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We’ve been ready for a dual-screened Android handheld for what looks like eternally, and we lastly acquired one with the current unveiling of the AYANEO Pocket DS. It’s solely been a day since we discovered the pricing for the Pocket DS, however now now we have a second dual-screened, Android-powered system to salivate over, this time from AYN, the maker of the critically beloved Odin sequence.

Sticking with the Norse naming scheme, the AYN Thor is a clamshell handheld that the corporate has confirmed is working a model of Android as its working system. We acquired our first take a look at the brand new console at present in a brief announcement video, which you’ll be able to try above. AYN has additionally teased in its official Discord that extra shall be revealed within the coming week, nevertheless it’s unclear if that’s merely referring to the video or if we’ll get extra particulars as properly (we’ll be looking out!).

As for what we are able to glean from the sub-40-second video, it seems to be like we’re getting a tool that can intently resemble the Retroid Pocket Flip 2, albeit with a second display baked into the underside half. It actually seems to be like the highest display is smaller than the Pocket DS’ 7-inch predominant show, and the smaller stacked triggers additionally look rather a lot just like the Flip 2’s. In any other case, the AYN Thor seems to have inset sticks in an Xbox format, a headphone jack on the underside, cutouts for the speaker beside the Dwelling and Again buttons, plus a USB-C port and what seems to be like a canopy for the SD card slot on the entrance lip of the system.

After all, there are many particulars nonetheless to be revealed right here, most significantly the core specs and pricing. One factor we do know, although, is that we’re getting a Qualcomm SoC, because the Snapdragon emblem is present within the teaser. Solely time will inform if AYN has opted for the best-in-class Snapdragon G3 Gen 3, or matched the Pocket DS’ Snapdragon G3x Gen 2. The latter is surprisingly aggressive on value at ~$400, however rather a lot will rely on that chip to find out the place the Thor’s pricing sits.

Both means, it’s nice to lastly be seeing extra trendy dual-screened handheld choices that don’t carry the super-premium value tags connected to the Home windows clamshells which have dominated the area.

The system teaser dropped alongside the information that AYN can also be engaged on the Odin 3, however we don’t even know what that one seems to be like but. Contemplating the recognition of the Odin and the growing fervor for dual-screened Android handhelds, it seems to be prefer it’ll be a bumper finish of 2025 for AYN.