaOS machine then

Praise Gamma

I figured with a Pro model, they'd at least put a more powerful chip on it

Guess not

[kindred widget]

Wait what

[tawny lynx]

Helio g85/t820

[kindred widget]

Is it confirmed or what

Is all hope lost

[tawny lynx]

Not confirmed no

[sour olive]

Also just realized that Vita Style Handheld doesn't have PlayStation buttons

[tawny lynx]

Just speculating based on what Joey said

[kindred widget]

Well yea

They already have the name Vita and while it doesnt matter on its own since there are other things called Vita having Sony's 🔺️🟨❌️⭕️ might be flying too close to the sun

[near maple]

Weird that Joey would have that info, but I'm not doubting the sentiment either way.

[kindred widget]

I wanna remain somewhat hopeful and just assume Joey is spreading his AntiAnbernic agenda as usual

[lusty adder]

I think the Odin 2 Mini didn't have them either

[near maple]

It just seems awfully shortsighted to make this up, you know? Even if it's become his routine to shitpost every other day.

[sour olive]

Time to make @kindred widget the David for Anbernic

[kindred widget]

🫡

[sour olive]

Fair

[naive prairie]

Too early to tell. Except for Joey - he hates it already.

[lusty adder]

His post is a bit cringe tbh

[normal ether]

i think it looks cool, but the xbox buttons are wild

hopefully they support custom swaps

[near maple]

Seems like the exact same buttons anbernic have been recycling for like 12 models, no worries there.

[lusty adder]

I mean , nobody is "EXCITED" for it lol It's like , if it has their better chips there fine ,if not, we'll move along.
Kinda cringe of him tbh

[inner parrot]

They should have gone with the PlayStation buttons but called it the Anbernic RG Squid Game 🤪

[naive prairie]

New RG Vita colorway just dropped:

[tawny lynx]

Aside from the switch colors this looks better than the rg vita ngl

[sour olive]

Can't really be excited when we don't have much info

Plus after the RG DS fiasco; a lot of people are going to be wary of any announcement they make

[naive prairie]

The RG DS (for all its faults) can at least run the games of the console that it looks like. The RG Vita will not be able to do the same thing, if for no other reason than Vita3K compatibility is quite limited. So the RG Vita will have to impress in other ways. If it doesn't, then oh well. Hardly anyone will lose sleep over it and there will be another shiny thing coming along in a couple of days or weeks.

[normal ether]

What happened with the ds?

[kindred widget]

"Guess what powers it"?

An absolute potato

[naive prairie]

What happened with the RG DS was mainly people wanted a budget Thor rather than a budget DS clone.

[normal ether]

Mmmmmm

[next storm]

it looks like a DS.

[naive prairie]

Anbernic's marketing didn't help it ... implied it would be more powerful than it was by inviting people to guess about the SOC.

[next storm]

it runs on vibes

[kindred widget]

It runs on the hopes and dreams of the sod who bought it

[naive prairie]

People that bought RG DS to play DS games seem largely happy with it. It works for that and the screens aren't yellowed like a lot of OG hardware ones are.

[normal ether]

Lmaooo

Dang that sucks though

I have not purchased a device from them before, so is it basically hit or miss on whether its good?

[naive prairie]

They have devices that a lot of people love, and they have some that are infuriating.

Depends on what you want, really. For high end stuff, you're probably better off looking at other manufacturers.

[lusty adder]

The secret is to expect nothing tbh If it's good , fine.

[high junco]

They're making the most of what should've been a home run

[lusty adder]

I had one of these in yellow lol

[high junco]

Lots of things to patch up the rocky landing thankfully but still

[sour olive]

Well not well originally because of the 40hz bug

[naive prairie]

That was fixed before any actual customers got the device, if I recall.

[high junco]

System updates have to be manually installed too I think?

[kindred widget]

Only flaw my DSiXL has is that there are small specs of dust under the screen

[high junco]

Can't fully recall

[sour olive]

RG DS is a nice DS system now with Gamma

[frail wadi]

abandon all hope

it's another RG DS

[naive prairie]

Well, an RG SS

[kindred widget]

RG what?

[naive prairie]

Single Screen

[fading condor]

I don't want to abandon hope until they show specs 😞

[naive prairie]

Unless there's a dual screen Vita I was not aware of.

