Retroid Pocket 4 Pro - In-Depth Review

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  • Опубліковано 21 січ 2025

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  • @MasterDuelCentral
    @MasterDuelCentral 11 місяців тому +119

    Yo the thumbnail to video transition is nuts gg bro

    • @RandySloan
      @RandySloan 11 місяців тому +4

      This needs more attention

    • @rcarlos6
      @rcarlos6 11 місяців тому +2

      Had to see it again at least 3 times. So smooth.

    • @melxb
      @melxb 11 місяців тому +5

      i mean u literally just make a thumbnail of whatever the video starts as, quite easy to do

    • @MasterDuelCentral
      @MasterDuelCentral 11 місяців тому +2

      @@melxb you clearly dont create content lmao

    • @rcarlos6
      @rcarlos6 11 місяців тому +5

      ​@@melxb Right, but it's not that it's difficult, it's that we don't usually see youtubers taking advantage of this.

  • @RetroNirvanaGaming
    @RetroNirvanaGaming 9 місяців тому +5

    I'm so interested in getting the Ice Blue 4 Pro and just playing EVERYTHING on it! Looks amazing!

  • @davidagiel8130
    @davidagiel8130 11 місяців тому +25

    I've always used my phone or steam deck for emulation up to ps2, but a dedicated device is enticing to save battery life for other games on my other systems. And an all in one place for all my roms would be nice.

    • @dylangirard4670
      @dylangirard4670 11 місяців тому +4

      I bought an Odin 2 for this reason. I wasn’t ever using my steam deck for emulation because I felt like I should be playing the games I paid for on it. Having a device dedicated to nothing but emulation is pretty nice. If one battery is low the other one is usually fully charged also so I don’t really worry about keeping my steam deck topped off at all times like I used to.

  • @DrunkDuckXD
    @DrunkDuckXD 4 місяці тому

    Thanks for demonstrating the high preformance mode ❤️

  • @SWPLGAMING
    @SWPLGAMING 11 місяців тому +1

    Fantastic Review, thanks so much.

  • @K.Sea3
    @K.Sea3 11 місяців тому +7

    Everyone hit that like button for @The Phawx the mad scientist of gaming 🔭 🔬 ⚗️ 💻 🎮

  • @o0Dan0o
    @o0Dan0o 11 місяців тому +2

    Love it, can't believe that battery life!

  • @romainfois1240
    @romainfois1240 11 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for this review

  • @mamaharumi
    @mamaharumi 11 місяців тому +3

    They really did well with this one. It's still not as powerful as I want, but it does look great. I'm also just glad they took off that obnoxious bezel branding and made the device generally not look as cheap as previous versions.

  • @bigstabby
    @bigstabby 10 місяців тому

    The speaker design is actually genius because they are aimed into the palms of your hands as you play, bouncing sound back toward you. It's like cupping your hand around your phone's speaker when watching videos. Very clever.

  • @blugrave4345
    @blugrave4345 11 місяців тому +9

    Bro your shirts always make me laugh. Keep it up.
    Also do you still use the win max 2 as your main driver?

    • @dylangirard4670
      @dylangirard4670 11 місяців тому +1

      He has confirmed that a few times in the nerd nest podcast.

  • @Hodori-mf3ct
    @Hodori-mf3ct 11 місяців тому +1

    Thanks! And you look better and healther

  • @darthdarthjinx
    @darthdarthjinx 11 місяців тому +1

    Phawx always have cute thumbnail photos in every video.

  • @queridovaron
    @queridovaron 11 місяців тому

    Спасибо большое за видео, уже жду посылку.

  • @WTFaxe
    @WTFaxe 11 місяців тому

    That thumbnail transition is slick

  • @spiral-blades752
    @spiral-blades752 11 місяців тому +1

    @ThePhawx holy shit, you soul read and knew exactly what Microsoft was going to do and announce for their "business podcast".
    Solid educated guess on your part on the Nerdnest podcast at 59:00. I had the same feeling, since they need those boxes to sell gamepass and PC has hit saturation
    All I can say, is they need a rdna4 handheld. They can fill a niche, that is not really even a niche. Looking at the handheld market and how switches/portable PC's sell, a strong competitor with commitment that owns the OS will probably make handheld PCs mainstream.

