In case anyone is concerned, in the US, warranty void stickers are technically illegal and not enforceable grounds to refuse warranty service. They are used by companies to scare consumers into using first party repair services instead of third party, or independent, services.
In the US it will NOT void the warranty. The FTC ruled in 2018 that voiding warranties over a tamper seal “generally prohibited by the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act” Basically unless it can be proven your method of opening the device was the causal factor of any sort of damage, a company is not allowed to void your warranty over open a device.
That board is gorgeous. Thanks for scratching the itch for me and tearing this down on camera. Also your thumbnail image was super clean. You are a legend.
I used to work for Altera (now Intel FPGA) early to late 2000's, back when FPGA was quite expensive and not a particularly well-known technology (very much non commercial) outside of the EE community. I'm really enjoying seeing it go mainstream, especially in the music synthesizer and retro gaming spheres. Make me nostalgic for those times, it's a fascinating technology that I really miss working with.
It actually doesn't matter in this case because they're a purely US company. They won't get to play musical courtrooms like bigger ones might so they'll always be subject to US law.
Looks like the 10 pin header under the battery is a jtag port, used to access the fpgas and config flash chips inside. They probably flash the production firmware and run diagnostics through it at the factory. Everything looks beautifully designed, may have to pick one up at some point.
I think I found the LCD panel they are using. It is made by BOE for VR goggles and you can buy one for about $20. BOE VS035ZSM-NW0 Just to add, Gorilla glasses are not that expensive.... for the manufacturer, probably below 2 dollars.
I appreciate how thoroughly you describe what's happening onscreen because usually I'm not able to actually watch the video, driving, dog walk,working,etc. Thanks!
Another benefit of the battery enclosure is safety, if it overheats and blows up you're less likely to get hurt or it may slightly reduce chances of fire. Pretty neat touch.
Warranty void stickers are illegal, you can't void the warranty just because someone's opened up their device, you have to prove they damaged it. Every other manufacturer stopped using them a while ago, I expected Analogue to know better.
Awesome video, thanks for the tear-down FYI Elliot, developers won't have access to reprogram the smaller Cyclone 10 FPGA. That's where the Analogue OS, the scaling and IO stuff sits. The actual system cores run on the Altera Cyclone V, that's the chip developers will have access to be able to build custom cores: www.analogue.co/support/resource/developer-faq
@@supermaster2012 What are you talking about? What is it that is being walled off? Seems like developers will have access to pretty much anything they might want to and the Pocket will almost certainly end up with a 'jailbroken' firmware, like Analogue's other products, so I fail to see any real issue here.
Seems you can disassemble without removing the " VOID sticker". Remove the shoulder button assembly... pull down on the back cover and remove as shown in video... and the screw behind the sticker is THERE 😆 No idea whats the sticker for 🤷♂
You get something new and immediately tear it apart... this is why you can't have nice things. Acktually, this is EXACTLY why you SHOULD get nice things! Love your teardown vids man!
Very tempted to replace the switches on the L and R with tactile ones. Looks like I won’t have to go far down in the build to get to them! Thank you Elliot!
@@jonathoncapshaw7610 but isn’t the point of this device that it can play physical cartridges? It kinda beats the purpose of it if you load from the sd card
I kind of preordered this on a whim and wasn’t sure if it was worth it, but then I watched your videos and now I know I made the right decision haha this thing looks incredible and exactly what I’ve wanted for so long
The pocket really does look phenomenal. Years of modding gameboys and I still can't make something to match this for the the amount of money. Even with the price increase, it looks to be worth every penny of $220
Exactly I've seen lots of comments calling it overpriced but if people had any clue how hard it is too make something from scratch they'd realize this is well worth the money. So these criticisms about emulators being better is far from the truth and unfair.
Well said. I was thinking of people doing the full Boxy Pixel mod to a GBA SP and how much that costs. This is totally worth buying. The dock looks really nice too.
@@reactking7093most people saying that are assuming this is just an emulation box. It's a lot different and obviously that screen is a massive difference as well. Hate them all you want,but they designed and manufactured one hell of a fine product.