[kindred widget]

Same

I'm mainly just in it for the pro model. Hoping for the 8300

[high junco]

They should've been more patient with this one before going forward

[fading condor]

As someone who uses a smart pro, I'd like a model with a better proc
So I will cope

[high junco]

At least let vita emu mature more

[kindred widget]

Sure give it 3 maybe 5 years

Buddy atp just get an actual Vita

[tawny lynx]

They should've made a psp clone instead

[lusty adder]

https://tenor.com/view/lord-of-the-rings-lotr-gandalf-white-pippin-gif-15253908

[high junco]

Yeah, at least that has more grounding

[frail wadi]

I mean Joey is literally telling you that he's seen the specs and the chips are nowhere close to that

I don't think he's lying

[tawny lynx]

Although tbf i think a lot of the games people would want to play from the vita library are playable

At least the exclusives

[kindred widget]

I don't trust Joey all that much but we'll see

[deft loom]

i mean, this will probably be a good psp handheld with at least 2x the resolution if not more

actually, scratch the 'good' from that

anbernic can miss hard sometimes

[frail wadi]

setting up yourself for disappointment honestly

[lusty adder]

So Unisoc on the base and T820 on the pro

[kindred widget]

Never lose jope

I want Anbernic to tell me the it's over.

Not Jojo

[frail wadi]

less than t820

[tawny lynx]

Idk if I believe that

[lusty adder]

How can it go lower than the Unisoc and the T820 😆?

[kindred widget]

Like at the minimum I'm expecting a T820

[lusty adder]

So the pro is the Unisoc ? 😆 What is worse than that lmao

[tawny lynx]

T820 with a 20 w charging speed 🙏

[lusty adder]

T820 with 3gb ram

[deft loom]

its jojover, it's gonna have a potato chip as the processor 😝

[kindred widget]

Too expensive

2gb

[deft loom]

2gb ddr3 ram

[lusty adder]

1gb base and 2gb pro

[tawny lynx]

Maybe I should just get a vita 🤔

[teal sonnet]

Can't believe the OG Vita is almost 15 years old

Still have mine and going strong

[raw ice]

?????

like 80% of all retro handhelds are lower end than the t618

but also there are loads of chips between t618 and t820 that could be the pro if the base is t618

[teal sonnet]

H700 or bust

[lusty adder]

I meant for what they're advertising / teasing this lol
But it has a vent and Android , that's why i think it's the RGDS chip on the base and the T820 on the pro

[lusty adder]

Both are Android

[raw ice]

one of those max zhou said was a one and done and the other Joey said wasn't it.

[lusty adder]

We'll see it up until the weekend

[kindred widget]

We might be cooked

[mighty pumice]

Hoping the pro can 2x psp for gow (and easier games) at least ..

[tawny lynx]

I mean i still don't see why it couldn't be t820 for the pro, not like that's exactly a universally beloved processor

I think he's talking about people expecting a d8300 or above

[lusty adder]

Oh no , Vita copy may suck for performance = life is over

[kindred widget]

Well yea

[lusty adder]

I am not trolling you btw , it's Joey

[kindred widget]

It'll hurt since I adore the design but it's nothing the RP6 can't fix

[lusty adder]

He's legit annoying to me

[lusty adder]

Yep , specially if you go with the silver or black one
It's a Vita with extra steps

[kindred widget]

I'm interested in the 16 bit RP6

[lusty adder]

Me too , i like that color best from what i saw in the videos

[high junco]

Hasta la vita or whatever

[lusty adder]

Que será , será

[high junco]

It'll be so funny if they reveal another product days after the disappointment rolls in

[somber belfry]

Anbernic's retro colorways always get me interested

[raven sierra]

So it looks like the RG Vita won’t have an active cooling fan (not sure if he means the Pro too)

But it should be low-cost and use a new chip Anbernic hasn’t used before, powerful enough to go beyond PSP

[near maple]

Moments before disaster.

[sacred narwhal]

If its powerful enough to go beyond PSP then almost certain to have a fan???

And its low cost? Something isn't adding up

[tawny lynx]

It's funny to see basically the same discussions going on in there too

[near maple]

Keep in mind Anbernic considered the RGDS cheap.

[tawny lynx]

The fabled p65

[sacred narwhal]

RGDS is on the cheap end imo

I was expecting the new RG vita to cost around 160-180

[somber belfry]

Helio G85/90T from the recent budget horizontal handhelds?

[naive prairie]

T618 doesnt usually come with a fan.

But it will be hilarious if either of these Vitas is actually weaker than the RG505.

It's beginning to look a lot like

[high junco]

-# you got your shell for the fashion rg, you not gonna play

[quick cloak]

C'mon T620 😂

Going straight for GameMT E5 Ultra throat

[umbral pagoda]

The implication is some new chips? Maybe some new dimensity stuff

[kindred widget]

So is Dimensity usually just high end stuff or do they have other ranges

[umbral pagoda]

They make a ton of chips, all over the spectrum

[kindred widget]

Fuck

[naive prairie]

Maybe this is the debut device for whatever low-end chip they're going to use to replace the H700.

