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TL;DR The AYANEO Pocket S2 is the first device with a Snapdragon G3 Gen 3 chipset.
The standard model has a 8,000mAh battery, with the Pro model upping that to 10,000mAh.
It’s available for pre-order now, with shipping expected to start at the end of July.
AYANEO is the most boutique brand when it comes to Android gaming handhelds, and its latest release doesn’t pull any punches. The AYANEO Pocket S2 is now available on Indiegogo, and it sports the latest chipset, an upgraded design, and a Pro model with a shockingly large battery.
This is the first device to launch with the Snapdragon G3 Gen 3 chipset, which is designed to offer the right mix of performance and efficiency. It’s the most powerful of the three gaming-focused SoCs announced earlier this year, and our early testing of its budget cousin, the G1 Gen 2 in the Retroid Pocket Classic, showed that the effort has paid off.
The Snapdragon G3 Gen 2 offered in previous flagship handhelds like the Pocket ACE sometimes suffered from poor compatibility with mobile games and demanding emulators, but that should now be a thing of the past. AYANEO has worked directly with Qualcomm to ensure better compatibility across the board with the G3 Gen 3, including with the latest third-party turnip drivers. The company claims it now has the same level of compatibility as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and new device spoofing software can trick games into thinking it has a Snapdragon 8 Elite to unlock the highest settings options.
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That chipset powers a new 6.3-inch 1440p IPS display, with higher peak brightness and better color reproduction than its predecessor. However, it’s limited to 60Hz, so you won’t get ultra-high framerates or black frame insertion in emulated retro games.
The Pocket S2 and S2 Pro have significantly larger batteries than their peers.
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