Totally, I don’t see any of these other emulation handheld companies making fpga consoles since you can’t just rip off someone else’s r&d like you can with an emulator@@reactking7093
I would have used a cloth underneath, to avoid any scratches from the hard surface of the table (one grain of sand is enough to destroy the screen lens). But yeah: this PCB is a beauty!
Mine Pocket was having issues booting up properly and I emailed Analogue support, and ordered the screwdriver so hopefully Analogue gets back to me before I have to open my my pocket and remove the battery for a moment.
This is an extremely straightforward teardown; I'm hopeful that maybe we can get some people making some tactswitch dpad mods! Truly, that would be glorious.
FYI, those "Void if broken" stickers are not enforceable under American law. they just hope that you'll take their word for it when they claim that those stickers are legally enforceable, however feel free to look it up and correct me if it's not true in your area
if the components are that expensive, then the price along with the shipping cost really makes sense. Honestly, totally worth it; I wanted a quality product and I got it!
Thanks for this. My Analogue was in storage for about 4 months, And it was charged. now I tried turning it on, battery is completely dead it shows a red exclamation point Next to the battery percentage. if you hook up the charger it doesn’t charge although it does turn on and functions. Email analogue support as it’s still on warranty, but if all else fails I’ll have to try replacing the battery myself some way.
With how easily removed that back panel is, hopefully somebody tinkers with 3d printing a replacement or add-on that better grips the cartridges here soon since I've seen so many videos on those wiggling and freezing your game already.
So since you've got lots DMG gameboy and GBCs, can you check to see if the buttons and d-pad are swappable with stock GB or GBC buttons? They look very similar in size/shape! I would love to pop Boxy Pixel Brass d-pad and buttons in my pocket.
@@Ver2ion The membrane does, but the D-pad itself is much bigger than GBA oddly. I have compared My analogue pocket to GBA/GBC/GB and the buttons are GBC sized while the d-pad is actually the size of the one on the DMG. So I guess a combo of GB buttons could work for swapping!
i love seeing the insides of tech knowing that my soldering is low key (low key unexisitance) but amazing video Elliot, keep bringing that retro future
this is a gorgeous piece of kit but for some reason I had it in my mind that it was CNC aluminium not injection molded plastic, I'm not sure why, that would have skyrocketed the cost
if sth broken, there is nothing to replace by yourself - except the battery. I personally dont like if there is really everything on one board - because there is actually nothing to test out and to replace in the future.
So in order to install an aftermarket custom shell to my Analogue Pocket (I need a transparent one), I'm going to have to void the warranty? That's a bit dodgy.
That Void sticker makes no sense to me. You can't verify it at all. It can't be inspected before breaking the bond, so it would seem impossible to verify it is intact. Besides the fact that in their biggest market, the U.S., Void stickers are illegal as our warranty laws allow for servicing by the consumer and third parties.
Small FPGA: Altera/Intel Cyclone 10 10CL016YU256C8G Small FPGA RAM: 2 x Alliance Memory AS4C8M16MSA Microcontroller: some Microchip PIC (couldn’t see the part number) Microcontroller(?) flash: GigaDevice GD25Q256D Large FPGA: Altera/Intel Cyclone V (couldn’t see the part number) Large FPGA RAM: 2 x Alliance Memory AS4C32M16MSA LCD: BOE VS035ZSM-NW0 (from an earlier comment on this video)
@@PiotrEsdenTempski Where did you get this information on the model number of the Cyclone V? Do you have a good source or is it just hearsay? It seems credible since that is the same one used in their other products, but I was hoping we would be able to confirm it with this video.
During the showing of the main PCB I thought that would make a lovely picture to hang on the wall. I'm wondering how it well it will do with any ever drive. I'm also curious to see how well it will do with the other systems games
The plastic is apparently bad quality on the transparent and coloured editions as there are thousands of people reporting cracks randomly appearing due to pressure on the plastic.
i wonder if people like boxypixel might make a metal back plate/colored buttons for modding in the future (it'd be cool if there was a backplate that went up a bit higher on the cartridges to hold them more securely)
Never gonna see one myself (my preorder got put in the 2023 bucket so I cancelled and asked for a refund) so this is the closest I'll get. Very sad that they seem to have let bots and scalpers win and average folks won't be seeing this device for years.