[kindred widget]

H800

[sour olive]

I mean, I would hope the Pro version would at least be powerful enough to actually run Vita Emulation

[kindred widget]

Either he's full of it or we are so completely fucked

[cunning bane]

what if the debut is actually for the pro one, and it can actually do ps vita emulation better than we think

nah

i still believe the gravity rush stutter theory

[kindred widget]

Means jack shit since Vita emulation is meh even on more powerful snapdragon devices

[cunning bane]

oh so they're using 8 elite, ok ok gotchu

[frail wadi]

g85/g99?

plays PSP, less than t820

[sour olive]

Persona 4 Golden runs perfectly

So there's at least that

[cunning bane]

and it will be used as an example game in the showcase

i can see it

[naive prairie]

Persona 4 Golden ran fine on the RG505 too.

[young ferry]

Rk3126 and SD8Elite ezpz

[cunning bane]

this is the right answer btw

[young ferry]

512mb ram and 64gb ram

[naive prairie]

No RAM. Too expensive. Gotta add your own.

[sour olive]

No RAM, I refuse

[cunning bane]

oooooh diy

[young ferry]

$55 ($49 for first week), and $999.99

[teal sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/chris-pratt-reversed-reverse-shocked-gif-15608473656380865909

RG Vita announced

https://tenor.com/view/akhtar-thất-vọng-disappointed-really-gif-16465872

Pro Vita after more info

[kindred widget]

Definitely the fastest I think I've been let down by a device

Assuming all the info holds true

[teal sonnet]

Cmon Anbernic make the 477H already

[naive prairie]

Didn't he say they'd never make a 477H?

[teal sonnet]

Max says a lot of shit but only cares for what sells

[kindred widget]

Allergic to the form factor everyone wants

[naive prairie]

This ain't gonna sell if it's weak. Unless people in China have it really bad for the Vita look.

[teal sonnet]

Like the RG DS

Nostalgia only goes so far

[naive prairie]

People did have it really bad for the DS. And as far as we can tell, they sold a bunch of them. After all, there weren't many viable alternatives.

[kindred widget]

Do they not have OG hardware in China

[teal sonnet]

Maybe at first but not sure if it still sells well after most reviewers weren't that crazy for it , I wouldn't be surprised if the base uses the same chip as the RG DS

[mighty pumice]

Supposedly new chip based on the above screenshot

[teal sonnet]

Hope so D9400

[lusty adder]

It's over

https://tenor.com/view/it's-over-over-it's-gif-3551756699416095564

[teal sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/toby-cry-phone-spider-man-cry-phone-spider-man-phone-toby-phone-gif-12875606672124040541

[lusty adder]

2 skus , neither can play Vita . Based

[mighty pumice]

If it's one of those cheaper unisoc t6XX with g57mp1 (some with lower clocks), psp might not comfortably run at 2x for the more difficult games

[teal sonnet]

So lets see , Anbernic tried to make PSP Go with the Slide , Nintendo DS with the RG DS and now the RG Vita from the errr... Vita , wonder what's next

[kindred widget]

Wii U

[kindred widget]

Fucks sake

[naive prairie]

RG Switch with detachable controllers.

[lusty adder]

They still have to botch the 3DS and the PSP. Their work is not done yet

[tawny lynx]

Man I want an rg ds pro

[naive prairie]

They kinda did the Switch lite with the RG505.

[lusty adder]

We expect nothing and still get disappointment lol

[next storm]

a 3DS that finally can play DS

[lusty adder]

Some light games *

[kindred widget]

The fastest ive been disappointed in a handheld

[mighty pumice]

Hmm, just saw the t8300, didn't see it used in devices yet, but maybe still too expensive for Anbernic

[kindred widget]

It hasn't even been a full day yet since the video

[kindred widget]

They already have the 8300 in three devices

[teal sonnet]

Maybe they surprise with something decent

[tawny lynx]

Better now than later tbf

[mighty pumice]

Which?

[kindred widget]

I should just have my expectations in hell next time

[kindred widget]

557, 477M, 477V

[mighty pumice]

I was referring to unisoc T8300

[kindred widget]

Thats a thing?

[atomic venture]

Why the fuck does the pro use the ugly coloured buttons

[kindred widget]

Yea those buttons are whatever

[teal sonnet]

To piss everyone off

[naive prairie]

I think Max actively hates his customers.

