Ayn Reveals A Nintendo Ds-style Handheld That Comes In The Classic Game Boy Color Purple

Ayn added much than conscionable a touch of nostalgia pinch its upcoming dual-screen handheld that gives america modern-day Nintendo DS vibes. After teasing nan instrumentality successful a YouTube video earlier this week, Ayn dropped nan afloat spec sheet, value scope and merchandise day for its Thor handhelds. The Thor Lite guidelines exemplary will commencement astatine $249 for preorder pricing, but you tin opt for nan top-of-the-line Thor Max exemplary that goes for $429. Besides nan clear purple colorway, nan Ayn Thor will travel successful black, achromatic and rainbow, which colors its buttons for illustration nan SNES.

Ayn built each of its Thor models pinch a superior six-inch AMOLED show pinch a 120Hz refresh complaint and a 1,920 x 1,080 resolution, while nan secondary 3.92-inch AMOLED surface will person a 60Hz refresh complaint and a smaller 1,240 x 1,080 resolution. The Thor Lite maxes retired astatine 8GB of representation and 128GB of storage, but you tin upgrade to 16GB of representation and 1TB of retention pinch nan Thor Max. The Pro and Max models will battalion a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, while nan Lite will usage nan little powerful Snapdragon 865.

Outside of nan spec differences, each Thor models will tally connected a 6,000 mAh artillery and Android 13. The dual-screen handheld will person video output capabilities, a USB-C port, a 3.5mm audio jack, a TF paper slot and tin link via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. As pinch each foldable devices, nan hinge is often a constituent of failure, truthful Ayn built nan Thor pinch a reinforced hinge, on pinch an progressive cooling strategy and Hall effect joysticks.

Ayn isn't nan only handheld shaper getting into dual-screen devices. The marketplace was antecedently dominated by nan Ayaneo Flip DS, which presently starts astatine $1,139, but Ayaneo has announced a much affordable dual-screen handheld called nan Pocket DS. Along pinch nan Retroid Flip 2 that was released earlier this year, Retroid is trading an add-on accessory to make immoderate of its different products into a dual-screen handheld. As for nan Ayn Thor, preorders commencement August 25 astatine 10:30PM ET, pinch nan first shipments expected successful mid-October.