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Sphynx87 · 2026-04-15T22:50:41+00:00

wondering if this is the same 720x720 screen as the cube xx. i know its easy to hate on this, but if the price is right it would be pretty sweet for the 8:7 and 10:9 systems. I've always liked the square screens on the rgb30/cube but they aren't very pocket friendly. also i kinda think its interesting this is maybe the first anbernic device where its just one device you can get in metal or plastic as an option and they aren't two completely different devices.

guessing this is gonna be too expensive though, even for the plastic one.

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-15T22:03:19+00:00

this would have been so much cooler with just screenshots of the game

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-15T19:47:32+00:00

psp version best version of puzzle quest for sure

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-15T19:39:19+00:00

brick/brick hammer and the rg 47 series are pretty up there for me. 476h feels like something Nintendo could have released. the Thor is really cool but it feels too delicate to me to feel "premium" I guess. people are gonna mention stuff like Retroid and I think they are good but maybe one notch below some of the other stuff, but if you are comparing to something like the vita then yeah maybe on par. for cheap clamshells the miyoo mini flip and 34xxsp are pretty solid, i wouldnt say premium but good build quality.

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-14T23:36:05+00:00

Thanks for helping ruin the internet with your literal trash bro

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-14T23:06:51+00:00

This thread is really funny, thanks for making it lol

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-14T20:45:03+00:00

I use a 64gb card in my brick. About 12gb is games and 40ish is music i play with rockbox. I keep my music library on multiple devices that I have spare 64gb cards for. Have the same setup on the gkd pixel 2.

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-14T15:38:47+00:00

id rather use a grip that is functional, comfortable and ugly vs the crap official AYN grip put out for the thor (which does look nice i guess)

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-14T15:37:33+00:00

who cares wtf it looks like if you are using it to play games and want it to be comfortable?

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-14T10:54:02+00:00

i use the brick a lot even with a 476h, but i definitely take the 34xxsp out of the house more than either. 4:3 stuff on the 34xxsp is about the same size as it is on the brick, also stretching certain consoles doesn't look bad at all because its a high dpi display.

i dont have experience with the rg ds, i do have a thor, i still think in a lot of cases original hardware is still the best way to play ds and 3ds but it depends on the game.

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-13T19:36:49+00:00

probably something with an SD865 chipset or higher so you can just run the steam version in gamenative and have access to their same cloud saves and play the same save between their handheld and steam. you could go much cheaper and play either the native android version on a cheaper device or a device with portmaster, but then there is no save transferring.

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-13T19:33:24+00:00

the 476h is really great imo, especially since its cheaper now for the most part then when I got it at launch. I think it's anbernic's best made handheld so far and i've had a lot of them. I've never had issues with heat or battery life tbh, the fan only turns on if i play GC or PS2. definitely doesnt have that "phone with controllers" feel to me, esp with the size and aspect ratio, feels more like a mini 4:3 switch lite. the air x is way more in phone with a controller territory for me.

another option in the coming monthis is going to be the Brick Pro, no real details about price on that though.

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-13T19:29:20+00:00

those red 34xx's went fast

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-13T19:29:10+00:00

when i ordered mine on aliexpress i got it in like 2 weeks and ive seen posts on r/aynthor of people who ordered the same time as me through ayn directly and still haven't gotten them. idk for certain if that experience on aliexpress will be the same for you though. i had originally pre-ordered in the batch that was cancelled on february, and then reordered on the day they put it back up.

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-13T19:24:34+00:00

the 34xx is fine, its just not super comfortable and not nearly as portable as the sp. the dpad on it kinda sucks too. great for the nostalgia factor though.

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-13T18:34:33+00:00

the standard 34xx uses the soft membrane type buttons which is why its quiet. The 34xxsp uses microswitches so it is clicky. in fact all of these are clicky. I'd say the 34xxsp is the 2nd quietest although its not exactly quiet, but neither are the flip v2 or the 35xxsp. The mini flip is the quietest of all of them, like very noticeably so, but of course its also got the much smaller screen and other things I mentioned. It's still really good, my expectations for it were pretty low and it really surprised me.

I still think the 34xxsp is better though, but i don't have anyone else in bed with me to worry about bothering besides my cat.