It was really strange to receive a huge amount of contemporary youtube notifications of video reviews of this machine from so many youtubers I follow, the marketing campaign of this company must have been really massive, especially considering the crazy price for one (however much good) handheld for emulation.
@eskaycee The investment is massive precisely in proportion to the type of product and the potential of the company, given that many youtubers have released the video at the same time, it means that all of them have received the full sample and that being this very expensive it was a rather relevant investment. Evidently the company has made arrangements with all these youtubers to release the video all the same day, in order to flood potential buyers (who therefore follow these thematic channels) with notifications. Bottom line, can I advise you to count to 10 next time before telling strangers on the internet things like "are you out of your mind"? Especially when they haven't said anything offensive to you or anyone else. There was no need there is to express yourself that way. Thank you.
@eskaycee I tend to be verbose because I don't speak English well and I struggle to express concepts, but at least I'm careful not to use vulgarity with strangers, however there is nothing to add for me, bye.
It’s pretty common practice, actually. They sent out review units in advance, giving reviewers time to evaluate the device and prepare their reviews, all with a known and agreed-upon date for lifting the embargo. Mutually beneficial for everyone: the device gets a jolt of publicity, for the best chance at rising above the everyday noise and getting noticed; reviewers can do a deeper, less-hurried analysis and produce higher-quality reviews without risking being “late to the party”; and consumers have near-instant access to a variety of opinions and perspectives. I’d say the outsized buzz is fueled by Analogue’s reputation for producing premium-quality devices that are extremely popular. For many of the reviewers, I’m sure it’s a nice change of pace being able to review a product they don’t expect will leave them disappointed.
@@LucaBlightOfHighland Analogue has pretty deep pockets, pun intended, for this marketing stunt because they cashed in all pre-orders during the first wave. They basically moved all stock before they even had a finished prototype in hand. And for what it's worth they knew they didn't meet demand on the first wave either with them still flying off the shelves again in the second order wave that started today.
please create a modded led transparent buttons analogue how sick would that be only things its missing is some led backlite buttons in the dark brightness control would be sick like dimming
MAN, any one else get anxious watching him take it apart on a wood table? I always put down a microfiber cloth, like those terry cloth microfiber cloths not the eyeglass ones, so there's a bit of cushion, or a hand towel from the bathroom since I only have about 20 of them, since I have 5 bathrooms, with two non-working or questionable state toilets. Old house, bought from the bank.
In case anyone is concerned, in the US, warranty void stickers are technically illegal and not enforceable grounds to refuse warranty service. They are used by companies to scare consumers into using first party repair services instead of third party, or independent, services.
Jumped in comments when I seen that to say exactly what you said.
Same in the EU.
It's a shame that Analogue is doing that since everything else they are doing seems to be great.
@@LordLiquidBaconII Everything besides disrespecting emulator developers, so I wouldn't praise them that much.
@@Gabi-enby What happened?
In the US it will NOT void the warranty. The FTC ruled in 2018 that voiding warranties over a tamper seal “generally prohibited by the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act”
Basically unless it can be proven your method of opening the device was the causal factor of any sort of damage, a company is not allowed to void your warranty over open a device.
Same with the EU. But as long as people believe in the stickers, they serve their purpose...
I was about to post this, didn't they stop the void warranty thing.
iirc Elliot lives in the UK, not the US, not the EU (anymore).
Those warranty stickers are adorable.
Magnuson-Moss says get rekt, Analogue!
That board is gorgeous. Thanks for scratching the itch for me and tearing this down on camera. Also your thumbnail image was super clean. You are a legend.
You basically commented for me.
@@oldtreasurenewtreasure8530 they say great minds think alike
I used to work for Altera (now Intel FPGA) early to late 2000's, back when FPGA was quite expensive and not a particularly well-known technology (very much non commercial) outside of the EE community. I'm really enjoying seeing it go mainstream, especially in the music synthesizer and retro gaming spheres. Make me nostalgic for those times, it's a fascinating technology that I really miss working with.