  • @diogorodrigues5282
    @diogorodrigues5282 9 місяців тому +1

    Can you do a review of Pimax Portal ?? And see how long the battery lasts?

  • @Swaytekk
    @Swaytekk 11 місяців тому +3

    So I’m hearing from the comment sections rather than from reviewers that the battery takes a huge L.

  • @ecchigo1177
    @ecchigo1177 11 місяців тому +1

    What saturn game is that at 3:32?

  • @alsma1
    @alsma1 7 місяців тому +1

    Hello! Have you noticed any kind of latency with controls? Any kind of delay at all?

  • @leonardomatheus1888
    @leonardomatheus1888 11 місяців тому +1

    What were the settings and brightness on the ps1 battery test?

  • @phillipgilligan8168
    @phillipgilligan8168 11 місяців тому +1

    You should address the L2/R2 trigger spring issues more in depth in my opinion it’s a very real issue. I ordered my replacement springs because I now know it’s is very likely to be an issue with mine.

    • @shilomarie1452
      @shilomarie1452 11 місяців тому +1

      To be fair they were fixed from the end of January on at the factory.

    • @phillipgilligan8168
      @phillipgilligan8168 11 місяців тому

      @@shilomarie1452 indeed but people need to be aware that pre ordered or like me who bought from a third party in my case eBay who have no idea which one they got. I think it’s solid advice to just have it be a known issue for now that has a simple fix and to be prepared if you didn’t order direct from them after that date that you have a very high likelihood of your triggers possibly failing.

  • @woozi36
    @woozi36 11 місяців тому +1

    What settings did you have for battery tests? Brightness level, performance mode, fan, wifi? BT?

  • @darkholiday9085
    @darkholiday9085 11 місяців тому

    I have a question.. for an ROG Ally, I have data on my old ssd card that I want to transfer to my new ssd card, is it possible to do that without cloning it? Since I don’t know how to clone the ssd card.

    • @darkholiday9085
      @darkholiday9085 11 місяців тому

      I know this is irrelevant from this video, but I just wanted to ask, since this channel handles things like this.

    • @janesmith5906
      @janesmith5906 11 місяців тому

      You just need to plug your ssd card into an ssd card reader and plug the card reader into your computer. Copy all the files & folders you want into a folder on your computer. Unplug the card reader from your computer. Put the new ssd card into the card reader. Plug the card reader back into your computer. Then copy all your saved files and folders onto the new ssd card.

  • @MrMartellSincere
    @MrMartellSincere 11 місяців тому

    Great job

  • @cholubaz
    @cholubaz 11 місяців тому +1

    would you say it's the best buy for under $200?

  • @Jack32X
    @Jack32X 11 місяців тому

    I get pretty naff battery life from my unit, maybe this screen is the culprit? Hopefully a solution is found because it's the one big issue I have with the device so far, everything else on it has been pretty great

  • @goovindnarula6470
    @goovindnarula6470 8 місяців тому +8

    the overuse of words such as 'signaling', 'showcasing', 'underscoring', REALLY makes it sound like chatgpt wrote this lol

  • @Cerealkiller824
    @Cerealkiller824 11 місяців тому

    Nice, also got the pro, its like a snapdragon 845 which is great for emulation

  • @doolallyshake64
    @doolallyshake64 11 місяців тому +1

    All they need to do now is upgrade the cpu and keep that sweet pocketable form factor.
    If it was as powerful as the odin 2 (and instead used a linux based platform rather than android), it'd be perfect.

  • @mendellopez984
    @mendellopez984 9 місяців тому

    Hello can you try if this can be connected to wireless headset thru bluetooth?

  • @savetheleaves
    @savetheleaves 11 місяців тому +1

    Interested in purchasing
    Do the games come pre installed

    • @janesmith5906
      @janesmith5906 11 місяців тому

      No, you have to get the game ROM files elsewhere.

  • @samh5886
    @samh5886 11 місяців тому +1

    Did your unit pass the vsynctester site 's test?

    • @joeegg124
      @joeegg124 11 місяців тому

      None of the 4/pros pass the vsynctester test, it's a firmware issue. You can even seen in Contra at 6:09 that the scrolling judders.

