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Anbernic RG DS "Plus" was recently announced, what do you all think of it? (sopuli.xyz)
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The main improvement seems to be the larger 1024x768 4.3" screens (compared to the 640x480 4" screens on the RG DS) and the inclusion of a built-in stylus (still one of those rubber nib ones though), as well as some minor changes to the hinge and other bits. However, it uses the same chip, has less RAM (from 3GB to 1GB), and ships with a Linux-based OS instead of a barely-runnable Android version. It also has a single stick instead of dual, but the RG DS was never powerful enough to run most dual stick games anyways (PS2, GC, etc.), so that probably isn't an issue. The internal eMMC storage has also been removed in favour of another microSD slot (one for the OS, another for ROMs)

It's a little weird they called it the Plus, since the only improvement is the screens and maybe the stylus, while having downgrades to the memory.

It comes in pink, black, and blue (navy-ish), while the RG DS had the red/black, turquoise, and white colourways.

What do you all think of this RG DS "Plus"?

edit: announced, not released!!

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[โ€“] DmMacniel@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm quite tempted to look further into the Plus. It would make a great DS emu machine, maybe even 3DS. But I'll wait for Russ of course before consider buying one. Sadly it doesn't come with android as the first thing I would install on it would he Cocoon Shell.

[โ€“] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

maybe even 3DS

Given it uses the same chip and has less memory than the RG DS, I really doubt it can play 3DS. The original already struggled with DS, although CFW did help it a bit.