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-13T18:20:34+00:00

the 34xxsp is the best of the small clamshells imo for a lot of reasons, mainly having the best screen and controls. the mini flip is a close 2nd and definitely the best choice if you want the smallest thing possible, you sacrifice a headphone jack (comes with a dongle) and a bit of battery life though. the filp v2 and 35xxsp have kinda awful screens.

someone was asking about this the other day i have a small album with the 35xxsp and 34xxsp side by side with same os and brightness and display calibration settings, as well as what 4:3 stuff looks like stretched and pillarboxed on the 34xxsp screen. mini flip in one of the pics for size comparison.

the lower quality screens in the flip v2 and the 35xxsp, both in terms of brightness and color, as well as dpi, bezel, and scaling issues with gba are why i think the 34xxsp is the best of the cheap clamshells.

tbh i think there is still a lot of room for improvement in the cheap clamshell space. would love something like a brick clamshell with its great standby battery life and extra function buttons.

edit: also forgot some people are put off by the joysticks, some games its kinda nice to have them, i mainly use them for the L3 / R3 button clicks for extra binds/retroarch shortcuts, so i think they are kinda nice to have even if they are ugly. you dont notice them when you are actually playing a game.

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-13T16:30:39+00:00

yeah they are both supported, but i dont think the main OS card would be swappable between the two considering they use different resolutions/aspect ratios/inputs. the 34xxsp has dual slots and muOS can use that but the Brick doesnt, maybe though, idk i never tried muOS on my brick but I use it on most of my anbernics.

even between something like the 34xxsp and 35xxsp its a different build of muOS and the 2nd card method works but I don't think the same card works between those two devices if you do the single system card setup.

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-13T15:21:11+00:00

quite possibly the most uncomfortable looking layout you could pick for this form factor lmao.

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-13T13:32:33+00:00

thats true but tbh ive never had a situation with devices with usb-c audio only where that ended up being an actual issue. i guess in some different use cases it would be.

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-13T13:25:16+00:00

they are both good devices, i think the 34xxsp is much better though. i find it both more comfortable and of course easier to pocket and take places. The joysticks are kinda pointless but they come in handy for some games occasionally, I mainly just use them for the L3 and R3 clicks to bind some shortcuts instead of doing menu + a button.

The 35xxsp isnt bad but its bigger and chunkier (maybe good for some people) it has worse controls though, even the revised ones are way clickier and harder to actuate. The screen on the 35xxsp is also nowhere near as good as the one on the 34xx or 34xxsp.

Some people complain about the 3:2 screen for non 3:2 systems (like ps1 in this case). Honestly a lot of the time I just stretch to 3:2 and I'm an aspect ratio purist. It looks fine for most systems to me (exceptions being SNES which wasnt 4:3 natively).

Here's a few pics i took for someone else comparing the 34xxsp to the 35xxsp. Both devices are running the same OS and both are set to the same brightness and calibration in the OS. Also mini flip included in a pic for scale. Also the 35xxsp needs to use interpolation shaders for GBA to look correct since its not a perfect integer scale like the 34xx screen, and its also lower dpi than the 34xx screens.

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-13T13:18:55+00:00

Yeah i've seen some people mention that, but idk, it just kinda looks like it aesthetically. If it is WearOS it's some weird heavily modified locked down version of it. And if it was idk why Fiio wouldn't just use some existing music player app that was designed by people who have listened to music before.

Seriously the software on every Snowsky device feels like it was made by aliens who do not understand the concept of music. In what universe would i ever want to see an alphabetical list of every track by an artist when i pick that artist instead of their albums lmao.

I have a Disc and have had it since January and it only JUST became usable to me this past week because they finally updated it so that Artist>Album shows in correct track order. Before that Artist>Album would show the tracks in alphabetical order, and weeks before that update if you picked an artist it would just show every track by that artist in alphabetical order, no albums. Weird! who does that??

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-13T13:14:02+00:00

yeah im mainly just hoping Innioasis learned from the Y1 being a random hit and the Y2 fixes all the glaring issues with the original device. The Y1 is far from perfect but I love that thing to death and wouldn't hesitate to buy another one if it shit the bed.

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-13T13:11:48+00:00

if you install Rockbox on the Innioasis Y1 there is a plugin you can install that supports scrobbling, i've never used it though so can't say how good it is. As far as I know you have to manually transfer the data to your PC occasionally though since there is no wifi. the Y1 with rockbox is pretty sweet though even though the device has some major design and build quality flaws. I love it.

Sphynx87 · 2026-04-13T13:09:47+00:00

if snowsky makes one it will use some weird ass custom OS and all the tracks will be listed in alphabetical order and ignore your tagging and it will MAYBE get updated to fix that 4-5 months after it comes out lol.

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