ANBERNIC RG Vita, RG Vita Pro

[tawny lynx]

Rk3562 🗣️

[undone hemlock]

Keep in mind I’m not the knulli dev

I don’t actually know

[young ferry]

RK2918

[little crescent]

RK2077

https://giphy.com/gifs/david-cyberpunk-martinez-jUk4Fg8AdvmYrtQPs5

[blissful parcel]

The fabled rk3562

(it's not this, I'm just still hurt from the mini m shenanigans)

[devout canopy]

Gammas search for the mythical SoC continues

[undone hemlock]

You can tell me, I’m cool. I’m no snitch

[lone imp]

there's a whole lot of -people who don't play games on vita- in this chat. that's always been the problem with the generic 'vita doesn't have any good games' response

I'll just give you five fun games that run in vita3k.

Attack on Titan, Akiba's Trip, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3, Downwell, and Dragon Quest Builders.

[naive prairie]

Akiba runs well on Vita3K now? Would crash for me before.

[lone imp]

it's very gpu-picky.

[short goblet]

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 - I remember this game was quite good on the emulator

Dragon Quest Builders had some crashing?

[lone imp]

what soc did you play it on.

[naive prairie]

SD8G2, T820, SD888+, ...

Haven't tried it in a while, though.

Also, it crashed somewhat frequently on a real Vita too, so there's that.

[lone imp]

in my experience, DQB is a wildcard. on my x28 i can get all the way to the castle massacre scene before shader caching starts needing a reload or two, but on my t820 it can crash when i open a door

wipeout 2048 is another good one if not DQB

[fossil rose]

Looks like my review Vita is pretty much exactly half way to me now

[lone imp]

is it the base or the pro?

[fossil rose]

White Pro! Anbernic tend to opt for the Pro for review units

[short goblet]

can't remember, it might have been RG556, T820

[lone imp]

so is the pro a t820?

[fossil rose]

I've been told not to publicly state the specs until Anbernic release them, sorry!

[lone imp]

😅

[naive prairie]

The Pro has Knulli, so draw your own conclusions.

[lone imp]

rk3576 possibly. hell, it could also be an amlogic a311d2

i bet the base will be an h700

thanks for the joey ghostpost.

[blissful parcel]

rk3326

[lone imp]

base t618 is... lol

[blissful parcel]

I jest

[raw ice]

I just don't want to stir up more drama

[raw ice]

if it's priced appropriately it'll be the new budget psp

[naive prairie]

Budget PSP: (Not the Steam Deck, the other one)

[devout canopy]

Anbernic will never price this at $79

[lone imp]

i will just stick with my Powkiddy X28. it's comfortable and plays psp fine

[kindred widget]

$149 base $159 pro

[raw ice]

that would be crazy

[kindred widget]

That would be Anbernic

[raw ice]

I mean no, but I also don't think they have to go quite that low

[tawny lynx]

I mean that's t820 range

[raw ice]

$99 base $129 pro would cause grumbles but probably be mostly fine

[tawny lynx]

Anbernic isn't that crazy

[lone imp]

the pro does sound -somewhat- tempting, but it's obviously a cold shot in the dark against the Trimui Smart Pro S, which is already doing well

[tawny lynx]

Most of the time anyway

[lone imp]

the TSP-s however is still weaker than the OGU and rgb10max3pro, so -shrug-lol-

[devout canopy]

nah, with a t618 and some SoC that is basically a RGB10MAX3PRO or whatever that thing was called... going over $100 is lunacy

[raw ice]

I'm hoping 3576 runs cooler and has better portmaster compat than the a527

[tawny lynx]

The smart pro s kind of died to me when they decided to keep using those same vita esque sticks

[sly rock]

Huh the rg-505 is alot smaller than I thought

[sly rock]

Ohh thanks! I have a VITA these sounds like funs game to play on

[naive prairie]

RG505 is also flat - no ergo bumps - just rubber bumpers on the back to keep it from sliding on a table.

[sly rock]

Ohh I remember my 505 I kinda miss it I had to give it away to make room for a Steam deck Loved that handheld

[sour olive]

What do y'all think the price for the RG Vita and Vita Pro are going to be?

[umbral pagoda]

$99ish for the base T618
$110-115 for the 3576

[acoustic bobcat]

And you know some mf without self respect will actually buy that to play for 20 minutes then put on a shelf and pick up their rp6/odin3/portal again right after

[sour olive]

So basically everyone here

[acoustic bobcat]

Unfortunately you may be right

Too many people accept mediocrity in this hobby

[sour olive]

Yep

[acoustic bobcat]

There is a listing like 5 days ago somebody selling RP5 with dual screen attachment for $160

[sour olive]

That's a pretty good deal

[acoustic bobcat]

And people will still buy this vita pro for 115 and whatever shipping, some will even pay customs on it as well

[acoustic bobcat]

It really is

RP5+RDS+case+shipping included

$135

[sour olive]

865 is leagues better than this

But some people excuse is that they prefer the ergonomics and design of the RG Vita or they only play 16bit or under

[acoustic bobcat]

How are people still buying 100 dollars psp machines with IPS screens when they can get this is beyond me. Offers like this pop up every 5-10 days in the marketplace, maybe some could even make a wtb post

[sly rock]

to be fair it's not out yet

[acoustic bobcat]

I am sure all 10 of them can get their vitas, they have my blessing

[acoustic bobcat]

You can sort of guess because of the manufacturer

[sly rock]

True though would be interesting to see if it's OLED

[acoustic bobcat]

1 sec

[sour olive]

I don't think it is from looking at the image but it's hard to say

[sly rock]

yeah har d to tell to be honest

[sour olive]

If it is OLED, that would make the pro an easier sell

Not many OLED Handhelds at that price point

But even then, like @acoustic bobcat said, you can get a used RP5 for around that price

[sly rock]

Would be basically a better rg505

[acoustic bobcat]

I am willing to put money

On this being IPS

[sour olive]

That's the PSP version it seems

[undone hemlock]

That’s LCD

[acoustic bobcat]

Its very clear

[undone hemlock]

Those blacks are actually black

[acoustic bobcat]

Unless pro uses different screen

I don't think this has any hope

[sour olive]

But Bossman is cheap so IPS it is

[undone hemlock]

I’d rather a good ips than a shit OLED like the 5.5” screen

[sour olive]

Bad Take

[sly rock]

are there even bad OLEDS?

like even as old as the VITA OLED it still looks good

[acoustic bobcat]

I am yet to see one beside 557 with bad flickering

[undone hemlock]

The PWM on the 5.5” screen is atrocious

[sour olive]

There's OLEDs with lower brightness but still good for the most part

PMW isn't noticable by everyone

[sly rock]

ohh fair

[sour olive]

It does suck for people that do though

[undone hemlock]

The 4.7” screen is proof you don’t need OLED

[sour olive]

Bad Take

[undone hemlock]

That’s sexy fucking screen

[acoustic bobcat]

I didn't get any eye strain from playing on my flip 2 for hours, I am not exactly sure if it's the same as RP5 but it was really good with the colours

[sour olive]

Original Vita had an OLED

[undone hemlock]

My hands cramp long before eye strain sets in

[acoustic bobcat]

Thats why I sold it eventually

G8+ is way better to hold than flip 2 ever was

[undone hemlock]

I was talking about the RP5, but I’ll take your word for it

The RP5 is the only retroid I’ve ever owned

[acoustic bobcat]

About anbernics 4:3 screen, I agree that its good but I feel like they made enough devices with them, the only one missing would be a mid budget dual screen. I still have oled preferences because of the saturation, invisible borders but mainly the colours

[undone hemlock]

And will be the last retroid I own

[acoustic bobcat]

I am pretty sure the 5 is better ergonomically than the flip 2 so yeah

That's what I heard here

[undone hemlock]

Well if they’d just make the 476DS like I want. It’ll be hardcore for DS and adorable

Just take the 476h model and make it a DS

[acoustic bobcat]

This is why I like oled, astra on top y700(I think) on the bottom

Look at this and tell me that IPS is still good

No it isn't

[acoustic bobcat]

Do you have oled screen to put next to it

With the same thing opened

[undone hemlock]

No I left the rp5 at home

Those are very old pictures

The 476H is my EDC

The only other handheld I have with me is the RGDS

[acoustic bobcat]

I think those are great but if you got used to oled or just play content with black bars on top or bottom it will be easily noticeable

[undone hemlock]

And compared to the 4.7” screen the RGDS is ass

[acoustic bobcat]

I am finishing up my DMG setup, I will open my fire emblem save on it tomorrow and put it next to the brick

I bet it's going to be very different

[undone hemlock]

You have the 477V?

