After teasing its dual-screen gaming handheld final month, Anbernic has already put its RG DS up for preorder on its web site. When the Anbernic RG DS was revealed for the primary time, the hand held maker solely hinted at a value vary of lower than $100. To Anbernic’s credit score, the RG DS begins at $93.99 for preorder pricing and can go as much as $99.99 as soon as preorders finish.
While Anbernic has saved its pricing promise, the RG DS product web page is lacking a clear white colorway that was a part of the reveal. Instead, the RG DS is at the moment solely out there in three coloration decisions: black & crimson pink, turquoise blue and polar white. Perhaps much more disappointing, Anbernic revealed the total specs of the RG DS, which is able to run on an RK3568 chip. The chip ought to deal with Nintendo DS emulation with out a downside, however it’ll probably battle to run even the least-intensive 3DS titles. However, Anbernic posted some gameplay demos that present the RG DS operating 3DS video games like Shovel Knight, Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns and Rune Factory 4.
Besides the chip, the RG DS is constructed with two four-inch IPS shows which have a 640 x 480 decision. The twin shows help contact and capacitive stylus enter, not like different dual-screen handhelds. To spherical out the design, Anbernic included a six-axis gyroscope and a button that switches focus to both show. The Anbernic RG DS will run on Android 14, and it’s best to count on to get roughly six hours of battery life because of a 4,000mAh battery. Anbernic mentioned it’ll begin delivery RG DS preorders earlier than December 15.