[tawny lynx]

Oh he does

[lusty adder]

I think i got it right Unisoc on the base and the T820 on the pro ( with luck ) lol

[solemn kiln]

They post that for bait then change it up like the RGDS colors

[normal ether]

for the vibes

[lusty adder]

He sure does , their tears are his currency

[young mantle]

I mean if it’s $99 and can play psp perfectly, I am all in.

[atomic venture]

How do I go to the top of this post on mobile so that I can see the details? Nothing is ever pinned

[kindred widget]

Mangmi Air X

Get to it

[lusty adder]

Tbf , it's jank

[young mantle]

I prefer the look of RG Vita

If it’s as powerful as Mangmi Air X and similar price

[lusty adder]

Unisoc won't even upscale it tbh

[solemn kiln]

Im okay with SD865 and can run some vita games, or at least the ones i care about

Assuming annernic has snapdragon

[naive prairie]

There really aren't any details to see other than the short video Anbernic posted.

[teal sonnet]

Not happening

[solemn kiln]

Well hopefully it plays some vita at least

[kindred widget]

Anbernic doesn't do snapdragons

[cunning bane]

wait, does the vita pro have a metalic back

or side

[teal sonnet]

SD doesn't sell to handheld manufacturers that also sell loaded SD cards with Roms

[tawny lynx]

Doesn't mangmi do that though

[teal sonnet]

No

[tawny lynx]

Oh

[naive prairie]

Mangmi sells SD cards with their devices ... don't know if anything is on them, though,.

[lusty adder]

Welcome back RG DS

[teal sonnet]

They are blank

Your better off just buying one somewhere else cheaper

[sly rock]

Lmao

[raven sierra]

Max Zhou wanted to use the 4.7" screen with 865 and 8g2 across all handhelds last year, but his boss shot it down

[mighty pumice]

I think more of his partner than boss?

[naive prairie]

What's a graduation phone?

[tawny lynx]

Max zhou has a boss?

[undone hemlock]

https://tenor.com/view/nah-i-don't-believe-you-roy-beauty-in-black-you're-lying-julian-horton-gif-8369818017534887131

[kindred widget]

Max Zhou is just the Boss

[mighty pumice]

Just the translation, luna (XU/magicX) use it often also

[raven sierra]

Some mistranslation, graduation handheld, like the end game handheld

[kindred widget]

He's not the Big Boss

[tawny lynx]

Damn

[naive prairie]

(I figured it was a machine translation artifact, of course)

[tawny lynx]

So now I can blame Boss Yang for the rg ds

[kindred widget]

Yes

[near maple]

I'm skeptical that Anbernic actually had access to those.

[kindred widget]

I don't see why not

[mighty pumice]

If you have the money no reason you can't

[kindred widget]

They're as big as Retroid afaik

Possibly bigger

[naive prairie]

So Max is Roscoe P Coltrane to Yang's Boss Hogg

[kindred widget]

Yup

[mighty pumice]

nil was thinking about using it for one of the ktr successors previously?

[naive prairie]

Just two good ol' boys. Never meaning no harm. Beats all you never saw, filling SD cards with ROMs since the day they was born.

Making their way, the only way they know how. That's just a little bit more than Qualcomm will allow.

[lusty adder]

I thought he was the supreme leader lol

[undone hemlock]

That's the thing Max is too cheap to pay for Qualcomm

[raven sierra]

He handles the technical side, while Boss Yang runs the finances

[tawny lynx]

Boss Yang*

[undone hemlock]

If you think Max isn't involved in that I have a big beautiful bridge to sell you.

[lusty adder]

Sad thing is , they would dominate the market with a G2. Because they have the advantage of avaiability, eveything else is preorder hell.

[tawny lynx]

One of the main things keeping anbernic from being my favorite handheld company is just their choice of processors tbh

[lusty adder]

Same

They really took a nose dive lately

[undone hemlock]

They paid for a bottom of the barrel screen on the 556/557

[tawny lynx]

Okay and their software isn't very good

That's why we need gamma

[undone hemlock]

That's a thing that should not be a thing

[tawny lynx]

Oh yeah I agree

[lusty adder]

The T820 was kind of decent but they haven't released a single beautiful handheld with their higher end chip also

[undone hemlock]

Gamma shouldn't be the one saving theor devices every damn time

[undone hemlock]

Excuse you

The 476 and 477 series exists

[lusty adder]

Which one of these are beautiful?