[acoustic bobcat]

No, I have brick hammer, Ayaneo pocket DMG, Redmagic astra, Lenovo legion go, switch oled

[undone hemlock]

I would not mind if Anbernic put that 4.7” screen in everything they make

The only other screen that rivals that is the 34xx sp

[acoustic bobcat]

Wouldn't some aspect ratio variety be beneficial

I think they should find good screens for 3:2 and 16:9 too

[undone hemlock]

They did find a good 3:2 screen, the 34xx sp

[acoustic bobcat]

34xx screen looks really good based on russes review, when he put it next to the brick I was like wow

[undone hemlock]

The rest of the XX line looks washed out compared to that

[acoustic bobcat]

I agree

[sour olive]

I wish more of these devices used Mini LED if they're not going to use OLED

[undone hemlock]

I’ve had the 35XX pro/H/SP and 40XX v/h

[sour olive]

The only Handheld I can recall using it is the Odin 2 Mini

[undone hemlock]

Still have the 35XX H

[acoustic bobcat]

I saw some Odin 2 mini pictures, I think it had that, it didn't look that different from the IPS to me

[undone hemlock]

I wish the 40XX h was just a blown up 35XX H

[sour olive]

Mini LED is close to OLED and you don't get Screen Burn In

[undone hemlock]

The button placement of the 35XX H was god tier

[sour olive]

Nice alternative

[undone hemlock]

I really only have two complaints about the 476H. Charge speed and the start and select placement

If those two were fixed it would be the greatest handheld that’s ever lived

Glass doesn’t bother me

[acoustic bobcat]

Would bother me if I had it

[sour olive]

The regular RG Vita isn't going to have a Glass Screen

[acoustic bobcat]

If I was getting a horizontal edc it would be one35

[sour olive]

I kinda want to get one

[acoustic bobcat]

I will probably get one

[sour olive]

Seems perfect for Wonderswan Emulation

[undone hemlock]

Yes it is

[acoustic bobcat]

I just have a baglog of devices to setup

[undone hemlock]

You can clearly see the glass reflecting the light in the video

[sour olive]

That's the pro

[raw ice]

I'd love that

[sour olive]

Pro is going to have Glass

[raw ice]

they both have glass fronts

[undone hemlock]

The pro isn’t showcased until 15 seconds in

[acoustic bobcat]

Pocket DMG is still not even started. I am at a playable state with me pc game streaming setup but not fully done. My brick needs a button change and silent buttons mod. My legion go needs selling. And I have a portal on the way too. Devices literally come faster than I have time to use them

[undone hemlock]

That’s the Vita

[raw ice]

but also if you look at any other 16:9 handheld it's over half glass anyway, I really don't think the glass front adds much for cost

it unfortunately adds a fair bit of weight which is one reason I don't love it

[undone hemlock]

That’s straight up glass on the RG Vita

[acoustic bobcat]

Ayaneo needs to do a refresher on the pocket air they had long ago. I would love to get one with modern specs

No glass front, oled

[undone hemlock]

Ayaneo needs to get their shit together first

[acoustic bobcat]

Yea that too

I would be getting their shit from droix tho so it doesn't affect me

[sour olive]

I heard the regular model isn't going to have Glass but I don't remember where

[acoustic bobcat]

They only sell in stock items and shipping is local

[undone hemlock]

Ayaneo is a no go for me until they get their shit together

Hilariously they gave me the super fan role in the Anbernic discord

I criticize them as much as anyone

[sour olive]

AyaNeo wants to be Apple so bad

[acoustic bobcat]

I don't particularly care about supporting a company with bad practices if those practices do nothing harmful to me specifically. I ordered my silver pocket dmg and got it less than a week after ordering. Support answered my question hours after I asked them and I even got a good deal on a 0% pay in 3 financing with klarna so I bump my credit score a little bit

[undone hemlock]

And they took it away when I pointed that out

[kindred widget]

Always stand with Anbernic

[acoustic bobcat]

My first ever experience buying Ayaneo and everything went as smoothly as it goes

[kindred widget]

Even when they fuck me over

Which happens a lot

[keen heath]

Anbernic my First love

[sour olive]

Nice Try Balls Anbernic

[keen heath]

The one that broke my heart the most

But she keeps coming back into my life

[acoustic bobcat]

We meet again to shit on the next victim

[keen heath]

YES SIR I'm so here for it

[undone hemlock]

Look I may glaze the 476h hard but, Anbernic as a whole does deserve some criticism for the shit they pull

Like the 577457755 XX devices

[keen heath]

Absolutely. I have so many devices now though but still use the 353M the most 😭

[acoustic bobcat]

The other device is fully buried, it's time to summon David into this chat and go again

[undone hemlock]

And the marketing of the RGDS was absurd

[keen heath]

I genuinely Will be upset if I stop seeing David posts

[sour olive]

Ayn took the Pocket Max out back like Old Yeller

[tawny lynx]

Why though

[sour olive]

David Mangmi will always be with us

[acoustic bobcat]

He is being paid

[somber belfry]

So basically Mangmi Air X and SPS

[kindred widget]

Nuh uh

Don't listen to this bozo

[sour olive]

Balls Anbernic can't go against Bossman

[undone hemlock]

https://tenor.com/view/kenny-were-the-millers-you-guys-are-getting-paid-will-poulter-gif-15947352

[kindred widget]

Glaze is the ultimate form of servitude

[acoustic bobcat]

He murdered the Redditor that posted the vita pic

[kindred widget]

So actually

[sour olive]

Balls is secretly Max's Alt

[kindred widget]

IWILLBENDOVERBACKWORDSFORMAXZHOU

[tawny lynx]

Max ain't even all that he's old news, Boss Yang is where it's at these days

[acoustic bobcat]

You get a new anbernic device for each 🔙 you are taking, how many do you choose

[kindred widget]

All of them

[sour olive]

Anbernic Device for Neo Geo Pocket Color but can only play Atari Games

[undone hemlock]

I really wish Anbernic would have scrapped the controller and went with a DS attachment

[tawny lynx]

https://tenor.com/view/shaq-sad-shaq-dismissed-shaq-shaquille-o'neal-gif-17893105500149090374

No more ds attachments please

One was enough

[undone hemlock]

You can’t be anymore jank than retroid

[tawny lynx]

Is that a challenge

[undone hemlock]

-# that was in fact a challenge

[sour olive]

Anbernic will make it an IPS screen and have the cable be 1cm long

[undone hemlock]

You put the connector on the rail of the attachment

There was 1000 different ways to make the RDS less jank

[sour olive]

Anbernic is not the company to do that

[astral burrow]

I'm still alive

[acoustic bobcat]

Where are you hiding from the 🥷s

They are out to get you

[astral burrow]

Was always here watching you

[acoustic bobcat]

That sounded racist, let me clarify, I meant anbernic assasins

[acoustic bobcat]

Stay safe, balls Andernic is on the move

[topaz cave]

nahh bro they were awesome. and now people bullied them so hard they're coming up with random chips from god knows where, all having to start cfw from zero again 😭

really looking forward to waiting months for some initial cfw again!

[undone hemlock]

GammaOS is day one for this and I think so is knulli

[keen heath]

I was honestly just going to reply to that until I read this follow up 😂😂😂

[lusty adder]

There's a bunch of cool games on the Vita , so much that some now have Switch ports , there are games with better graphics on the Vita than on the Switch also

[wicked idol]

Taraway, gravity rush, persona are also good ones with features that their ports to other, better, consoles don’t have.

