TL;DR AYANEO revealed the final design of its upcoming Pocket S Mini gaming handheld.
It has a premium all-metal design, a Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 SoC, and a 4:3 screen.
Pricing has yet to be revealed, but this is billed as a premium ‘endgame’ handheld.
AYANEO held its first product sharing session of the year this morning, and it finally gave us a look at one of the most anticipated small gaming handhelds this year. The Pocket S Mini, which was first teased in September 2025, brings the ultra-premium all-metal design of the Pocket S series down to a size that actually fits in your pocket.
The Pocket S Mini has a retro-friendly 4:3 display, although the exact specifications and size have yet to be announced. On stream, AYANEO CEO Arthur Zhang held the device next to a standard smartphone, and it roughly matched in size. The screen itself is around the same size as the budget Pocket AIR Mini’s 4.2-inch LCD display, although this handheld is much, much more powerful.
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Powered by a Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 SoC, it should be capable of powering through just about any and all Android games and emulation tasks. It’s set to be the most powerful small gaming handheld, although more demanding systems like the Nintendo Switch will suffer from letterboxing on the 4:3 display. Still, AYANEO calls this an “endgame handheld,” meaning the last gaming handheld you will need to buy.
In addition to the black and white renders shown previously, Zhang showed off a new beige “Retro Power” prototype, with unmarked buttons like the company’s premium Pocket VERT handheld. It also moves the start, select, and menu buttons back to the bottom of the device, with small RGB Hall-effect sticks and Hall-effect triggers.
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