[undone hemlock]

https://tenor.com/view/the-road-to-el-dorado-both-both-is-good-gif-8304204

The 476H is adorable

[lusty adder]

476 is OCD indulcing with those skittle buttons on the GC color and the baby poo 477 is pretty ugly too

[undone hemlock]

477V exists

And the Skittles are awesome

Especially when you put them on the black one

Why they didn't do a black and with the indigo button set I'll never understand

[lusty adder]

I am the bjggest vertical handheld fan there is , but it's large like a Tablet.

The Trimui Brick Pro is way more interesting , even though they will nerf the chip on it too

[undone hemlock]

It's a large 40XXV

Literally

[stray saffron]

I'm tryna think what the most powerful handheld on the market without an active cooling fan is, since this clearly doesn't have one. I'm pretty sure T618 is about as high as you can go without active cooling?

[undone hemlock]

Don't know what their hatred of fans is

[mighty pumice]

G99 don't really need a fan, just look for SOCs fabbed on newer nodes but using older architecture, lesser cores and/or smaller GPU (compared to other SoCs using the same node), alot options actually.

[lusty adder]

That would make more sense but still T820 when it should have been D8300

[undone hemlock]

https://tenor.com/view/the-interview-interview-seth-rogen-james-franco-haters-gonna-hate-gif-4094141

[terse parrot]

T618 and RK3576 then. Not quite what people were hoping for 😅

[fading condor]

how weak are those supposed to be

[terse parrot]

Joey seems pretty confident that he knows. Wonder how he found out 🤔

T618 is RG405V, RG505, those old handhelds. Apparently the RK3576 is more powerful than that, but I can't find any handhelds it's been used in.

[mighty pumice]

How 1976 correlates to rk3576?

[quick cloak]

RG Vita worse than GameMT E5 Ultra

I'll pay $80 max

[lusty adder]

These are old socs, the T618 is from stuff they released when drip feeding gc to their customers

[lusty adder]

Anemic

[terse parrot]

The 76

He also made a comment about "the 76ers" in his Discord

[mighty pumice]

Strange decision if so

[lusty adder]

Specially with the 2 skus thing

[terse parrot]

https://www.rockchips.net/product/rk3576

[mighty pumice]

The rk3576 would have slightly worse dual core performance than the t618, but around 50% better GPU depending on the clock

[quaint mirage]

Well I hope you like playing psp

[lusty adder]

Chose between poverty line GC or poverty line GC

[quick cloak]

T620 has better single thread performance

[mighty pumice]

But a worse g57mp1 gpu

[lusty adder]

Why even 2 Skus if they have similar performance lol.?

[quick cloak]

True

Will the RG Vita even run full PSP library

[kindred widget]

So they can charge more for ram and storage. Duh.

[lusty adder]

This is cringier than the RG DS

[quick cloak]

Pro colors suck, T618 seems like a nut punch

[quaint mirage]

Definitely but I’d be more worried about having 4 hours of battery life after a 3 hour charge

[lusty adder]

At 1x and GOW will stutter 😆

[mighty pumice]

As long as it can charge safely via a usb c-c cable.....

[terse parrot]

All their Android handhelds can do that as far as i know

[kindred widget]

Yep

[terse parrot]

It's just the Linux ones that need A to C (or a specific low powered C to C)

[lusty adder]

I'll give it to them. They are creative with the cringe

[kindred widget]

They know exactly where to fuck up. That's what Anbernic is good at

They know where it'll hurt me most.

[lusty adder]

Unfortunately, there's only Retroid nowadays . If you have the patience for preorder limbo and their also possible shady stuff.
It's either that or waiting 35 years for Ayaneo to ship.

[umbral pagoda]

Could be good depending on the price, Android and Linux options essentially

[sacred narwhal]

This is no different than leaking lol. No wonder so many companies have issues with Joey

He wants to be edgy and rebellious but also wants clout

[quick cloak]

I dunno... My favorite date is super corny though

[fading condor]

wasn't expecting this thing to do more than psp tbh, considering the rg ds
time to cope on an odin 3 mini or something design wise

[raw ice]

3576 could run linux which is sweet

haven't had a real linux psp handheld in a while

[fossil rose]

Anbernic told me a couple hours ago, so I imagine its a lot to do with which rep or employee you chat to from Anbernic.

Also, mine is on the way already excited to hold a Vita inspired device, I love that design language

[terse parrot]

Cool, they're getting them out fast!

Joey won't have been sent a review units so I guess another reviewer leaked the info to him

Which colour are they sending you? Pro or Non-pro?