The og helldivers on vita is a fun time

[sour olive]

Uncharted and Unit 13 were pretty good along with Wipeout

Also all the HD Collections like Metal Gear Solid, Jak and Daxter, Sly Cooper and so on

Killzone Mercenary was also pretty good

[heavy blaze]

Spy hunter is also enjoyable

[glacial gust]

Is there a device out there that can run uncharted

[kindred widget]

Boy do I have some news for you

[quick cloak]

Oof

Lain

[limber hull]

A pc or PlayStation

[tribal sonnet]

pc handheld

[umbral pagoda]

https://x.com/i/status/2020517894677844277

Cary Golomb (@carygolomb)

Vita mean life!

The Anbernic RG Vita has arrived and I can't believe they went with a different DPAD

That's practically sacrilege!

X · Feb 8, 2026, 3:19 PM

Sending them out before even revealing specs is a crazy move

[spring island]

Must be a banger if they’re that confident… 🤣

[umbral pagoda]

Based on look alone, initial thumbs up on those shoulders and buttons

That select and start button placement is not ideal though

[weary basin]

F that front finger print magnet

[undone hemlock]

Neither was it on the original it’s ripping off.

[weary basin]

[umbral pagoda]

Sometimes we should change things that weren't good

[undone hemlock]

You should really leave the ping on, I mute discord that are even semi active or I’d be here all day playing whack a white dot.

But yes, yes they should

[umbral pagoda]

I usually turn it off by default

[sour olive]

The device looks noice

[terse parrot]

Oh cool he got the non-pro, the best looking one imo

[sour olive]

Sad

Though at least we'll get reviews of the base unit

[terse parrot]

If people don't wanna go on twitter, here's all four pics he posted

[undone hemlock]

Other than the button colors they’re the same picture

Screen might be smaller than we think

Their hands ain’t that big

[terse parrot]

Oh yeah cause people did the measurement based on a different d-pad

[spring island]

I like it… apart from the sticks being in line with the dpad/buttons

[frail wadi]

I'm guessing they'll reveal specs and open preorders on the same day

[undone hemlock]

It’s probably the same 406 face buttons

[frail wadi]

It was bad on the og Vita and it'll be bad here

[terse parrot]

After the drawn-out reveal of the RG DS, I'm glad this one seems to be back to Anbernic's regular cadence

[sly rock]

Broo why can't the RG VITA have diagonal sticks? even the TRIM UI SMART PRO did it

[umbral pagoda]

I just can't remember them having review units out while still hiding specs

Wonder if Joey has his

[undone hemlock]

Pretty sure he does

[terse parrot]

I don't think Joey's got review units from Anbernic for a good while

[frail wadi]

they've done embargos before iirc

[undone hemlock]

The only one who potentially wouldn’t would be Russ

[terse parrot]

Like he's even mention it in videos that he's on their blacklist

[undone hemlock]

Could have changed recently

[umbral pagoda]

Maybe? Still strange to me, I would be hesitant if I were them. Then again, not like it matters if the specs leak

[terse parrot]

If it did, it'll change back again after he leaked the chips lol

I imagine he heard the info from a custom firmware dev, cause they got theirs before the reviewers

[tawny lynx]

I think they did that with the rg476h actually, that or the rg slide

[teal sonnet]

So is the T618 and RK3576 pretty much confirmed?
They should of at least made the Pro a T820

[frail wadi]

pretty much

[sour olive]

It's Joeover

[frail wadi]

it's a TrimUI Smart Pro / Mangmi Air X competitor

[terse parrot]

We know the Pro supports Linux so it can't be a T820

[terse parrot]

If it's priced like those I think it could be pretty sweet

[undone hemlock]

Yes and no Linux dev is insane enough to try to port Android onto the T820

[sour olive]

$100 Pro then

[terse parrot]

Though people will focus on the fact it can't play Vita, which tbf Anbernic have brought on themselves with that name

[teal sonnet]

Aren't they pretty similar in performance?
I

[sour olive]

Otherwise what's the point

[undone hemlock]

Well most Linux developers

I know of one that is insane enough to try

He’s currently porting full desktop Linux the the RGDS

[frail wadi]

I agree, it's not a terribly exciting handheld but priced right it'll compete well in the budget segment

[frail wadi]

reviewers will pan it for this, but Anbernic doesn't care, RG DS reviews were also mixed and it went on to sell well anyway

[sour olive]

https://youtu.be/wPj-z5rk6dg?si=L7uhEBIIMPloahc3

Joey just uploaded this

https://tenor.com/view/batman-thinking-gif-18107621495886085895

[frail wadi]

yeah

[sour olive]

Copium

[undone hemlock]

It sold 80k units based on the nostalgia alone

[sour olive]

https://tenor.com/view/worry-froge-frog-froge-frog-meme-concerned-froge-gif-17126223814662809856

[terse parrot]

I expect Vita to play the same on the RG Vita as it does on the Odin 2 Portal 😌

[sour olive]

It's more so the timely release of the video

Knowing the RG Vita comes out this week

[teal sonnet]

So the Pro is just Pro because of Linux

[mighty pumice]

Base looks better than pro

[sour olive]

Base has Android?

[cunning bane]

aesthetically yes

[frail wadi]

no actually vita3k does okay on the 8gen2, just with not a very wide library compatibility, but it can play a bunch

think 50% of the Vita library or so

[sour olive]

Either way, GammaOS was confirmed for Day One

So Android will be possible regardless

[short goblet]

there are a lot of differences between rg vita and rg vita pro

[hallow willow]

good differences?

[mighty pumice]

Such as?

[sour olive]

One has colored buttons and the other doesn't

[frail wadi]

who knows, Anbernic works in mysterious ways lol

[cunning bane]

one smells funny

[sour olive]

One likes Balls Anbernic and the other doesn't

[terse parrot]

I was just joking lol

[sly rock]

Theoretically RG VITA would be around TRIM UI SMART PRO sized

[short goblet]

https://x.com/anbernic_china/status/2020528046176923726?s=20

ANBERNIC (@anbernic_china)

🧧 Chinese New Year Holiday Notice

Dear friends,

Please note that our Chinese New Year holiday will be observed from February 9, 2026 to February 25, 2026.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Full operations will resume immediately after the holiday.

X · Feb 8, 2026, 4:00 PM

[frail wadi]

1gb more ram

[kindred widget]

Always bet on Aliexpress

[terse parrot]

26th Feb release date then

[frail wadi]

this is not a very accurate size comparison lol

[mighty pumice]

Hmm, thought they will ship this before the holiday

[sour olive]

It's Joeover

[terse parrot]

Discount for the first 72 hours... Should be JUST long enough for the 1st of the month AliExpress Choice Day sale, giving us them sweet, sweet coupons

[teal sonnet]

This is very true

[sour olive]

Though it does say overseas orders will ship

[short goblet]

no need to compare RG Vita to inferior Trim UI Smart

[sour olive]

So I'm guessing they already shipped some in advance

[frail wadi]

any hints?

[kindred widget]

One is powered by hopes the other by dreams

[teal sonnet]

https://tenor.com/view/well-waiting-were-waiting-gif-5848728

[frail wadi]

sounds about right

[mighty pumice]

Does Anbernic offer support for orders not from their website and official store in AliExpress?

[hallow willow]

https://tenor.com/view/popcorn-guy-relaxing-popcorm-popcorn-gif-26404903

[terse parrot]

What kind of support?

[kindred widget]

I think CS

[frail wadi]

emotional support

[terse parrot]

Lmao

Troubleshooting maybe but like, nothing they can do about your order if you got it from somewhere else

[kindred widget]

I think I've heard about some support but I think you'd have to buy from their official store on Aliexpress

[terse parrot]

Can't do returns or refunds

[mighty pumice]

Which one is their official store on AliExpress? Seems to be either choice or some Anbernic direct store which I think is not the official?

[teal sonnet]

@short goblet
Did you get yours yet ?

