I do know what you’re considering “Brandon, I only just got hold of a Retroid Pocket 3, now there’s rumours of a new upgraded version?”.

It may probably be true, however these rumours come from Discord servers, and never from GoRetroid’s mouth so please take this info with a grain of salt.

The Retroid Pocket 3 was launched to the general public in early September of 2022, so not so way back actually, and since then not solely have they revealed new Retroid Pocket 3 colors, however there’s additionally been some rumours {that a} new model of the gadget is within the works.

What Is The Retroid Pocket 3S?

According to Taki Udon’s discord server (a well-known handheld influencer), customers have been sharing info of a leak that reveals a picture revealing not one however two new handhelds that go by the title of Retroid Pocket 3S and Retroid Pocket 3S Plus.

These gadgets are close to an identical to the unique RP3 however include some main inner variations that would take this gadget to the subsequent degree.

The Retroid Pocket 3S is rumoured to have the identical shell, buttons and structure of the Retroid Pocket 3 however as an alternative it can rock a really highly effective MediaTek Dimensity 900 chipset.

This CPU is powerful sufficient too probably emulate the greatest ps2 video games and the greatest Gamecube video games at nice speeds, one thing even the Logitech G Cloud can not do.

According to NotebookCheck:

The Mediatek Dimensity 900 is a quick mid-range SoC with an built-in 5G modem. It consists of two quick ARM Cortex-A78 cores at as much as 2.4 GHz and 6 energy environment friendly Cortex-A55 cores at as much as 2 GHz (Octa-Core with Heterogeneous Multi-Processing).

Furthermore, the chip integrates a 4 core ARM Mali-G68 MC4 GPU, a Wi-fi 6 modem, a LPDDR4x reminiscence controller, a AI processing unit  and video de- and encoding. The Dimensity 900 is manufactured within the fashionable 6nm course of and needs to be very energy environment friendly.

This processor is discovered in lots of excessive finish smartphones from the likes of Oppo and Honor, it’s even the chip utilized by the favored AYN Odin Lite. So placing it in an Android Handheld like this, ought to do wonders to the efficiency, particularly when it’s classed as being “very power efficient”.

It additionally appears to be like just like the Retroid Pocket 3S will get some additional RAM, bumping it as much as 4GB. It may very well be potential that they are going to supply it as a PCB improve too, similar to the did from the two tot he 2+, this can make it cheaper to improve when you have already bought the three.

What Is The Retroid Pocket 3S Plus?

The Retroid Pocket 3S Plus is rumoured to be a bit of totally different. This leaked picture reveals no visuals of the gadget, and that’s as a result of it can probably to characteristic a barely bigger display screen.

Traditionally the RP3 has a 4.7″ show, however the 3S Plus may actually go as giant as a 5.5″ 1080p show alongside 4GB’s of RAM and the identical D900 chipset because the 3S.

This will immediately compete with the AYN Odin if priced across the $200 mark, and if mass produced t will doubtless go away AYN within the mud whereas the battle to ship all of their items out as a consequence of lengthy manufacturing occasions.

It’s an excellent concept for GoRetroid, they usually can see the specs work in the marketplace already, however having it leak this early into the three’s lifespan isn’t going to assist them with Christmas gross sales, as many will learn this information and “hold out” till deeper into 2023.

Retroid Pocket 3S Release Date

As of now, there isn’t any official info concerning the Retroid Pocket 3S launch date.

Retroid Pocket 3S Pricing

As of now, there isn’t any official info concerning the Retroid Pocket 3S pricing, but when we needed to guess it’s going to be nearer to $199 to compete with the AYN Odin.

We will replace this text with extra info as soon as we obtain it.

A 29 yr outdated fella that’s had a Gameboy habit ever since he was a baby. Brandon is the founding father of RetroDodo and created a YouTube channel with 240,000 subscribers devoted to retro gaming merchandise. He now desires to create the No.1 website to showcase the newest retro merchandise from across the globe.