[fossil rose]

Because Spring Festival is arriving! They're excited but planning to have things shipped quick because of that holiday time

Also fair warning, they won't be accessing Discord in that break time

Annnnd not confirming Joey's info. My lips are sealed

[mighty pumice]

So left the screen type and resolution...

[fossil rose]

The White Pro! I love the hardware on it, so I'm excited to see how it feels in hand

[terse parrot]

I think they ruined the look of that one with that coloured text on the white buttons lol

[raven sierra]

Crazy they're shipping next week

[terse parrot]

Maybe it looks good in-person tho

[fossil rose]

They're shipping to us reviewers now, I have my tracking number already!

[fossil rose]

I guess its the personal preference. I love the polar white look to it, and if Sakura gets some crystal buttons down the line, it'll be a nice match up!

[mighty pumice]

Neither soc seems to be a potential h700 replacement in the 60-80 market though. Unless Anbernic gets generous

[sour olive]

Man, I hope it's not another underpowered handheld

[terse parrot]

Yeah if it was pure white with like grey text maybe it would look nicer imo

[terse parrot]

Sakura's buttons are gonna be 1/3 the cost of the handheld lol

[fossil rose]

I've got their RG-G01 controller to arrive and review first though

[fossil rose]

Sadly...very, very true. Then add postage!

[terse parrot]

The H700 needs one last hurrah. I want MuOS on a 4.7" 4:3 device

[terse parrot]

Those mouse-click buttons are gonna be polarising

[mortal island]

I was expecting 3566 for the lower end, so this is an upgrade

[umbral pagoda]

3576 benchmarks have it between the Snapdragon 662 and the Helio G90, though closer to the Snapdragon. Of course, it's a new untested chip so not much stock in those random benchmarks

[mortal island]

What's gonna be so pro about T618 though? 3572 plays PSP just fine. RAM difference? OLED screen?

[sour olive]

OLED screen for $100

[mortal island]

RG505 oled is still in stock, and they're not selling it for $100

Under 130 maybe

[sour olive]

RG505 is currently $109

[mortal island]

Yes

It's gonna be close to $100 basically

[sour olive]

I'm not actually expecting it to be $100 but I also don't get why they made two versions when the Pro isn't that much more powerful

[terse parrot]

I think T618 will be Non-pro and RK3576 will be Pro. Happy to be corrected on that tho!

[mortal island]

Maybe

Those two are close in performance, and we don't really know how 3576 performs

[raven sierra]

Here showing RK3576 ps2 emulation: https://youtu.be/11RMjsy0hWg?t=251

[terse parrot]

I was just watching that video haah

So he gets half speed in Spiderman 3 on PS2 , and Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX on GC dips into the 40s 😅

[mortal island]

Seems pretty much the same as T618

[mighty pumice]

Weaker cpu (for single/dual thread) , better gpu

Hope the cheaper one comes with the rg503/505/vita oled
I don't think either of this can do 4x on a 1080p screen for the harder to run stuff

[terse parrot]

CPU's more important for emulation usually right? Imagine the non-Pro performs better than the Pro

Which tbh I would welcome cause I only like the look of that black Non-Pro

[mighty pumice]

Depends if it the weaker one can meet the minimum CPU to run full speed at 1x, even within the same system (e.g psp) would differ for different games

[short goblet]

the difference is, the pro is for professionals

[mortal island]

Might not be true. Guess we'll see

[mighty pumice]

Yep, still need to see test. But if everything else is equivalent, a75 should be 1.2-1.3x of a a72 at the same clock depending on the workload

[mighty pumice]

The video above shows 376 for GB6 single core, I think t618 is around 450-480?

[mortal island]

GB6 is not my favourite PS2 game to test, I'd rather wait

[stray saffron]

The H700 needs more than just one hurrah! I'm still waiting for an RG-ARCXX, an RG28XX V, RG28XX SP, RG40XX SP, and probably some other whackadoodle form factor I haven't thought of yet. I need Knulli Gladiator II on all the shapes!

[mortal island]

But yes, 3576 is lower in GB6, that's true

[mighty pumice]

I mean even if you run game A and it is faster on the rk3576, that doesn't necessarily mean the rk3576 's CPU is faster though, might be from the GPU advantage in a CPU light game that both CPU already met the requirement.

[mortal island]

It kinda does

Less theory, more gaming

Like, they're so close that it's kinda weird they chose those two.

For linux diehards maybe?

Could be just a prank from Joey 🤣

[terse parrot]

Eh, I feel like he has nothing to gain and at least something to lose by lying

[devout canopy]

Oh boy, if Anbernic repeats the RG DS disaster here..