[devout canopy]

have they finally confirmed the specs so I can leave behind this channel of a disappointingly week Vita inspired handheld?

[glacial gust]

Is this a reviewer unit?

[umbral pagoda]

Yes

[short goblet]

it is the phawx channel

[glacial gust]

Wait they're handing out review units but don't give us the spec

[short goblet]

stay tuned

[frail wadi]

nah, check back next week, but expect disappointment

[short goblet]

stay tuned to the premier anbernic channel on the internet

[uncut gate]

I'm expecting to be disappointed with this handheld

[hallow willow]

we all are 😄

[kindred widget]

Me actually

[frail wadi]

can you imagine if it turns out it's good

[raw tartan]

hearing about knulli on this device made me knew that it's gonna be a piece of shit

[kindred widget]

I can imagine it won't

[uncut gate]

If the chipset is a T618, I will buy one right away!

[devout canopy]

totally do, not really planning to buy an overpriced t618 device in 2026

[uncut gate]

Over $100 is too much indeed

[sour olive]

GammaOS to the rescue I guess

[hallow willow]

im not buying any of these so I'm just here for the chaos and complaints 😄

[uncut gate]

https://tenor.com/view/hp-harry-potter-snape-always-stare-gif-17584635

[frail wadi]

a man of culture

[devout canopy]

I mean if the Vita (non pro) is $69 I could see myself grabbing one at some point

[sour olive]

I'll probably get only if it's cheap

Otherwise I don't see any reason

[devout canopy]

that would be kinda okay for a t618

[glacial gust]

Why do people say it's the t618

[sour olive]

If the pro is under a $100, I'll probably bite

[frail wadi]

this is Anbernic, it'll be $110 for the base $140 for the pro

[uncut gate]

$69 is a good price. But I think it will be close to $100. And it won't get a discount anytime soon

[terse parrot]

I went to school with Amber Nick

[sour olive]

TrimUi Smart Pro S is $105 with 64GB card

[mighty pumice]

Don't see it being cheaper than a air x, especially when the t618 is a stronger chip than SD 662

[quick cloak]

$69 or bust

[sour olive]

That's overpriced

We'll have another Mangmi Pro Max situation

[uncut gate]

Most devices releasing lately are getting too expensive

[hallow willow]

we're just here for the people who already have too many devices, and will get angry over a device they weren't going to pick up anyway 😄

[hallow willow]

welcome to the ai snowball sadly 😄 all tech going up

[undone hemlock]

I’m not angry, I’m just prepared to be disappointed in Anbernic. You know? the usual.

[uncut gate]

I got a RG Slide but I sold it in less than 2 months. Enough for me

[undone hemlock]

You lasted longer than I did

I sold it within 24 hours

[uncut gate]

That thing was heavy. Not like the PSP Go that I had and I loved it

[sour olive]

RG Slide is way too clunky

[hallow willow]

the slide still appeals to me 😂 but im waiting for someone desperate

[quick cloak]

One 35 and Air X at $85 was a score. Since then, not so great deals

[uncut gate]

Forget cheaper devices this year...

[hallow willow]

and next year

and the year after 😉

[uncut gate]

https://tenor.com/view/triste-tristeza-chorando-stan-twt-stantwitter-gif-6094387856936520968

[undone hemlock]

I took it out of the package while waiting on a pizza. Then immediately was like “oh I’m probably not gonna keep this”

Wish I’d of done that with the RP5

[sour olive]

Was the Pizza at least good

[undone hemlock]

Pizza Hut

Soooo, eh

[sour olive]

I like Pizza Hut

[undone hemlock]

I sling pizza for a living, don’t know why I wanted Pizza Hut

[sour olive]

Though it's dependent on location

Some are better than others

[undone hemlock]

I’ve been slinging pizza for 15 of the 20 years I’ve been working

[sour olive]

Though I'm also lucky enough to live near a Dine In one

[keen heath]

Damn, this actually decent....

[undone hemlock]

Someone told me they are bringing the salad bar back

[uncut gate]

RG Pizza Hut 🍕

[keen heath]

It's funny, I have a vita and I'm pretty sure even the vita doesn't run all vita games at full speed

[sour olive]

That be neat

[stray saffron]

Sometimes ya just want Pizza Hut, especially if you're into pan crust since no one does pan crust quite like Pizza Hut and their sauce and cheese has a very distinctive flavor that just sticks in your head sometimes. It may not be the best quality pizza out there, Domino's and Papa John's are definitely better quality overall, but when your brain wants Pizza Hut there's nothing that satisfies quite like Pizza Hut.

[sly rock]

Lmao fair

[little crescent]

vita sticks sucks...but now we are attacking anbernic just for.... just for hobby?

[tawny lynx]

I mean

[stray saffron]

I'd be a lot less annoyed with them if they would have inset the analog sticks like the actual Vita did.

[sly rock]

it doesn't look like it's gonna be VITA sticks judging from the picture seems to be using anbernics own sourced sticks

[teal sonnet]

Isn't that what we usually do ?

People just expected something a little more substantial if your going to put the Vita name on it

[undone hemlock]

I work in a smaller one than those. It’s still a franchise but there’s less than 60 stores across all of the franchises

But yeah I should be sick of pizza

And subs

[keen heath]

Pizza hut is probably bottom 3 pizzas in my neighborhood

[stray saffron]

If you're not sick of pizza after 15 years in the pie business then I'd say you found yourself the right line of work 🙂 I worked in the bagel business for many years and I still love bagels lol

[burnt vector]

It wasn't good on the Vita, but surprisingly it wasn't bad on the Vita either like it is on handhelds like the the first Odin. I think this is because of two things primarily. First is the sticks are not just inset towards the screen more than usual, but they're also higher up closer to the top controls, too. Second is the the overall small size and ergo oval shape of the handheld.

[lusty adder]

They can't wait for the reviewers to try the D8300 in it ( hopium )

[raw ice]

I'm pretty sure 3576 will be a bit better than t618 but more importantly it supports faster charging and video output unlike the t618

[kindred widget]

Just get a 557+GammaOS bro

All the cool kids are doing it

Don't be a dweeb and buy a Thor/Portal

[sour olive]

557 is pretty good for the price

[kindred widget]

Only on Aliexpress

On their website it sucks peen

[sour olive]

Yep

But D8300

[kindred widget]

We love D8300 ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

[lusty adder]

Do you hate me this much to throw the 557 on me ? 😪

[kindred widget]

I love everything therefore I'll end everything

Get 557

[lusty adder]

I think the silver 477M is a better handheld tbh Even though the triggers are cringe

[kindred widget]

477M is alr

I just don't do 4:3

[lusty adder]

I like to stretch Switch games to 4:3 , full screen and there's nothing Nintendo can do about it

[kindred widget]

What the fuck

[lusty adder]

Same with Wii
New Super Mario Bros on that full 4:3 screen

[raw ice]

Even gamma bought a portal with the price drop

It’s over bro

Portal won

[lusty adder]

I like to watch the world burn

[kindred widget]

Big check from Ayn

Lots of money

[lusty adder]

If they didn't discount it , the Portal would have mogged the RP6 too

[sour olive]

Wii is 16:9

You can play at 4:3 though but why would you

The Portal is such a great deal

[raw ice]

So the crazy thing is that the Wii has some games that are always 4:3 (and will have pillarboxing on 16:9) and some games that are always 16:9 (and will have letterboxing on 4:3) and a lot of games that can do both

Really is a transition system in that regard

[sour olive]

I think one of the Mario Parties is 4:3

[raw ice]

Unlike the ps2 vs ps3 for example where one is clearly 4:3 and the other is clearly 16:9

With very limited exceptions of ps2 games with (usually poor) widescreen support

[lusty adder]

Idk , it looks more vintage to me this way

[sour olive]

Eh

I rather play 16:9

[lusty adder]

Donkey Kong Country Returns in 4:3 is such a cool experience ( to me )

[sour olive]

Though if you're playing on a 4:3 handheld

It does make a lot more sense

[lusty adder]

Streets of Rage on Eden looks awesome in 4:3 also

[umbral pagoda]

Phawx leaked the chip, not sure he knew he wasn't supposed to lol

[wicked idol]

What’s the chip? I don’t have twitter where I would assume he accidentally leaked it

[cunning bane]

honestly i'm starting to see how some would get lots of enjoyment from this device

[quick cloak]

He did?

