Ayaneo Pocket S Android handheld lands on Indiegogo starting at $400

[Shawn Knight]

In a nutshell: Ayaneo is now accepting pre-orders for Pocket S, an Android-based handheld powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 Gaming Platform. The Pocket S looks a lot like a high end smartphone with integrated controls, or perhaps an advanced Nintendo Switch Lite. At the heart of the handheld is a 6-inch 1440P (2,560 x 1,440 resolution) IPS borderless screen (490 PPI) boasting 400 nits of brightness that covers 100 percent of the sRBG color gamut.

The aforementioned Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 is an eight-core chip with an Adreno A32 GPU, and it can be configured with up to 16 GB of LPDDR5x memory and up to 1 TB of UFS 4.0 storage. It will ship running Android 13 out of the box, we are told.

Other noteworthy features include Hall sensing joysticks with RGB lighting, linear Hall triggers with zero contact electromagnetic induction drive, a CNC machined, all metal mid-frame with active air cooling, a 6,000mAh battery, Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.3 wireless connectivity, dual noise canceling microphones, a micro SD card slot for storage expansion, A - B / X - Y key swapping, and a power button with an integrated fingerprint reader.

The Pocket S measures 213.9 mm x 85 mm x 14 mm and weighs just 350 grams, or about 12.3 ounces. The 6-inch display feels a little small at this stage but you can always output to a larger screen. The handheld's USB 3.2 Type-C port supports up to 10Gbps transfer rates, as well as DP 1.4 video output and up to 40 watt PD fast charging.

Interested parties can "pre-order" the Pocket S through Indiegogo in your choice of black or white colorways. Pricing starts at $400 for a 1080P edition with 12 GB of memory and 128 GB of onboard storage with an estimated shipping date of June 2024. The top-tier 1440P Pocket S packing 16 GB of RAM and 1 TB of local storage will set you back $591 when it ships in May.

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Ayaneo Pocket S Android handheld lands on Indiegogo starting at $400

 

[yRaz]

Android? So it can only play games that on the app store that's riddled with micro transactions. This thing is useless unless you install a different OS on it. It has an ARM chip on it so good luck putting a useful OS on it. I feel bad for all the kids who want something like a steam deck but their parents will get this instead. They're basically producing e-waste.

 

[Dimitriid]

So you can view this as a terrible competitor to the Steam Deck that can start at that 400 or as a really awkward android phone that gets you a super tiny screen in exchange for some physical buttons so, no matter it's just terrible: There is not enough decent gaming in Android to justify this and I'm one of the few people that actually owns legit games on Android like Baldur's Gate and such.

If you want emulation a dedicated emulator machine should be at least half the price if not even less.Even the terrible Asus "gaming" phones are quite better since they can at least be used as a regular phone more easily.

 

[Theinsanegamer]

Android? So it can only play games that on the app store that's riddled with micro transactions. This thing is useless unless you install a different OS on it. It has an ARM chip on it so good luck putting a useful OS on it. I feel bad for all the kids who want something like a steam deck but their parents will get this instead. They're basically producing e-waste.

Emulators? Hello?

 

[yRaz]

Emulators? Hello?

You're going to pay 400 for an emulator? You can turn a $50 android phone into an emulator with a $20 controller attachment

 

[Theinsanegamer]

You're going to pay 400 for an emulator? You can turn a $50 android phone into an emulator with a $20 controller attachment

Who TF wants to game on a $50 slab? A phone with similar GPU/CPU power is going to run you $700+ on its own. This isnt running on some cheap recycled Mediatek chip.

 

[yRaz]

Who TF wants to game on a $50 slab? A phone with similar GPU/CPU power is going to run you $700+ on its own. This isnt running on some cheap recycled Mediatek chip.

Who wants an android tablet with a controller attached when you can just attach a controller to your android tablet? Probably don't even need to buy them a phone, I bet the parents getting their kid this already have a decent specd smartphone

 

[NumberNine]

Better experiences can be had at a fraction of this price.

 

[toooooot]

I do not understand who this is for.
People who wanted to buy steam deck and
mistakenly bought this device?

 

[dangh]

This right stick so low is the worst idea from ergonomic point ever. With such a device you want it to rest firmly on your palm, so you either bend your thumb, or move your right hand weirdly to accommodate the weight, control and grip.
That's why Steam Deck is best in ergomic part - it simply thought it through.