UPDATE: I didn't notice it before but the i7s does have an SD card slot that will take up to 256gb cards. It's hidden behind the battery and it wasn't mentioned in the documents that was sent along with the device. The MOQI developers just contacted me to let me know with a picture of where it is. Sorry about that mistake folks!
My phone has a headphone jack. It can somehow double as a radio antenna when earphones are plugged in. I guess that's why it's called a Moto e5 _Play._
@@WH250398 He clearly knew it was satire, his comment only makes sense if he knew it was satire. What he's saying is you make fun of stating it has a headphone jack, but it's not something that you should be taking for granted so much, since in 2019 it's actually decently common to not have them.
You know, China CAN make good stuff *if you pay for it*. I have some experience working with China, and below a certain price point you may get good specs and good performance, but the quality will be all over the map. Or you can pay an extra $1 a unit and drop your failure rate from 10% to less then 1%. I used to work for a company that sold Chinese built LCD projectors, made by HongTianPao. They were decent little projectors for the time. However the failure rate ranged from 10 to 27%. I literally opened the boxes and QC'd each projector before it was shipped to customers, at least until we got too big for me to check over every one of them. I'd have 4 or 6 of them running for a half hour at a time. The ballasts were the worst problem. They were just baaaarely good enough to light the lamp, and those are what failed the most, until HTP went with another supplier. It raised the cost per unit, but brought the failure rate down to maybe 5%. I developed a relationship with our contact from HTP, and this also helped a lot. I initially made this UA-cam account so i could share videos with them on the issues I ran across, so they could fix them.
Agree, especially smart phones. For the same price to get a low spec Samsung phone you can get a really decent Xiaomi or Huawei (Though Huawei is now not recommended, you know what happened). You're also right about the 10 - 30% failure rate, I should know because I'm in that 30%. Everything on my phone works perfectly except for the touchscreen, the thing you expect to just work.
Honestly, when it comes to smartphones A lot of Chinese phone makers are straight up awesome these days. They're generally pushing the trends for phone design now (Notchless full screen phones, first ones to have in screen fingerprint readers etc) more then any of the big guys like samsung or apple.
I bought a GPD XD which costs a dime more and I am amazed by it's quality and the customer service was awesome, because I destroyed my first device with a quickcharger from Samsung, which the battery of the device does not like and they sent me a new unit without any costs. They even payed the shipping of the broken device back to China. :) And I have one of these projectors. lol They are SD resolution but hey, 50€ and awesome 150 inch picture for movies. lol
Looks like a solid piece of hardware paired with some good software for emulation up to a certain point. The downsides being a high price tag and lack of buttons to use. Emulation for consoles such as the GameCube and Dreamcast can work but still needs more time in development on that front.
Why are people complaining about the lack of buttons on this when no one was complaining about the lack of buttons on the DS or the PSP or any other system that didn't have all the buttons
@@bland9876 PSP and DS games were built around the limited buttons so you rarely hit issues with them on a number of cases. Android on the other hand is like the wild west, all these differing control schemes and the liking
@@blu_wraith6693 it seems like up until the switch came out every time they'd make a video game system portable it didn't have as many buttons as the console did. I have no idea why they did that for example the GameCube was out when the Game Boy advanced came out the Game Boy Advance didn't have any thumbsticks it only has two face buttons instead of 4 and if you just look at the GameCube itself then it's also missing a third shoulder button if you take other video game systems into account then it's missing the fourth shoulder button as well as the thumb sticks need to be clickable.
@Neo TricksterZeroThe3rd Sure but using it regularly will be really awkward, don't you think? It can run Android games of course but pretty much everyone buying it probably got a decent phone anyways.
Not really. Apple got rid of one, charging and earphones use the same lightning port now for iphones. You can't use normal earphones or headphones and you have to use their lightning earphones now or you have to buy a separate adaptor for normal 3.5mm headphones or earphones. But you can't charge and listen at the same time lol
The price tag of it in China is around 2000RMB to 2200RMB, Roughly 300 dollars, like the Nintendo Switch. That's an easy comparison though, since shipping is a completely different thing to deal with. The form factor of the products from Moqi can be quite interesting, since they seem to fit into different price levels, but weren't sold at the same time. The G2 is the closest to the design of a standard phone, while the W1/78P01 seems like the one most catered towards gamers. I really want a G2 that's hardware-upgraded to current gen lower-cost standard, which is perfect for casual gamers
for that price I prefer something like realme 3 pro and maybe 128/256gb microsd plus an bluetooth controller since it much practical for phone calls and portrait-oriented games like the upcoming mario kart tour, and its specs were almost the same as this moqi if not on par
Damn it's about time they made a new version of this thing. Been waiting for it for so long But I really liked how the Much W1 looked, that slim form factor and PSP style sticks was easy to slide in to your pocket Not worrying about shoving a stick in your ear like you mentioned lol
It's a good start, if they were to release a new model with the added missing buttons all standard controllers have, do front facing speakers, and update the internals with the latest chip set this would be an absolute beast and I'd certainly buy one.
