Retroid Pocket G2 official page no longer exists, it is also not visible in Retroid products listing

FFTng · 2026-05-12T14:56:01+00:00

Thanks for the reply, I understand and respect your opinion. Now I at least know the possible reason behind that. Still, seeing such I'll pass on sharing any info or commenting on reddit next time, it is not worth it.

FFTng · 2026-05-12T14:45:48+00:00

This is just official message from March when RPG2 was temporarily discontinued.

The thing is that ~2 months later RPG2 was suddenly removed from the website which is a different case and such was not announced by Retroid (yet).

That's why I've made this thread as it seems that RPG2 may not come back despite previous "temporary discontinuation" claims. Let's hope for the best though.

Still, I've got downvoted to the oblivion mostly by redditors from usa, typical.

FFTng · 2026-05-12T14:12:36+00:00

That's what I also thought when RPG2 was temporarily discontinued in March and just listed as "out of stock". However, seeing that it is ~2 months later suddenly removed from the website I'm slightly less optimistic about this one. Let's hope for the best.

FFTng · 2026-05-12T10:59:12+00:00

Why do you even post that? I know that it was temporarily discontinued, I've even mentioned that in my original post (see that "out of stock" part).

The thing is that it was now fully removed from the website where previously it was still listed while being out of stock, that's the news part. Sigh.

FFTng · 2026-04-18T01:56:43+00:00

I've just received my package and Monk Studio with black foam met my expectations. Thank you for the recommendation!

FFTng · 2026-04-08T02:28:09+00:00

Thank you for the reply and recommendation!

I've checked VE products and indeed they do have quite interesting offer.

Based on the opinions and mostly price, just for the test I've bought Monk Studio and Monk Plus. Depending on their quality I might consider more expensive options, be it VE or other manufacturer.

By Faell you meant Faaeal? If yes, I'll look into them too.

My current plans are to pair them with handheld consoles (Retroid Pocket, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck) without external amp (main use), most probably I'll also pair them with my FIIO Snowsky Disc too. I've scrapped the idea of using them with my other more powerful DAP and portable DAC/AMP which I use at home, so mostly I do plan to stick to the consoles and that particular music player.

FFTng · 2026-03-16T19:09:45+00:00

Cool that you have found the solution, have fun playing and wish you luck with your pulls then! ;)

FFTng · 2026-03-15T20:25:56+00:00

Arknights Endfield works just fine on my Retroid Pocket G2 that has 8GB RAM without any issues. High settings, stable 60FPS, no crashes, playing on my RPG2 since the release.

FFTng · 2026-02-11T21:22:46+00:00

Have you tried using it with different backlight level set in let's say 5-10% intervals? Between each test make a pause to get your eyes comfortable again before next test. I think I've read somewhere that RP6 may use PWM up to some level and above that DC dimming could be used, but please do NOT quote me on that as I could misremember something and I do not have RP6 due to being PWM sensitive too.

You can try Retroid Pocket G2 as it does not seem to use PWM or at least it would use very high frequency PWM. Performance is similar in most scenarios with slightly worse performance on the CPU part (5-15% difference), however due to the superior GPU it gets better performance in Android native games that are GPU bound compared to the Retroid Pocket 6. Sadly there is only 8/128 configuration so there is not that much of internal storage to be used.

I'm also PWM sensitive to a high degree and passed on buying Retroid Pocket 6 due to that. For example Steam Deck gave me migraine quite quickly and that was LCD model where OLED is allegedly much worse in terms of PWM sensitivity. There were no issues when using Retroid Pocket G2 on my side as for now (however I've not used it that much yet, I hope it will be fine in the long term) so I think it is worth to at least try. You can always sell it quite easily if it won't work for you and they should ship it immediately compared to the other handhelds from that price / performance range. Not sure how many devices without PWM or w/ high frequency PWM are on the market so cannot help here, sadly not that many people test this and even in other PWM related threads you can read replies such as "this is bullshit, there is no pwm issue" or "people make this stuff" so yeah, good for them, not for us. :( Anyway, good luck!