  • @Anna_Rae
    @Anna_Rae 11 місяців тому

    Would be nice to have a handheld like this with an OLED screen

    • @toycoma98
      @toycoma98 11 місяців тому +1

      Anbernic RG556

  • @alphablaqog
    @alphablaqog 11 місяців тому

    The thing I HATE about new handhelds is the wait time. That’s why I love when they’re finally sold on Amazon with the Prime 2 day. Can’t imagine myself spending that much money to wait that long for something

  • @JaviPlayRetro
    @JaviPlayRetro 11 місяців тому

    Thanks for actually mentioning the screen and trigger concerns. My only issue is that Retroid asks the customer to fix the device themselves, and I know a lot of people are not comfortable with that. For 200$+, I personally expect better. I guess I still respect them for doing something to address the problem, but I still wish they would do better.

  • @ThomasSerruques
    @ThomasSerruques 11 місяців тому

    I'd still go for odin 2 for switch emulation. the form factor is interesting though.

  • @ronaldomanzoli3964
    @ronaldomanzoli3964 11 місяців тому

    I like your t-shirts !!!

    • @ThePhawx
      @ThePhawx  11 місяців тому +1

      Thankyou, my wife makes them!

  • @xdinorun
    @xdinorun 11 місяців тому

    I saw you had Roblox on there. Does it run well? I own a steam deck and I love it for pc games and emulation, but it’s kind of a bummer that it can’t run games like Genshin Impact and Roblox. Tbh I might buy this so I can have a more portable emulation device and finally be able to play these mobile games with a controller.

  • @NicoPezzotti712
    @NicoPezzotti712 11 місяців тому

    Mmm if the next model will remove the ghosting and improve something for the ps2 performance we might have the best affordable portable device.

  • @oleksiipyvovar1579
    @oleksiipyvovar1579 11 місяців тому

    Sorry, a bit stupid question but: is it good enough for remote gaming at home? Or better to buy Logitech device for that because of screen size or any other thing? Could you compare both if possible, please?
    I have steam deck but it is quite heavy and a bit uncomfortable to play like that. I hope you got the point :)

    • @EightPieceBox
      @EightPieceBox 11 місяців тому

      Anbernic has the new RG556 which is probably the only other device in this size category which can play some GameCube and PS2 games. There are reviews justv starting to come out for the RG556. It's a little bigger and slightly slower than the Retroid, but also slightly cheaper. The Ayn Odin 2 is more powerful, but also more expensive and not quite pocketable. There are plenty of reviews already out there for the Odin 2 and Retroid 4.

  • @choieunmi9303
    @choieunmi9303 11 місяців тому

    I so wish it to come with Linux or that there would be custom Linux builds for this.

  • @nomad_20XX
    @nomad_20XX 11 місяців тому +2

    I hadn't heard about the screen response times before, so that's a bit concerning for me since my RP4 pro is already crossing the ocean, but I'll see how it is when I actually get my hands on it
    There's an anbernic handheld that came out recently with an AMOLED screen, but specced like the non-pro RP4, and priced between them at $175 I believe... buyers remorse kicking in a little but we'll see lmao

  • @blankfido7229
    @blankfido7229 11 місяців тому

    Nice ❤

  • @Lordshadow29-w1n
    @Lordshadow29-w1n 10 місяців тому

    When will retroid pocket get snapdragon 8gen 3 😅

  • @ONIXG5MER2015
    @ONIXG5MER2015 11 місяців тому

    Is it possible to play Dragon Ball Legends on this?

  • @SaiyanJin85
    @SaiyanJin85 11 місяців тому +4

    "Phawx the system" 🤣🤣🤣

    • @ThePhawx
      @ThePhawx  11 місяців тому +1

      Glad you like it!

  • @jworldpeace
    @jworldpeace 11 місяців тому

    I was going to get this, but I'd rather wait for the odin 2🤔

  • @glittlehoss
    @glittlehoss 11 місяців тому

    More videos please

  • @antoniospoulis5285
    @antoniospoulis5285 11 місяців тому

    May I ask why isn't there an ayn odin 2 review? Don't you believe is a remarkable handheld?

  • @alessandrotagnese4464
    @alessandrotagnese4464 11 місяців тому

    1° März???????