"Warranty void if removed" stickers aren't enforceable in the US, at least. Not sure about the UK or other parts of the world.
It actually doesn't matter in this case because they're a purely US company.
They won't get to play musical courtrooms like bigger ones might so they'll always be subject to US law.
Not only aren't enforceable, but are actually illegal.
That is a very well designed device. Good quality.
Looks like the 10 pin header under the battery is a jtag port, used to access the fpgas and config flash chips inside. They probably flash the production firmware and run diagnostics through it at the factory. Everything looks beautifully designed, may have to pick one up at some point.
I think I found the LCD panel they are using.
It is made by BOE for VR goggles and you can buy one for about $20.
BOE VS035ZSM-NW0
Just to add, Gorilla glasses are not that expensive.... for the manufacturer, probably below 2 dollars.
When this was first announced, I assumed it was a display from the Valve Index.
I can't wait for you to manufacture electronics and sell things for 10 bucks more than the cost.
@@sunderark I am not arguing they are charging too much. I am just providing some transparency on incorrect claims.
@@SuperAngryWalrus Yeah. It is a mediocre LCD display for VR goggles(200cd brightness, 700:1 contrast), but still great for handheld gaming machines.
@@ddbhaha1529 Ah fair enough.
Mine has shipped and is on its way. I got it and all the accessories. Been a long wait, and I’m ecstatic it will be here before Christmas!
I appreciate how thoroughly you describe what's happening onscreen because usually I'm not able to actually watch the video, driving, dog walk,working,etc. Thanks!
Glad we have the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act here, the sticker is void....in most cases, lol Thanks for the video Elliot
The thumbnail preview is just beautiful. I can't believe how much better your channel has become over the years.
Another benefit of the battery enclosure is safety, if it overheats and blows up you're less likely to get hurt or it may slightly reduce chances of fire. Pretty neat touch.
The plastic is stamped PC-ABS. That material is overkill. Quality is not an issue.
I am not a lawyer but I heard somewhere that warranty void stickers don't mean anything and you can still claim your warranty based on law.
Warranty void stickers are illegal, you can't void the warranty just because someone's opened up their device, you have to prove they damaged it. Every other manufacturer stopped using them a while ago, I expected Analogue to know better.
Awesome video, thanks for the tear-down
FYI Elliot, developers won't have access to reprogram the smaller Cyclone 10 FPGA. That's where the Analogue OS, the scaling and IO stuff sits. The actual system cores run on the Altera Cyclone V, that's the chip developers will have access to be able to build custom cores:
www.analogue.co/support/resource/developer-faq
that is useful information thank you!
Walled gardening some else's IP is just ludicrous. I have no sympathy for Analogue and hope Nintendo take legal action.
@@supermaster2012 Can you explain your point of view to us, it sounds like you know some interestingly vitirolic secrets about this company
@@supermaster2012 What are you talking about? What is it that is being walled off? Seems like developers will have access to pretty much anything they might want to and the Pocket will almost certainly end up with a 'jailbroken' firmware, like Analogue's other products, so I fail to see any real issue here.
Seems you can disassemble without removing the " VOID sticker".
Remove the shoulder button assembly... pull down on the back cover and remove as shown in video... and the screw behind the sticker is THERE 😆
No idea whats the sticker for 🤷♂
Depending on the country, those void warranty stickers may not be legally binding, or even legal for the manufacturer to apply at all
The sticker can't void your warranty. It is illegal to use these anyways. Dissapointing that they used these.
Thanks Elliot! Had something gunking up my D-Pad and was able to clean it following your teardown!
Analogue should offer a retro-transparent version to see that board.
Indeed beautiful build, Analogue really delivered and I am sure people will be excited about it! Thank you for this teardown ;)
You get something new and immediately tear it apart... this is why you can't have nice things.
Acktually, this is EXACTLY why you SHOULD get nice things! Love your teardown vids man!