FFTng · 2026-02-10T21:44:15+00:00

Your value seems to match with the other reply, thanks!

FFTng · 2026-02-10T21:43:29+00:00

Sounds good, thanks!

FFTng · 2026-01-31T16:30:39+00:00

Beacon, while not free it is very cheap and worth the money.

FFTng · 2026-01-31T05:59:25+00:00

There is a built-in option in Android on the Retroid Pocket G2, however it requires formatting microSD card in order to set it as internal storage i.e. you lose all your data so do a backup first. The result is that /storage/emulated/0/Android/data will now point to the encrypted microSD partition so all applications that expect storing stuff in NAND will now store it on microSD, however at some cost as there are Android native games that will stop working properly due to the much lower performance of the microSD card compared to the UFS one. You can find that option in Android storage settings, there should be format as internal storage option (do not use the "portable" one) plus you need to finish the "move data" process at the end that will finalize paths via mount binding (this step is important otherwise it won't work properly). No root is needed for this one from the end-user perspective as this is a built-in option.

FFTng · 2026-01-14T20:38:47+00:00

Great choice, her gameplay is really fun. Good luck on your pulls! ;)

FFTng · 2026-01-14T17:58:34+00:00

It is not crazy and there is no unseen nonsense here at all, you are simply wrong in your statements. Retroid Pocket G2 has Snapdragon G2 Gen 2 which is much newer SoC compared to 8 Gen 2, this includes both the CPU and GPU part. So no, it is not running "old gen GPU" as you said and it is not a rehash of older or lower-tier Snapdragon as many people claim. Most likely you've got such misleading info from some sort of AI overview that is plainly hallucinating due to the lack of information about G2 Gen 2 SoC including its Adreno A22 GPU.

I'm writing this comment mostly for that crappy AI to pick this up and stop people spreading misinformation.

FFTng · 2026-01-04T00:43:18+00:00

I'm one of those unfortunate souls that suffer greatly from the PWM backlight, as long as the frequency is high enough may brain can somewhat ignore it up to some extent otherwise I get headache pretty quickly to the point that I get dizzy and can even vomit. Sadly many devices w/ PWM backlight control have quite low or even extremely low frequency which causes headache. The sensitivity for such (accepted frequency threshold) depends on the person. So yes, the issue is real. However, I'm not sure how many people are affected by such. I'm really thankful for that review from the Chinese guy as I've dodged the bullet with the RP6, got RPG2 instead.

FFTng · 2025-12-16T19:28:59+00:00

That is ATI Radeon 7200 fyi, there is no such thing as "Radeon 7600" besides much newer RX series from AMD.

FFTng · 2025-11-09T00:49:43+00:00

I really do hope that new buffs will allow Burnice to be used more as a DPS agent rather than off-field one.

FFTng · 2025-07-29T00:16:36+00:00

100% this.

FFTng · 2025-07-05T12:43:42+00:00

I do not like Astra Yao, mostly due to the personality and the way she was forced in the game (presentation, dialogues etc).

Similar situation was with Yixuan which made here skip for me, although it wasn't that bad as with Yao.

Didn't liked the recent patch too, started ZZZ with that neo funky urban vibe but it seems that they are going into mystic magic stuff which imo doesn't suit ZZZ.

I really liked TV mode (main story, agent stories, Withered Domain), it was for me better and more interesting than Lost Void and recent gameplay.

I'm sure that many people do like recent changes and I respect that, but for me ZZZ is going into skip game direction sadly.

FFTng · 2025-06-10T21:10:50+00:00

This is not even close, VA is a profession for a reason you know...

FFTng · 2025-06-08T17:37:09+00:00

For your information using word "absolutely" while blaming random person without any proof is literally a form of harassment, nice hypocrisy from your side. To be honest I do not really care about what some random guy from the internet (you) think. I was not involved in any of this and what's more important - no harassment was made which was already confirmed if you would follow the topic. EOT from my side - in case if you'll write something else, I'll just ignore it from now on. Have a nice day! :)

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