[cunning bane]

yeah

[spring island]

And what did he say it is?

[quick cloak]

Yeah

[cunning bane]

for the regular

T618

the pro apparently has a rockchip something, but that idk

[quick cloak]

Was curious if he said it out loud

[cunning bane]

he tweeted it

wonder why they're so secretive over this

like, it has to come out EVENTUALLY

[teal sonnet]

I actually don’t mind doing this either

[sacred narwhal]

So Joey was right

[teal sonnet]

If im paying for a screen IM using it all

[young mantle]

Stealth marketing? https://www.reddit.com/r/SBCGaming/s/9nPCFkEnL9

[cunning bane]

idk, 16:9 squashed to 4:3 is just iffy, but 4:3 stretched to 16:9 is ughhhhhhh

[young mantle]

They should have put T618 on RG DS

[cunning bane]

oh god they're all generic accounts

anbernic is playing with us

[somber belfry]

At least the RGDS fulfills it's role as a DS replacement

[teal sonnet]

Im a simple man and don’t bother me that much

[somber belfry]

Whereas this just won't replace a Vita

[umbral pagoda]

Eh, one of them is a T820, the other ones are all complaining about RP3+ issues which seems weird for marketing

[worn topaz]

all those videos are using gloves so we cant tell its the anbernic nail lady playing them 😮

[somber belfry]

The MagicX One35 can do a decent amount of Vita though which is funny

[cunning bane]

maybe that's why the nails are inconsistent

[sour olive]

What does The Phawx say?

[sour olive]

All the different accounts are from the same guy

[cunning bane]

nothing since anbernic will get him

[young mantle]

Even 8 Elite won’t replace Vita

[sour olive]

Probably Max trying to hype up a weak ass chip

[sacred narwhal]

I dont get why they need a non-pro version. Whos gonna buy a T618?

[cunning bane]

"guys, look, you can do ps3 with the t618!" and then he cuts the video before the rp3+ spontaneously combusts

[cunning bane]

this might just be an rg arc s/d situation

"this one has enough power to dual boot!" but this time linux is the selling point

[sacred narwhal]

So the pro model has rk3576? How powerful is that ?

[sly rock]

Ohh is the t618 good?

[sly rock]

I don't like how it's locked behind different colors

[cunning bane]

good for up to psp, n64, dreamcast, and some other stuff

you can put a bit of gamecube and ps2 if you try hard enough

[umbral pagoda]

T618 is a very solid chip, don't know why there's so much negativity besides "it's old"

Better than the 662 in the Mangmi for instance

[sacred narwhal]

RP3+ and RG505 used it. Plays up to the PSP/N64 ranged

[sly rock]

Ohh got it

[cunning bane]

i'm just confused. such a premium body and they choose that chip out of all things

not awful, just weird

[sly rock]

Ohh I used to have rg505! makes easier for me to grasp how well it plays

[cunning bane]

i will say

rg vita and rg405m have good spots on the market

[sour olive]

Because there's better chips for around the same price point

[umbral pagoda]

Hard to say when we don't have a price point

[sour olive]

I meant other devices that have it

[cunning bane]

it's looking like ~$125 for the regular

[sour olive]

They all cost around the same price

[sacred narwhal]

You can get T820 devices for as low as 120ish during sales.

[umbral pagoda]

Where did that come from?

[cunning bane]

i got the 406h for around 100 during an aliexpress sale

[sacred narwhal]

That was a crazy sale. Only happen once lol

[cunning bane]

considering chipset, features like hall effect sticks and all-glass front, and other devices with similar power, that's my theory

take it with a grain of salt

[umbral pagoda]

At this point I don't think the hall effect sticks do much to the price

[sour olive]

So what's the highest end Rockchip available

[rare drum]

Guys

[umbral pagoda]

Is it still the 3588?

[sour olive]

I'm not sure

[rare drum]

It's t618 for non pro model

[umbral pagoda]

I think it is, haven't seen anything else

[sour olive]

Just checked. RK3668 and RK3688 got announced last year but I don't think any devices actually have it.

[rare drum]

Question is how much anbernic is going for over here for non pro

[cunning bane]

yes, but this is the same company that gave the 557 tiny ass sticks, and then gave the 406 line sticks that some people thought were "too tall"

[sour olive]

Alright then lets hope it's a Rockchip 3588

The Hopium is Real

[rare drum]

Mmmmm

I don't think it would be 3588

[sacred narwhal]

All the rumors say 3576

[rare drum]

Yhh I believe this one more likely

[cunning bane]

okay let's talk here

what do we know about the 3576

i mean did we know about the 3568 before the rg ds?

[frail wadi]

welp, there you go, spec confirmed

@devout canopy you can unfollow now

[sour olive]

Well Base got confirmed

[devout canopy]

gotta wait for the price to be $129 for the non-pro model to have a laugh tho

[sour olive]

We still don't know what Pro is

[umbral pagoda]

Anbernic is stupid sometimes. I expect no consistency

[devout canopy]

t820 seems so far away, it has to be the Rockchip, especially as you can see two SD card slots...

[sour olive]

T820 can at least play high end android games

[rare drum]

Nope

[sour olive]

And do PS2 and Wii U

[cunning bane]

then, it was a debut chip for a handheld

this might be the same for the 3576

[devout canopy]

two SD card slots on the pro-model, honestly this is the Rockchip, lets face it

[cunning bane]

yes, that's what we're thinking

trying to see what we can compare the 3576 to, but idk much about rockchip terminology

what does each number indicate

[sacred narwhal]

https://www.rock-chips.com/uploads/pdf/2024.3.18/192/RK3576 Brief Datasheet V1.2-20240311.pdf

[frail wadi]

it starts with r and ends with k3576

[devout canopy]

you can basically compare it to the Powkiddy RGB10MAX3PRO

[cunning bane]

in that case, if it's a similar comparison, the regular is more powerful than the pro

so idk

wait, the ram

right

405m (t618) has 4gb of ram, and can do a bit gamecube and ps2

[hardy parcel]

Praying that the pro can be at least equivalent to the RP4 Pro in terms of power 💀

[sour olive]

Plot Twist- Pro has the RK3688

[hardy parcel]

https://tenor.com/view/smiling-friends-mr-boss-smiling-friends-mr-boss-smiling-friends-alan-gif-18160162125023876979

[devout canopy]

CPU will be better on the t618, rk3576 is about 10% behind it in single core, but slightly better multi core

GPU on the rk3576 is strangely powerful tho, 3 execution units with 72 shading units, compared to 2 with 48 on the t618

so in a sense the pro may be superior for shaders and shit
but tap even less into GCN/PS2 than the non-pro

honestly, not that pro to me, and I can't see anyone sane paying more than maybe $79 for the non-pro and $99 for the pro in 2026

[cunning bane]

first of all, this is the kind of deepdive i love to see

second, i knew it

the non-pro was too pretty to not be the one you'd want

[sour olive]

It's so Joeover

[mortal island]

No one tested the pro model properly (publicly), so rk3576 performance is not knowm. Definitely weaker than RP4, but I don't think by much

[devout canopy]

I mean hands down, I wouldn't pay $99 for either of it, the PAM sits at that price point and absolutely flattens the RG Vita

[lusty adder]

Guys ... the device is bad , they're using an old chip to get rid of the stock they have. After CNY they may sell something a bit better with the D8300

[devout canopy]

are you drunk rk3576 is far far far away from a d1100

[mortal island]

I don't think this comes before CNY

[cunning bane]

said rp4, not rp4 pro

and less than rp4 still implies more than an rp3+

[devout canopy]

oh fair

still quite off

the g90t in the PAM is already weaker than the rk3576 and far ahead

the d900 easily outclasses it by 100%

single core

[sacred narwhal]

Using old chips is fine. As long as its price correctly there's always a market for everything

[mortal island]

It's also LCD it seems

[lusty adder]

They're going back to when they were drip feeding us GC emulation lmao

[cunning bane]

apparently the rk3576 is used by some mini pcs and gaming boxes?