My dudes imagine a clear shell for this
That would be sick! :D
Very tempted to replace the switches on the L and R with tactile ones. Looks like I won’t have to go far down in the build to get to them! Thank you Elliot!
Just pre-ordered one! Looks really fantastic!
I really wish I'd pre-ordered a year ago now. Didn't anticipate the price increase 😞
i would advice you to mod a Gameboy instead of spending money on a overpriced clone system
@@iHazMuffinz Poor advice, unless Gameboy is the only system you're interested in.
@@mirabilis this system wont be able to run the other systems unless you buy the addons which in the end will make this system a $500 clone
@@iHazMuffinz Every Analogue device can play roms off an SD card, you'd only need the adaptors if you want to use physical carts
@@jonathoncapshaw7610 but isn’t the point of this device that it can play physical cartridges? It kinda beats the purpose of it if you load from the sd card
seeing that big beautiful battery connector 👍😀
Warranty void stickers are not a legal tactic in all countries. UK is one of those countries
Peeling off warranty stickers do not void them anymore, they made a court ruling about it.
In the U.S
@@Samuel-qi7in And the EU, which is basically all countries these scammers ship to.
Not gonna lie that handheld really does look nice
Thank you for the Teardown. It was very interesting to see the inside of the Analogue Pocket.
I kind of preordered this on a whim and wasn’t sure if it was worth it, but then I watched your videos and now I know I made the right decision haha this thing looks incredible and exactly what I’ve wanted for so long
Just the time to arrive and Elliot already teared down it.😂😂😂
The pocket really does look phenomenal. Years of modding gameboys and I still can't make something to match this for the the amount of money. Even with the price increase, it looks to be worth every penny of $220
Exactly I've seen lots of comments calling it overpriced but if people had any clue how hard it is too make something from scratch they'd realize this is well worth the money. So these criticisms about emulators being better is far from the truth and unfair.
Well said. I was thinking of people doing the full Boxy Pixel mod to a GBA SP and how much that costs. This is totally worth buying. The dock looks really nice too.
@@reactking7093most people saying that are assuming this is just an emulation box. It's a lot different and obviously that screen is a massive difference as well.
Hate them all you want,but they designed and manufactured one hell of a fine product.
Totally, I don’t see any of these other emulation handheld companies making fpga consoles since you can’t just rip off someone else’s r&d like you can with an emulator@@reactking7093
Warranty void stickers are illegal. So don't worry.
I swear those warranty void stickers are illegal now
All this stuff makes me wish they had a clear variant. But the black looks gorgeous. Maybe dbrand will make a skin for it.
Thanks for the vid I'm definitely buying this
Spilt coffee on mine today and this video saved me $300. Thanks Elliot
Damn paused it at first glance of the motherboard and saw the A• logo and you just brought it up. Major detail here lol.
Congrats on 100k my dude
Looks like we won't be sticking custom mods inside there anytime soon...
I would have used a cloth underneath, to avoid any scratches from the hard surface of the table (one grain of sand is enough to destroy the screen lens).
But yeah: this PCB is a beauty!
Glad I ordered one when I did. Can’t wait to get my sweaty hands on it
Mine Pocket was having issues booting up properly and I emailed Analogue support, and ordered the screwdriver so hopefully Analogue gets back to me before I have to open my my pocket and remove the battery for a moment.
This is an extremely straightforward teardown; I'm hopeful that maybe we can get some people making some tactswitch dpad mods! Truly, that would be glorious.
That looks much better than I imagined.
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Hey, don't underestimate yourself. You do awesome videos
I love how you just dive right in to tear stuff apart. I would be scared out of my mind to take apart an expensive device like this lol.
FYI, those "Void if broken" stickers are not enforceable under American law.
they just hope that you'll take their word for it when they claim that those stickers are legally enforceable, however feel free to look it up and correct me if it's not true in your area
US only
@@CuriousTinkering disapointing, but i appreciate the correction
That is a ridiculously tightly packed board. Props.
Geeze it's so clean. Makes me wish they made a transparent shell.
I hope you got the pocket back together after the video ^^
if the components are that expensive, then the price along with the shipping cost really makes sense. Honestly, totally worth it; I wanted a quality product and I got it!
