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TL;DR The AYN Odin 3 will feature a Snapdragon 8 Elite, making it the most powerful device on the market.
Paired with a 6-inch 120Hz AMOLED panel, it’s set to become the ultimate flagship handheld.
AYN will need to solve the 8 Elite’s heating and driver compatibility issues first.
Just a few hours ago, AYN revealed that its upcoming flagship handheld, the Odin 3, will have an exclusive 6-inch 120Hz AMOLED panel. Now the company has revealed the chipset, and it might be the start of a revolution in the handheld gaming space.
The AYN Odin 3 is the first Android gaming handheld to confirm that it will feature a Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC. Last week a competing device called the KONKR Pocket FIT Elite implied that it would have a Snapdragon 8 Elite, but the specs were never confirmed by the company.
Upgrading from the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 of its predecessor, the Odin 3 is set to become one of the most powerful handhelds on the market. The chipset represents a significant improvement in performance and efficiency, although there are a few downsides to the new architecture.
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Emulator developers and community drivers have been focused on older chipsets, so support for the 8 Elite is very limited. Some of that is made up for by the raw power of the Oryon CPU cores, but drivers are just as important for demanding Switch, PS3, and Windows emulators. This is likely the reason we’ve seen AYANEO prioritize the new G3 Gen 3 chipset, which is based on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
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