[devout canopy]

rk3576 is fairly new given how it is from 2024, but a single board computer not a phone chip... so it's like comparing a raspberry pi to your phone in a sense

[mortal island]

It's going to be Mangmi air X with dual boot basically ehhh

[mortal island]

Radxa has some boards available, but I don't think anyone here has one 😁

[lusty adder]

Then why one is base and another is pro if it's pretty much the same performance 😅?

[cunning bane]

there's a small gaming test session here https://youtu.be/PWovIv9e8vA?si=nn7a6s3BKCNQnMI6

[devout canopy]

I wouldn't expect much on either of these, the t618 is known, the rk3576 will perform somewhere a bit above what the Powkiddy RGB10MAX3PRO and OGU can handle, but as single core is important for that... ehhh the t618 is kinda better IMO

[mortal island]

video out and linux os, I guess

[cunning bane]

nvm not useful at all

[devout canopy]

and no extremely cheap EMMC that may break, but an SD card for the operating system

or maybe it will be able to dual boot

[mortal island]

I bet on emmc with dual boot

[cunning bane]

it will dual boot

[cunning bane]

check

[cunning bane]

cfw confirmed for the pro, and only the pro shown

[devout canopy]

fair enough then, guess they will both have 4+128 or something like that then

[mortal island]

3+32 for both. that would be horrible, so it's not off the table 😁😁😁

[cunning bane]

yes, about this

i think that even the non-pro could have 4gb of ram, BUT

every low-powered android anbernic has had 32gb, right

like, the 3 generation

[devout canopy]

if they cut the RAM it will perform worse than their 2-3 year old devices, lovely

[cunning bane]

the 5, however, has has 128gb

[mortal island]

"fuuck dude we only sold 100 rg ds this month, we need to dump this shelf of ram"

[devout canopy]

even the rg552 had 4+64

[mortal island]

3+32 base and 4+64 pro, maybe

[devout canopy]

on the other hand the RGB10MAX3PRO runs on 2+16 soooo

[devout canopy]

I doubt the Android only device will have less RAM than the one people will use with Linux

[mortal island]

It's anbernic, so why not

3GB sucks on android though, that's for sure

[cunning bane]

there' such a thing as believe they'd be willing to sell unusable hardware, which they don't really do anymore

[mortal island]

ayaneo pam somehow overcame that issue though

[cunning bane]

even the rg ds has no google services to JUST go over the "unusable" area

[mortal island]

4 gigs i guess then

also to differentiate themselves over pam

[lusty adder]

Tax Evasion DS

[cunning bane]

^^^^

many issues, but still functional and usable

they could have sold it with the 40hz bug, but they updated the firmware before shipping

[mortal island]

I'm going though nsmb and mario kart on this one right now. It's good, but DS is definitely the limit for this thing.

[cunning bane]

exactly, the rg ds is an example of JUST enough

and most of the handhelds from this company get their value from community efforts

why do people immediately suggest to install knulli when someone gets an xx device? cuz it makes things better

[cunning bane]

and thinking about this and how gamma helped with the 40hz bug for the ds, could it be that they're starting to work with community devs before launch?

what if it's not "we got it working", but rather "anbernic helped us to get it working at launch"

[mortal island]

gamma reported some bugs for sure, but I think anbernic also modified the drastic apk to run smoother on two screens

cause every other available drastic APK introduces latency

[sour olive]

Gamma already have an RG Vita Pro

He already confirmed GammaOS will be available Day One

[mortal island]

I though he said Regular vita? The one with T618

[cunning bane]

this would make more sense, since gammaos is already available for that chip

so anbernic could have sent him the non-pro to get gammaos working

[terse parrot]

Maybe he got both

[cunning bane]

and the pro to knulli devs to get that

it makes sense

[mortal island]

ok I think he has both

[terse parrot]

He posted a video and deleted it after a minute or so, but i'm pretty sure it was the pro with coloured buttons

[devout canopy]

maybe, but I doubt it, why would Gamma do GammaOS for an RK3576 from scratch if that isn't Anbernics new spam chip they put in 50 devices

[mortal island]

maybe it's the pro then

[terse parrot]

@kindred widget you saved Gamma's video right? Don't post it - but can you tell us whether it has coloured button or not please?

[short goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/confused-math-what-wtf-peep-gif-6081931

[cunning bane]

i think we're about to crack it

this is one of anbernic's first times heavily relying on the community before release

and not just for fixing an issue, but to generally get their chips to their max potential

[hardy parcel]

You think the RP6 thing had a hand in it?

[cunning bane]

the rp6 was a design thing

[hardy parcel]

Mostly about relying on the community

[cunning bane]

if i had to take a guess, anbernic's concept to release timing is quicker than most

[cunning bane]

kinda, but they worked in two different ways

[hardy parcel]

Fair enough

[cunning bane]

retroid made something that lots of people didn't like, and prepared for it accordingly

anbernic has fumbled MANY times, and seems to have finally chosen to work with their community

and i thought

what if they SHIP with gammaos/knulli? (a heavy what if here)

[hardy parcel]

I liked it...

[hardy parcel]

They make the occasional bangers then somehow reverse and make e waste

[hardy parcel]

That seems pretty big for them lol

[sacred narwhal]

Anbernic just makes whatever they feel like making. Sometimes its well received and sometimes its not.

[cunning bane]

but if they do something like this, they could earn so much more money with less powerful tech they still have

[devout canopy]

it's likely that they would have to raise prices on the higher end hardware due to the RAMPOCALYPSE

[hardy parcel]

Pretty much sums it up lol

[devout canopy]

also their best sellers are the budget stuff, lets face it

still I doubt this will be anywhere as cheap as it should be

[cunning bane]

so they get popular due to budget stuff, and then sell something with a bit more power, looking a lot more sleek, and stable due to community cfw efforts

[hardy parcel]

At this point these AI companies gotta realize barely anyone will even have access to their products due to the insane prices

[short goblet]

anbernic could put this out and you guys would still complain

[hardy parcel]

I need it

[sacred narwhal]

Most of AI will be for business to business. Mainly replacing workers

[short goblet]

wishing it was this

[cunning bane]

hey, unrelated, but why did they take the blue one out

[hardy parcel]

Ew

[devout canopy]

I would be happy if the price is good

[hardy parcel]

The G2 has that color

Turquoise/aqua blue

[cunning bane]

the g2 also has black and 16 bit

[hardy parcel]

They marketed it a lot

[cunning bane]

so?

[hardy parcel]

With that color

[devout canopy]

thing is Anbernic is selling the RG DS for what $95?
so the RG VITA for sure is going to be $120 and $135 for the pro or something like that

[hardy parcel]

Black will always be the standard

[cunning bane]

for sure

[floral vessel]

yet- another t820 device

[devout canopy]

I will laugh my ass off when MagicX drops a D7050 for $89 and a D7350 for $125 after the CNY, totally killing Anbernics prices

[hardy parcel]

Rn my strongest handheld is the RP Mini V2 but the screen is too small to actually enjoy PS2/GC

[short goblet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e528oYFmsYI ❤️ you phawx

[floral vessel]

what device from magicX?

[cunning bane]

that creates competition, which is great in this space

i mean, do you wanna play ds games on the zero 40 with tiny screen, or on the rg ds?

different prices, specs, everything

i mean nobody knew what a mangmi was and they just suddenly dropped the best value handheld in years

the rg vita could be competing with that in a way

[devout canopy]

Two Dream Light/Pro

neither SoC nor prices are confirmed, but we are fairly sure about the SoCs and the prices were teased as $?9 and $1?5... so I'm fairly sure about my guess there too, but oh well

4.5" 1440x1080p 4:3 panel, basically something along the lines of the rg476h/rg477m for quite a bit less money

no glass front or metal obviously, but hey I'm down

[devout canopy]

they priced themselves out of the competition now tho
Air X isn't that great a value anymore, because you can grab an rg556 for about the same on a sale
while the Max gets killed by the price-cut Portal before it even comes to the market

[floral vessel]

89$ can be a helio99

[cunning bane]

absolutely agree, but will you see people calling the 556 a "good starter handheld"?