  • @ca9inec0mic58
    @ca9inec0mic58 11 місяців тому +3

    The Phawx in depth review - 11 minutes
    RGC's 'Quick little overview' - 37 minutes

    • @DanI-xf6ym
      @DanI-xf6ym 11 місяців тому +1

      That's why you should just watch both!
      The Phawx for hardware and what the system can do (silicon/OS wise), Russ for how the system feels and what it's like to use(Software+Controls).
      Both are pretty important if you ask me! I'm glad they know each-other and complement each-other so well!

    • @ca9inec0mic58
      @ca9inec0mic58 11 місяців тому +2

      @@DanI-xf6ym I watch both myself, I just found it funny

    • @1fareast14
      @1fareast14 11 місяців тому

      "If I had more time, I'dhave written you a shorter letter"

  • @Sopiyoyo
    @Sopiyoyo 11 місяців тому

    i would just get a used odin pro, or odin 2

  • @adrian_veidt
    @adrian_veidt 11 місяців тому +1

    This is a cool device if it wasn't for Retroid's shitty QC on it.
    You can't treat customers as beta testers for all the mechanical problems of this device. Shills always refuse to call retroid out for this.

  • @IAMLXM0
    @IAMLXM0 11 місяців тому

    Awesome review, Retroid are the best in the game

    • @Guitario666
      @Guitario666 11 місяців тому

      But they have a history of poor build quality

    • @IAMLXM0
      @IAMLXM0 11 місяців тому +2

      @@Guitario666
      I honestly don't know of a hardware company that didn't mess up their initial release. They always come with some problems at first and if the company is serious about their brand they take care of it and fine tune whatever needs to be fine tuned.

  • @Gh0styGames
    @Gh0styGames 11 місяців тому

    Ghost edition 👻

  • @jakeliujakeliu
    @jakeliujakeliu 11 місяців тому +1

    lol high quality trigger 😂

  • @cho-v4n
    @cho-v4n 11 місяців тому

    Dome life!

  • @Gh0styGames
    @Gh0styGames 11 місяців тому

    Temps 🤔

  • @ManuDiaz06
    @ManuDiaz06 11 місяців тому +2

    This scriped video sounds so unnatural on you. I definitely think it's better when you let yourself fluid, or at least need some practice there. Great video tho. Might gonna get one to sneak it during my job, any recommendation for something discreet?

    • @donniedarko4497
      @donniedarko4497 11 місяців тому

      Nah he's fine! Except I have to put him at 0.75 speed because he talks so fast 😅

    • @TakisEnjoyer
      @TakisEnjoyer 11 місяців тому

      Yeah the build quality part sounded a lot like "As seen on TV" ads. Still enjoyed the video tho

  • @IAMLXM0
    @IAMLXM0 11 місяців тому +2

    I wish it had an e-sim card option

    • @damianabregba7476
      @damianabregba7476 11 місяців тому

      I wish it had snapdragon for that growing PC emulation

  • @christopher480
    @christopher480 11 місяців тому

    you might want too look up the words in depth.....11 mins....lolol i dont think so

  • @bigtimejones831
    @bigtimejones831 11 місяців тому +2

    It's funny how everyone pretends like they don't buy devices like this to fill up with illegal roms. Naughty naughty pirates! 😂🤣

    • @A_Bottle-Of_Orange_Crush
      @A_Bottle-Of_Orange_Crush 11 місяців тому

      Yo ho ho. I've been saling the seas quite a bit since getting one of these babies!

  • @JimmyChao273
    @JimmyChao273 11 місяців тому

    save your money. cant do unreal engine games.

  • @jamesstrength21
    @jamesstrength21 11 місяців тому

    Bro you are soo late to this lol at least 9 others already reviewed it day of release and made better videos lol.

  • @gamesbloke
    @gamesbloke 11 місяців тому

    Respect the review. I'll wait for Retroid 5 EX Pro Plus Alpha which will be announced in three to six months lol.
    The talk about build quality is a deal breaker for me. You did not mention their frontend which is mostly ass. Out of the box experience is also important if I am paying a premium. 200 USD/GBP is a big deal for me and if ifs not that much better than my phone in terms of frontend/OS then it really puts me off.
    Appreciate its beyond the scope of the review but handheld emulation is a saturated market. This really needed to do WAAAY more. Good but not worth 200 USD/GBP in my opinion.
    Huge respect and appreciate the vids.