When phones are so powerful, why is anyone still working on an Android handheld?


The poor friends who pay attention to the hardware department should know that Miro has been using this machine as an office computer after buying ROG Ally.

Not to mention how convenient it is when he uses it, as long as someone sees him carrying this "game console" to the conference room for a meeting, they will cast a caring fool's eyes...

Although the ROG Ally is positioned as a console, it's essentially a laptop without a keyboard or trackpad. So if you want, you can use this console as a computer.

However, as a fundamentalist gamer, Xiao Fa has always felt that the important thing about a game is its playability and the positive impact it can have on players. As for what system this game runs on, what form of hardware configuration is used, as long as the performance is sufficient, the rest are personal preferences.

Until the last few days, Milo, the head of all kinds of handheld consoles, handed me an Android game console called Ayn Odin 2, which is really a little bit of me. If Ally is a computer masquerading as a handheld, Ayn Odin 2 is an Android phone masquerading as a handheld.

In terms of saving flow, this is a game console equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, the official pre-sale price of the first wave of 1999 yuan, the second wave rose to 2099 yuan. Ayn Odin2 is similar in function to the Retroid Pocket 3+, which you can think of as an Android phone that can't make calls and adds physical buttons.

The difference is that the 8 Gen 2 chip used in this Ayn Odin2 is more than one order of magnitude stronger than the Huben chip on Retroid.

To be honest, the first second I got this product, there was a big question mark in my head: who would buy such a product?

Ayn Odin 2 can do things, the mobile phone to buy a telescopic Bluetooth handle can also do, but such functions as phone calls, 5G Internet access, Android handheld can not do.

Everyone has a mobile phone, and the handheld is not a necessity of life, will anyone really buy Ayn Odin 2 for the gaming ecosystem on the Android system? For most people, the answer is clearly no.

But after playing around for a while, I realized that in the console segment, Ayn Odin 2 meant something completely different to hardcore gamers.

In terms of appearance and size, the Ayn Odin 2 is a circle smaller than the ROG Ally, and it still feels heavy in the hand.

The machine is 420g, the weight is about the same as two mobile phones, and the pants pocket can also be plugged down, but if you want to carry out, it is more appropriate to put it in the bag.

The key layout of the Ayn Odin 2 basically conforms to the layout of a general gamepad. ABXY's spring key feedback is small and I like it, not as hard as the Joy-Con, and the height of the Hall rocker, the return efficiency and the texture of the press also give a kind of impulse to rubbed it.

Another interesting point about this console is that it retains the RGB light effect around the stick and on the side, and if you don't mind your eyes, you can adjust the light pollution color you like in the Settings, and the transparent body is still pretty cool when it lights up.


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