It’s either wishful thinking or insider info that has creators talk about an upcoming Retroid Pocket Flip 2 release!
The only creator that is trying to wish the Flip 2 into existence more than myself is probably Joey from Joey’s Retro Handhelds. Brining it up again in a recent video has the interwebs a buzz.
There has been no indication from Retroid on this new handheld being released or what SOC would be in it. Knowing the original RP Flip followed suit with the rest of the line and came supporting the T618 SOC I think it’s fair to assume if Flip 2 were released now, it would be rocking the Snapdragon 865 chipset. This comes with an Adreno 650 GPU and likely the 8GB of RAM variant.
The Snapdragon 865 SOC combo would give it decent PS2, GameCube, Streaming and if dual booted to Linux PS3 emulation capabilities. Retroid likely has some extras lying around so it makes sense to me.
One would hope they would stick to the same screen as the RP line like they did in the RP Flip and have a 5.5” AMOLED display. The only downside here might be the R&D required where they may cut costs and replace it with an LCD Screen. This might be ok because like OLED displays not all LED displays are created equally, some would have more than good enough quality.
Right now I’m going to drop this into the Rumors and Wishful thinking category. After silently discontinuing the RP Flip in 2024 Retroid hasn’t publicly said anything about it. Where you at Retroid there is a long list of us waiting to pick up a Retroid Pocket Flip 2.
I still find myself playing the RP Flip on a regular basis today. It really would benefit from a Snapdragon Processor. I also expect the sticks to continue being located along the bottom unlike awkwardly placing them there on the RP5 it makes sense in this form factor.
Is there an Retroid Pocket Flip 2 coming? Would you buy it with the same internals as the RP5?
As always I’ll update when I find out more!
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