[devout canopy]

technically yes, as it is a 6nm SoC as teased, but we will see

[cunning bane]

they earned trust for a reason

plus, aren't some t820 handhelds being phased out?

[mortal island]

They're selling rg505 for $114 right now. And no one's buying it. No way the base is 120 lol

[cunning bane]

it can't really be lower than $115

[mortal island]

Not really. 406H us just out of stock, the rest are fine

[floral vessel]

even T816 is a better option

[devout canopy]

406h is basically discontinued due to the 476h

[mortal island]

I hope the base is $99 EB at least. Otherwise it's gonna be just sad

[floral vessel]

618***

[devout canopy]

it better isn't more than $80

but Anbernic

[cunning bane]

the 505 isn't selling cuz it's old stock that no one really cares about, i mean

[devout canopy]

so $120 with $10 off for 72hours or so

[cunning bane]

they still have win 600s

[cunning bane]

oh, you're right!!

[floral vessel]

405m is a good option

[cunning bane]

honestly people might see the 505's design with the anbernic logo and turn away from it

the 405m is super sleek

[mortal island]

No video out, barely faster than mangmi. $99 EB would at least be a bit exciting. If it's >100 then it's just eh.

[devout canopy]

the 405m needs a better screen and d-pad on top

[floral vessel]

For many people, it's as simple as going for the one with OLED screen so they play with that

[cunning bane]

if the rg vita is a thing, and gamma os is available at launch, fixed screen over sharpening, and d-pad on top

[mortal island]

There's no OLED screen on either so

[cunning bane]

that's also a factor for sure

[floral vessel]

i mean 505

[mortal island]

Jesus

[cunning bane]

i mean this is a 5 inch screen right?

it's 50/50

[devout canopy]

the 505 screen has the electronics on the bottom, there is no space on the Vita for it

[mortal island]

It's an LCD on rg vita - we've seen knulli photos, background glows

[floral vessel]

pcb really simple

[cunning bane]

and i don't think they'd do oled JUST on the pro, so

[devout canopy]

probably 1280x720 panel used in the TSP(S)

[mortal island]

I meant rg vita pro

[cunning bane]

goddamit

[mortal island]

Both have lcd

[cunning bane]

ok gotcha

[devout canopy]

anyway, better resolution for most stuff than the Vita OLED anyway

[cunning bane]

let me write of a theoretical spec sheet from what we know

[floral vessel]

but without lcd burn 😂

[cunning bane]

• both lcd screens, with a resolution of 1280x720
• hall effect sticks
• unisoc t618 on the regular, rockchip rk3576 on the pro (possibly)
• emphasis on cfw at launch thanks to working alongside knulli devs and gamma
• possible price: ~$120 for regular, ~$135 for the pro

that's what i got from this

[short goblet]

https://klipy.com/gifs/home-alone-home-alone2

[cunning bane]

explain

or not

everyone's tight lipped about this

[untold hazel]

Powers

[mortal island]

T618 from 505, 5" 720p screen from TSPS, 3+32 GB ram from RG DS. chef's barf kiss 😙 👌

[untold hazel]

It's gonna suck!

[floral vessel]

@short goblet What would your ideal panel be?

[cunning bane]

i mean if anbernic made people sign the weakest ndas known to man, then sure

[short goblet]

a good one

[cunning bane]

quick, does the panel on the tsp suck

[devout canopy]

3+32 on both just because

[cunning bane]

not possible

[devout canopy]

it's not bad for a budget device

[short goblet]

been a while since I used it, it's got a slight green cast I think

[sly rock]

Would you guys rather have OLED or IPS screen on this bad boy?

[short goblet]

resolution was decent though

[cunning bane]

oled is ideal, but one of the only 5 inch oled panels is

questionable

[mortal island]

We seem to have an unlimited supply of old samsung oleds (5" and 16:9), wonder why no one uses them.

[devout canopy]

really depends, what does the RG DS run on 3+64? then that

[sly rock]

Oh yeah VITA OLED is like years behind compared to current OLED

[floral vessel]

IPS light leak, OLED screen burn-in—all technologies have their flaws, and we're talking about Chinese consoles...

[cunning bane]

the rg ds was marketed as "under $100 dual screens"

[sly rock]

I've heard that RG DS struggles in multi tasking so playing like a n64 and watching videos feels like a struggle atleast that's what online peopel say

[cunning bane]

this is just "new anbernic that looks like a vita"

[devout canopy]

because the Chinese aren't too hot on OLED due to pwm flickering

[cunning bane]

no one said "give the 34xxsp more ram", but they did

[floral vessel]

They even copied the rear touch panel

[cunning bane]

wait

[sour olive]

It still wouldn't change the fact that the chip is significantly underpowered

[cunning bane]

the 505 screen is 4.95 inches

hmm, does that matter tho

[floral vessel]

When I had the 505 it was very heavy and its triggers seemed weak

[cunning bane]

those were in-line triggers, right?

[mortal island]

I'm 99% sure it's not using a 505 screen, and it doesn't matter that it's 0.05" smaller

[floral vessel]

ye

I liked the RP3+ better, but the screen is very cheap

[cunning bane]

only 5 inch screen that is actually precisely 5 inches

and 720p

is the rgb10max3

at least, from a relevant handheld

[floral vessel]

a good portmaster candidate

[cunning bane]

for the pro

[sly rock]

I'm just glad Anbernic answered my prayers and Handheld Jesus announced the RG VITA! I've been yearning for an AYN ODIN 3 mini but the RG VITA is close enough until the AYN ODIN 3 mini comes out

[floral vessel]

better pray for a good soc

[sly rock]

True

[cunning bane]

ok, at this point, i gotta know, is this about the pro, or both?

[floral vessel]

rg slide It was like smoke, they were really hyped up because it was similar to the PSP Go

[teal sonnet]

How is the RG Vita even close O3 to compare?
Maybe similar shape and both have buttons and sticks but that’s it

[short goblet]

there was a big gap between o2 and o2 mini if I remember

[cunning bane]

10/2023 to 6/2024

[floral vessel]

They'll probably do something similar to the RP4 and RP4 Pro

[cunning bane]

those were announced from the get go as a pair

i want to assume the rg arc was announced similarly?

but for the rp4, it was "why, if the good chip is right there for a bit more"

[floral vessel]

arc belongs to family 353 just diferent form factor

[cunning bane]

but, similar release to the 353v and 353vs

wanting to send the message that android was worth the extra money

now, apparently, it's backwards

[floral vessel]

dual OS and extra 1gb ram and touch screen

[sly rock]

pretty much just the shape

[floral vessel]

Anbernic used to take more care with its final product Currently, I think magicX does it better

I'm sure that in a week we'll see some demo video showing its CPU and we'll be blown away

[short goblet]

anbernic takes care of all of us

[ivory tangle]

Hmmm RG Slide.

[floral vessel]

If it's a rehash of the SD865, many people will still be happy

[sour olive]

Ironically

People would be happy with an 865 on the Pro

[mortal island]

Cheapest 865 device is still $200

Also it's snapdragon, anbernic is allergic to that

"Give me D8300 or give me death" - Max

[mortal island]

It's just rockchip, don't get your hopes up

[short goblet]

never lose your sense of wonder

[cunning bane]

you know

there's a good chance people are being misleading on purpose

[kindred widget]

Fuuuuuckkk

Lemme check

So I have a video but its in a dark environment so you cant see shit

Buuuutt

I also have a photo that may or may not be from Gamma that has colored buttons

[sour olive]

I don't mind them using Dimensity if they actually use the High End Chips

[cunning bane]

WHAT

[terse parrot]

Yeah they're both black buttons too, but one'll have white text and one coloured text

[terse parrot]

Cool he prob got both then tbf

Or the RK3576 is so close to another chip that he's developed for, that he was able to say Day 1 GammaOS for it

[cunning bane]

what if the t618 and rk3576 are similar then?