[terse parrot]

I like the RG DS

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cute-cat-angry-tantrum-hmph-gif-11594218182993649802

[devout canopy]

Screens and SoC are too offensive at a price point of 120€, I paid less for a 476h

[mighty pumice]

If they are going to rush out orders before CNY, they should be up for order latest early next week

[terse parrot]

Fair lol

Damn that's a good deal on the 476H

[scarlet veldt]

Oh.
unfollows thread

[obtuse glacier]

Hopefully the price is good

[agile plume]

its actualy not bad if they will use RK3576 for XX successor line

[ornate flare]

Where, how?🤯

[quiet parcel]

Is this a d-pad top odin2 mini with a weaker chips?

[ornate flare]

So this won't use D8300 or T820? It will be even worse?🫩

[mortal island]

Expect something basic, at least you won't be let down hahah

[lusty adder]

It's the RG DS with extra steps

[tame vector]

but why

[terse parrot]

Good question lol

[tame vector]

like t618 and rk3576? bruh 😭

[terse parrot]

I think if Anbernic just called it an RG PSP instead of an RH Vita, this would received way better

[tame vector]

anbernic really letting me down bro the only good handhelds they got is the budget line

[terse parrot]

Cause i imagine this is gonna be a great device for PSP and N64, prob compete with the Mangmi Air X for that ~$100 lower-midrange

[tame vector]

o yeah bro

i might even get one for my brother lol

if it was called the rg psp

[terse parrot]

476H is real good

[tame vector]

oh yeah

[terse parrot]

They need to rename it lol

[tame vector]

476h pretty great device lol

looks alone i was like ''damn this looks good''

[terse parrot]

Yeah i don't even like glass front but I gotta admit the 476H is a good-lookin' device

[tame vector]

yeah

imo is the best

handheld they ever made for the x06 line

[radiant kettle]

if an rk3576 can do perfect psp (i doubt it), and they can sell it for around rg ds prices or a bit less, this won't be completely stupid to me

[mortal island]

SD662 is slower and does PSP fine

[short goblet]

Mangmi PSP is around 1-2x?

[mortal island]

I'm still not sure it's these two chips though (T618 and RK3576), they're too close in performance

[mighty pumice]

There are some tougher psp games not playable at full speed at 1x on the mangmi, not sure if the t618 is enough to brute force those though

[lusty adder]

The T618 struggles with stuff like God of War and Dante's Inferno , you will play some games at 1x but it's not optimal for that system
GC was fun to experiment with it at the time but far from perfect

[mortal island]

Previous T618 handhelds had no video out right? That's probably the main difference, my guess

[teal sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/dragontan-gif-3159006096103746207

@kindred widget

[midnight badger]

if its powerful this is a must buy. I was about to buy thr rp6 but it looks weirdly long without the vita curves. Anbernic rg vita looks great

[teal sonnet]

It’s not , buy the RP6 If your looking for power

[lusty adder]

It could have been an alternative to the RP6 but Anbernic hates their customers ... and themselves.

[hallow willow]

for it to be a viable alternative it'd not need to be a mediatek chip tbh

[quick cloak]

6GB RAM on the RG Vita or still going to lose to GameMT E5 Ultra?

T618 and 4GB ..I'll pay $75

[raw ice]

And if this was $200 someone else would be saying this could’ve been an alternative to the mangmi air and trimUI smart pro S but anbernic hates their customers and themselves

Budget handhelds existing really shouldn’t offend people lol

[radiant kettle]

good luck competing against what you can do with snapdragons, let alone 8gen2

[mortal island]

If the base is 100 dollars and LCD, it's going to be fine. But it's anbernic, so probably not...

[lusty adder]

Nah there plenty alternatives out there for the TSP , Mangmi Air being one of them and better at it.
A bunch of budget devices to chose from. Not many choices for the mid - higher end ones though

[lusty adder]

It won't be 100$ , their T618 stuff still go for more than that in 2026.

[mortal island]

That's not an indication. Rg505/405v sometimes goes on sale at 100, and I don't see much fanfare about it. T618 at $100 is not that interesting in 2026.

[quick cloak]

If this is "so what, it's cheap" it needs to be under 100

[mortal island]

If It's LCD and 119, just forget it lol. Decent oled could save it though, not a lot of that.

[quick cloak]

I paid $128 for 476h recently so I guess we will see

[limber hull]

Not the same device but I recently got the pocket air mini, for $100 usd it has incredible performance

If anbernic is going cheap, I think the Pam and mangmi will be the bench mark

[mortal island]

T618 and G90T are about the same when it comes to performance, yes.