Thanks for this. My Analogue was in storage for about 4 months, And it was charged. now I tried turning it on, battery is completely dead it shows a red exclamation point Next to the battery percentage. if you hook up the charger it doesn’t charge although it does turn on and functions. Email analogue support as it’s still on warranty, but if all else fails I’ll have to try replacing the battery myself some way.
Loving the content lately
Ok, that shows it's amazing it is.... I might have to get one now...
With how easily removed that back panel is, hopefully somebody tinkers with 3d printing a replacement or add-on that better grips the cartridges here soon since I've seen so many videos on those wiggling and freezing your game already.
Crazy man for tearing this down. However, it made for a great video!
Reminds me of my younger days. Was always missing a few screws through.
Can you do a tear down of the analogue pocket dock?
So since you've got lots DMG gameboy and GBCs, can you check to see if the buttons and d-pad are swappable with stock GB or GBC buttons? They look very similar in size/shape! I would love to pop Boxy Pixel Brass d-pad and buttons in my pocket.
The dpad looks like a gba membrane for sure
@@Ver2ion The membrane does, but the D-pad itself is much bigger than GBA oddly. I have compared My analogue pocket to GBA/GBC/GB and the buttons are GBC sized while the d-pad is actually the size of the one on the DMG. So I guess a combo of GB buttons could work for swapping!
Can’t wait to get mine (2023 😢).
Tear down I saw yesterday had Phillips head screws...
i love seeing the insides of tech knowing that my soldering is low key (low key unexisitance) but amazing video Elliot, keep bringing that retro future
werent void warranty stickers made non-binding in the US?
You are definitely capable of a production of that scale man. Your content is great 👍
such a cool device!
The Cyclone V chips aren't $65 they're $30, and Cyclone 10 is $10 not $20 on Digi-Key which is known to be expensive (12/15/2021)
this is a gorgeous piece of kit but for some reason I had it in my mind that it was CNC aluminium not injection molded plastic, I'm not sure why, that would have skyrocketed the cost
It added almost $100 in cost to the BOM of the NT Mini and the Noir.
@@Spazilton1 and that was before the pandemic, it would add to the weight so shipping would go up as well
This thing’s next level premium like daaaangggg 🥶🥶🥶
Woohoo! Mine is about ship by Nov 27!
Wait a minute... Does it come with an IR port for support with gameboy color games?
yes, but the IR port is on the bottom of the system
if sth broken, there is nothing to replace by yourself - except the battery. I personally dont like if there is really everything on one board - because there is actually nothing to test out and to replace in the future.
I want an atomic purple or smoke black shell now. Complete with a red LED near the screen.
Hey, me. Guess what happened?
So in order to install an aftermarket custom shell to my Analogue Pocket (I need a transparent one), I'm going to have to void the warranty? That's a bit dodgy.
That Void sticker makes no sense to me. You can't verify it at all. It can't be inspected before breaking the bond, so it would seem impossible to verify it is intact.
Besides the fact that in their biggest market, the U.S., Void stickers are illegal as our warranty laws allow for servicing by the consumer and third parties.
Small FPGA: Altera/Intel Cyclone 10 10CL016YU256C8G
Small FPGA RAM: 2 x Alliance Memory AS4C8M16MSA
Microcontroller: some Microchip PIC (couldn’t see the part number)
Microcontroller(?) flash: GigaDevice GD25Q256D
Large FPGA: Altera/Intel Cyclone V (couldn’t see the part number)
Large FPGA RAM: 2 x Alliance Memory AS4C32M16MSA
LCD: BOE VS035ZSM-NW0 (from an earlier comment on this video)
Total bill at retail prices (which is waaaaaaay more than Analogue is paying): $97.50
Nice scam.
@@supermaster2012 I think you might want to look up the definition of "scam"...
The PIC Microcontroller is: PIC32MX470F512H
The Cyclone V is: 5CEBA4F23C8N
@@PiotrEsdenTempski Where did you get this information on the model number of the Cyclone V? Do you have a good source or is it just hearsay? It seems credible since that is the same one used in their other products, but I was hoping we would be able to confirm it with this video.
