Takeaway is that the screen quality (and D-pad, if that’s important for you) are bad enough that the price isn’t really justifiable. ROG Ally or Steam Deck would probably be a better choice.
I watched to see what you meant about the screen. It’s unusable in outdoor light, which is fine, but even in shade outside it’s difficult.
I wonder if it was seen as a way to save battery life and screen cost. I’m someone who plays with my desktop screen turned a lot dimmer because my eyes are super sensitive, but a handheld is somewhere I would want a bright display.
Yeah, my thought was that this was probably a cost-cutting measure, that they skimped on screen quality to offset the cost of such generous amounts of high-speed RAM (and maybe the Hall Effect joysticks and triggers? How much do those cost?). Plus, the battery life is already so average-to-bad that a brighter screen would probably result in the device being unusable anyway, so maybe better to just go with the lower-quality screen and save on that cost.
In the end, I really like the device, especially the 16x10 display for retro emulation, but that screen is a deal-breaker for me.
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