[hallow willow]

ah the specs speculation is always great 😄

[mortal island]

We're getting this to 40K messages asap

[radiant kettle]

i doubt people care enough

[cunning bane]

john anbernic will release the vita early if this happens

[quick cloak]

Every purchase of RG Vita come with free bottle of SoBe Lifewater

[sour olive]

Releasing a System called the RG Vita and not being able to even do Vita Emulation is a choice

[mortal island]

They'll put like 5 vita games on this thing

[lusty adder]

Not even being able to do full PSP*

[sour olive]

That's even worse

[sour olive]

F for Balls Anbernic

[kindred widget]

Another underpowered Anbernic has hit the Balls Trade Center

[limber hull]

Isn’t psp pretty easy these days?

[naive prairie]

So if it's a T618, I basically already have an RG Vita. It's called the RG505.

[sour olive]

The RG505 is currently on sale too

[naive prairie]

What will be really funny is if they gimp the storage to 64GB or similar because of RAMageddon, while the RG505 has 128GB of internal storage.

[mild temple]

I loved my RG 505 but looking closely at this console it looks to have a different screen. The RG 505 used the real VITA screen and it historically had a big chin.. you don't see that in this design so it must have a different screen.

[devout canopy]

G90T gets you quite a bit further

[mild temple]

I'd guess it will have the 476H processor and likely the 477M on the upper model.

[mortal island]

Is there a game that a PAM can handle Which 405v won't?

[devout canopy]

No active cooling... so we fear the worst

Pokemon XD for example

[mild temple]

I wonder if that will be a membrane d pad or not.

[quick cloak]

Yo I just copped RG Vita Pro!...What you playing dawg?... Mostly PSP

And Dragon's Crown

[teal sonnet]

Where ? That's a crazy good price

[quick cloak]

Was AE on 1.1 sale

I think listed at $141 with $13 off $129 or smth

Took 3 weeks and was drop shipped but she's a beauty

[teal sonnet]

That's awesome, unfortunately every time I find a decent deal on AE for whatever reason always says not available in your area , and this is on the East coast of USA

[quick cloak]

Yeah deal hunting amirite

I got lucky I suppose

[lusty adder]

Yes but the chips they may use are underpowered

[normal ether]

Unfortunately i think my actual vita just died on me 🙁

Anbernic trying to force my hand it seems 😭

[mortal island]

It's enough for 1x-2x psp though, and a bit more. Basically mangmi air x performance level.

[kindred widget]

Brother my shitty phone can do 2x PSP

[mortal island]

T618 and its variations are made for shitty $100 phones, so it lines up.

[quick cloak]

I bought a moto g at Walmart for $30 with a D6300

Gamesir x5 lite $18

$50 RG Vita killer

Take that Max Anbernic

[mortal island]

Anything is possible when AT&T covers $70 out of your $100 purchase 😁
Interesting loophole, guess there's very few people that want wifi-only phones, so att still profit from that phone

[sly rock]

If it makes you guys feel better this can most likely run all Gameboy advance games

[quick cloak]

Best part is I had it delivered for free and it was like 20°F outside.

[sour olive]

A Potato can run GBA games

[kindred widget]

This thing can run all GBA games

[frail wadi]

it's already over in less than 24 hours lol

[hallow willow]

we still havent got any official confirmation tho yeah? 😄

[kindred widget]

Hope is in the gutter

[tawny lynx]

I'm still holding that the pro is going to be t820

[short goblet]

give us some poetry balls, you are starting to sound like our friend david

[kindred widget]

@short goblet I blame you in all this.

As well as Joey

Joey for manifesting nothing but negativity

[tawny lynx]

I blame boss yang

[kindred widget]

And you for not fondling Mr. Zhou's balls enough

You need the right motion son

[frail wadi]

no, but it's pretty much a done deal

[lilac bramble]

im staying positive on this still

[kindred widget]

Lucky you

[lilac bramble]

but my daily driver is a 4:3 device, with a D8300, so itll feel so bad to get a 16:9 device that's alot weaker

so i await news

[mortal island]

Joey could be trolling (1% chance)

[hallow willow]

just seems dumb to be this invested in a device 99% will never buy anyway 😄 esp with zero legit confirmaton of info yet.

[frail wadi]

this is basically looking to be a Mangmi Air or a TrimUI Smart Pro competitor

you should think of it that way

[terse parrot]

Yep that's what i'm thinking too

If it's priced that way, i wouldn't mind picking up a black non-pro

[radiant kettle]

we are not invested, just goofing on anbernic