@@twistedtechnology There is a high-resolution board photo circulating that has legible part numbers on it.
Here’s to a bright future of aftermarket mods on the pocket!
What about a breakdown of the dock it self?
do you see a future of backplates that actually hold in the cartridges?
I was able to take it apart and reassemble without needing to touch the warranty sticker at all, did I do something wrong? 😅
During the showing of the main PCB I thought that would make a lovely picture to hang on the wall.
I'm wondering how it well it will do with any ever drive. I'm also curious to see how well it will do with the other systems games
The plastic is apparently bad quality on the transparent and coloured editions as there are thousands of people reporting cracks randomly appearing due to pressure on the plastic.
Now this will probably be interesting
v2 should have the cartridge por a little down so gameboy carts don't wiggle that much
Can’t wait to get mine, I got in the first preorder 😮💨
Tried to do a button swap, ended up damaging the power ribbon cable😢
i wonder if people like boxypixel might make a metal back plate/colored buttons for modding in the future (it'd be cool if there was a backplate that went up a bit higher on the cartridges to hold them more securely)
Never gonna see one myself (my preorder got put in the 2023 bucket so I cancelled and asked for a refund) so this is the closest I'll get. Very sad that they seem to have let bots and scalpers win and average folks won't be seeing this device for years.
Does the unit save your game save to the cartridge or the SD card
is the screen servicable or replacable? and what about the glass cover is that also replacable?
It was really strange to receive a huge amount of contemporary youtube notifications of video reviews of this machine from so many youtubers I follow, the marketing campaign of this company must have been really massive, especially considering the crazy price for one (however much good) handheld for emulation.
@eskaycee The investment is massive precisely in proportion to the type of product and the potential of the company, given that many youtubers have released the video at the same time, it means that all of them have received the full sample and that being this very expensive it was a rather relevant investment.
Evidently the company has made arrangements with all these youtubers to release the video all the same day, in order to flood potential buyers (who therefore follow these thematic channels) with notifications.
Bottom line, can I advise you to count to 10 next time before telling strangers on the internet things like "are you out of your mind"? Especially when they haven't said anything offensive to you or anyone else. There was no need there is to express yourself that way.
Thank you.
@eskaycee I tend to be verbose because I don't speak English well and I struggle to express concepts, but at least I'm careful not to use vulgarity with strangers, however there is nothing to add for me, bye.
It’s pretty common practice, actually. They sent out review units in advance, giving reviewers time to evaluate the device and prepare their reviews, all with a known and agreed-upon date for lifting the embargo. Mutually beneficial for everyone: the device gets a jolt of publicity, for the best chance at rising above the everyday noise and getting noticed; reviewers can do a deeper, less-hurried analysis and produce higher-quality reviews without risking being “late to the party”; and consumers have near-instant access to a variety of opinions and perspectives.
I’d say the outsized buzz is fueled by Analogue’s reputation for producing premium-quality devices that are extremely popular. For many of the reviewers, I’m sure it’s a nice change of pace being able to review a product they don’t expect will leave them disappointed.
@eskaycee You're making an embarrassment of yourself.
@@LucaBlightOfHighland Analogue has pretty deep pockets, pun intended, for this marketing stunt because they cashed in all pre-orders during the first wave. They basically moved all stock before they even had a finished prototype in hand. And for what it's worth they knew they didn't meet demand on the first wave either with them still flying off the shelves again in the second order wave that started today.
Did I see it correct that it is the 11th revision of the case tooling? That is sort of impressive in itself.
please create a modded led transparent buttons analogue how sick would that be only things its missing is some led backlite buttons in the dark brightness control would be sick like dimming
Thanks for this! :) - how clicky is the D-pad? - not at all?
MAN, any one else get anxious watching him take it apart on a wood table? I always put down a microfiber cloth, like those terry cloth microfiber cloths not the eyeglass ones, so there's a bit of cushion, or a hand towel from the bathroom since I only have about 20 of them, since I have 5 bathrooms, with two non-working or questionable state toilets. Old house, bought from the bank.