[terse parrot]

They are supposed to be pretty similar yeah

[cunning bane]

if that's the case, i can see it

[terse parrot]

I saw someone say t618 is better in CPU but rk3576 is better in GPU

[raw ice]

3576 supports external displays and Linux

[terse parrot]

I guess they were comparing raw specs, i dunno

[cunning bane]

this is an rg arc or 353v case where dual booting and more specs are sold under a different product

so then, i wanna go back to the thing i said earlier, but one by one

• unisoc t618 on the regular, rockchip rk3576 on the pro (possibly)
• emphasis on cfw at launch thanks to working alongside knulli devs and gamma

this seemingly remains accurate

hall effect sticks are also accurate

[thick orchid]

So we know it has 5k batt

[cunning bane]

the ~$120 for regular and ~$135 for pro are highly questionable

[thick orchid]

Anything else

[cunning bane]

so the main question is: what's the screen?

[thick orchid]

Vita 1k OLED

But can't play PSP fully

Like the 503

I will never forgive that device

[lusty adder]

Broski , if that Vita base had a T820 i would have bought it on day 1 for the design alone lol
I am not asking a Snapdragon from them , i just don't want to buy back stuff from 3 years ago that i sold because it became outdated at the time lol

[thick orchid]

It's anbernic

It will be like that

[short goblet]

sorry yeah, I was being harsh, there are some die hard haters here

I am crusading against them

[cunning bane]

i for one think anbernic is trying something new

[terse parrot]

I think Vita's gonna be alright on the T618. This was two years ago https://youtu.be/yHjjwMUgvTk?si=BDtM433MLqBNLr5b

[thick orchid]

You gotta understand that anbernic COULD movr it forward but what they do is stagnant it by giving the same device in 10 different variants

[undone hemlock]

Here’s a hot take: if this turns out to be disappointing to you, then now hear me out cause this is a wild idea. Don’t buy it!

[thick orchid]

But but......I watched a rgc review. By the laws of this community we must buy it after watching one of his reviews

[undone hemlock]

Vote. With. Your. Wallet.

[cunning bane]

which only applies to this space

[thick orchid]

My wallet have been safe since I got odin2 tbh

My last anbernic device was the 34xx sp and good god I hated it

[cunning bane]

because people will keep buying r36s under different names and overpriced rp5s because they don't know better

[thick orchid]

And nothing since then. And before that one was the 353p

[terse parrot]

I don't have a wallet

[undone hemlock]

What we know so far:

It’s a chip that’s never been used by knulli.

It can run Android as well.

It’s more powerful than the RGDS (this is a low bar)

[cunning bane]

and this is all true for the pro

[undone hemlock]

Probably true for both

I do t like the idea of calling a budget handheld “pro”

[cunning bane]

except, the way you wrote it makes it sound like the t618 can run linux

[undone hemlock]

We don’t know it is the T618

That tweet could be a lie

Rule of thumb: if someone is claiming it on twitter then the 99% of the time are talking out of their ass

Fuck twitter

[lusty adder]

Last Anbernic i got was the 34xx , my purse has been safe since then.

[terse parrot]

Deffo fuck twitter. I wish everyone would dump that CSAM hole already and move to Bluesky.

But the Phawx ain't lying

Why would he risk his trust like that

[undone hemlock]

Who?

[sour olive]

This

[lusty adder]

I don't think they would lie , it would be worse than leaking the specs. Lying about inferior specs and all

[cunning bane]

yeah, this, it cannot be a lie

[sour olive]

Why would The Phawx lie though?

[cunning bane]

cuz if you think about it

[sour olive]

He has the unit in hand

[cunning bane]

no one has LIED

they've just tried to mislead us

[sour olive]

There's literally no reason to do so

[terse parrot]

The Phawx is the one who tweeted the non-Pro is a T618. He's a tech YouTuber known for his deeper technical analysis on stuff and is on a podcast with Russ

[cunning bane]

and what if there is?

and we don't know?

[terse parrot]

Like he has built up lots of community trust

He ain't just gonna throw it away for a few days' attention

[sour olive]

Unless they're some anti-anbernic bias that I don't know about

[undone hemlock]

Don’t pull an RGDS and hype your asses up again

[sour olive]

He gains nothing from doing so

[cunning bane]

not that

i think, and this is tinfoil hat crazy, BUT

there might actually be "the weakest nda known to man" at play

[sour olive]

That and they'll be on holiday tomorrow so who's going to respond

Balls Anbernic?

[short goblet]

balls is in the office

[cunning bane]

you know something

i know you know something

[undone hemlock]

Of course he does

[terse parrot]

He knows all anbernic stuff lol

[short goblet]

https://klipy.com/gifs/jose-mourinho-sweet-trouble

[lusty adder]

He would get blacklisted tbh and he has affiliate links to lose. The only way i can see he would lie was if Anbernic arranged a different marketing campaing like this with him , which is very , very unlikely

[undone hemlock]

He’s a reviewer on Anbernic good side

[cunning bane]

but instead of asking what, ask WHY?

[cunning bane]

if there's a reason, that's fine

[sour olive]

He probably has a review unit

[undone hemlock]

Yes @short goblet does, he’s an Anbernic shill tuber

[cunning bane]

not that

[lusty adder]

Like " Leak fake specs saying the Vita sucks and when we reveal the great chip they will be so thrilled they will buy it " = not happening

[sour olive]

Praise Mangmi Anbernic

[cunning bane]

then gamma would also a shill, cuz he hasn't said anything about it while having it

other than gammaos

so no

not that

[terse parrot]

Actually forthenext calls himself an Anbernic shill quite often

[cunning bane]

biggest shill i know then

a super shill

[undone hemlock]

Even I’m an Anbernic shill, just not one that gets free shit

[short goblet]

next week I shill the RP6, hopefully

🤞

[terse parrot]

Absolute shillitude

[lusty adder]

The biggest shill is ETA , no brand loyalty , everything is an emulation beast = win

[undone hemlock]

Even though I started a whole ass cult around the 476H

[short goblet]

ETA - the inspiration

[lusty adder]

For The Next is actually Max secret account

[undone hemlock]

That would answer so many questions about the petty shit Anbernic does to me

[sour olive]

ETA is a shill. He praised the RG DS when it still had the 40hz bug.

He never says anything negative about any product

He's basically an infomercial

[lusty adder]

The Vita base was supposed to have a G2 but then he saw the memes here
" You deserve nothing "

[short goblet]

it's an incredible skill

I wish I could learn it

[undone hemlock]

Licking boots?

[lusty adder]

He is the og shill tuber.

Says the device is an emulation beast

Doesn't elaborate

Posts new video of a different company the next day

https://tenor.com/view/mujikcboro-seriymujik-gif-24361533

[sour olive]

At least he's not like that loser Forthenext, that guy does streams to test out the features and power of handhelds.

Can't believe he has the gall to put out actual useful content

[short goblet]

unfortunately I can't unlearn integrity

[sour olive]

The Vertical Arcade thing for the RG DS wasn't even a thing that came to mine but it's such a cool thing

[undone hemlock]

With the proper application of money you will

[short goblet]

I think it was DawnOfSean and someone else who inspired

[lusty adder]

Bro tests performance and let's people on the live chose which games to test , a dishonor to the shilltuber code.

[sour olive]

Clearly didn't learn from the best

[short goblet]

I wish I could see ETA live

with the ikea plant

[terse parrot]

https://www.youtube.com/live/9i4-u2qvUp0?si=gXDV2jeOy-bh8nAz

[short goblet]

and the wristbands

[lusty adder]

He must be RGC as well
There's only 3 shilltubers and all the rest are fake accounts

[slim oriole]

This community is getting worst by the day....

[undone hemlock]

What do you mean “rom hacking is gone”?