Cellular gaming has been a little bit of a laughing inventory for a while, however the previous few years have seen a slight change in that angle. The likes of Fortnite and Genshin Impact are virtually nearly as good on cell as a console expertise, and the considered having the ability to hop on the battle bus while on an precise bus is actually interesting. Ayaneo, arguably one of many best handheld gaming PC makers, is lastly taking a step into the cell market, and early indicators counsel it could possibly be fairly distinctive.
This teaser only shows the back of the phone, which includes two camera lenses and a flashlight, but it certainly looks sleek under the intentionally low lighting.
A quick adjustment of the image, and upping the contrast, shows notches on the bottom and top of the right side that look a little like bumpers, plus a few buttons in the middle of the right side, which could be lock and volume controls.
If the notches are bumpers, you may be able to turn this phone on its side and emulate the experience of a controller (though naturally without the balanced ergonomics of grips).
Gaming phones aren’t anything new. We saw the Asus ROG Phone again in 2018, with a follow-up the year after, and RedMagic launched the 10S Pro only a few months in the past with a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip and a minimal of 12 GB of RAM. However extra competitors is of course higher for no matter market there at present is for gaming telephones.
This is not our first time listening to in regards to the Ayaneo Telephone, both. In a live stream again in July this 12 months, the cellphone bought a short nod as a part of a broader presentation on the corporate’s initiatives in 2025 and 2026. Again then, Ayaneo teased a sliding mechanism on the facet that could possibly be pushed out to present you entry to bodily controls.
The likes of the Ayaneo Pocket S and its Snapdragon chip use an Android working system, so the Ayaneo cellphone would not be an enormous departure right here. It simply seems to look a bit of extra like a cellphone, with a again digicam. That sliding mechanism is one thing I actually hope Ayaneo has stored, as the thought of having the ability to flip the cellphone on the facet and pull out bodily controls means you can probably cast off the likes of the Razer Kishi or Backbone.
Naturally, as that is only a teaser, we’re fairly low on concrete data—together with the specs and the worth level. A gaming cellphone will need to have a reasonably good chip in it, but additionally stable thermals, an additional slot for extra storage, and ideally a 3.5 mm jack. Being able to shortly plug in some headphones with out having to fret about battery life or latency is a boon for cell gaming.
Nonetheless, Ayaneo has put out some spectacular tech over the previous few years, just like the Flip DS and the Air 1S, so, for the primary time shortly, I am really fairly excited to see what’s on the horizon for cell gaming.
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