I used to have one of their devices before they were called Snail, the ireadygo much g2. That thing was a beast of a smartphone, not because of pure performance (it had a mid range mediatek soc) but because of how solid its build quality was and how superb battery life was... 4000mah battery in a super low power soc meant days of battery life , it had front solid and thick metal plate to avoid bending while gaming and plastic back with grippy texturing to be able to use it with one hand as a normal smartphone. Control wise it had the 4 classic buttons (with the same symbols as this one) plus a joystick and two programmable buttons. It also had a big round home button with RGB leds that were customizable per app basis. All this goodness was at price of weight... That thing was 256g!
Since how it can be downgraded from 3.70, there’s absolutely no reason why someone shouldn’t get it. Perfect for emulating plus the whole PS Vita library.
This thing looks really cool. Like a proper modern equivalent of a handheld/homebrew system like the PSP, Dingoo, or GP2X. Great to hear it has an SD card slot too! If I hadn't gotten my Pocophone I'd probably have picked one of these up.
300€-ish? You mean it costs about as much as a simple smartphone and a low-end/last-gen handheld console combined :D which is not bad. Especially for low-volume more specialised hardware, the price is super reasonable. It's also directly competitive with the price of phones which have similar performance. But i understand the reservation, i won't buy one of these either.
@@ffel91 Typing Snapdragon 710 into the filter on Geizhals... the devices with this chip hover in the range between 360€ and 600€. And you want an unusual form-factor and extra features too, and a $200 discount as well? Unrealistic expectations much?
@@SianaGearz realme 3 pro released price is 219$(for my country at least), Mi 9t released price is 299$, and it has better chipset sd730. You should compare the device with Mi 9t pro, it used sd855 at the same price point with the Moqi i7s.
I have messed with Redream on the Nvidia Shield TV, it is great. One example in particular, Bangai-O wouldn't run worth a crap under Reicast, graphic glitches and all. Runs really great on Redream. Shenmue runs great as well, I did have a crash though.
Fam, you sold me on this. I agree with the fail with the lack of buttons but i'm willing to settle with the touch replacement. Thank you for making the content for us. Btw this is like the 2nd time your bell notification was disabled for me and I thought you stop making videos.
Next model just has to do 3 things to reach perfection: - R2/L2 like triggers - thumbstick buttons - slightly better hardware (just enough to crack gamecube emulation) If they do this, I will 100% buy one. It would be the complete portable retro system
Quick question, how do you get it to work, I usually try to run most the files on my phone but the only ones that work are the home brew games offered by ppsspp
@@hiping3393 you need to download roms for it to work i won't tell you where to find them for legal reasons but you just need to then pick browse and find them in the folder where downloaded roms go
@@hiping3393 If it is like it was 12 months ago, you will need a hacked PSP and the digital/physical game to rip the the files off of your original copies to stay on the safe and legal side of things. PPSSPP is a fantastic emulator that supports a lot of good games, but certain font glitches and translation patches are not 100% compatible. Because of this emulator I have gathered, hunted, & tracked down over 70 PSP physical games to rip, test and replay from my collection.
My old office was next to Snail games when I lived in Suzhou. They were developing DS games at the time. I did a tour of their office. It was a long time ago. They were expanding to movies at the time. Didn’t know they do hardware now.
Still have mine. It's main advantage to this day is that it's an actual android phone with a built in controller and sd card slot. It will always be good for old school gaming up to PS1
Oke wait .... 00:26 that made me laughing.. freaking funny. They just need to remove the sim carts / phone and make it cheaper :p I love to try this machine myself, get's me all excited seeing this product. Great Review Rerez :D
Best way to play PSP: a PSP PSP cost: $10-$40 Reason to buy one: Hack it and get a large memory card for tons of games *Side note: The original 1000 model feels heavier and more "Premium" but the 3000 model seems to have a brighter screen and better sound but is light weight and feels cheap.
@@curtisbrown2667 Fail . OLED Vita : 60 EUR . 128 GB SD Memorycard : 18 EUR . Henkaku Hack with Adrenaline : 0 EUR . OLED far superior to any PSP . Build quality superior . Bigger screen . Better Dpad . 128 GB cheaper and bigger than PSP with Photofast . Plus the ability to as well put Vita games on it . Cheers .
Fox Baker lol. Your reading is a fail. I didn’t say anything about the PS Vita, I’m talking about the actual PSP. If you didn’t know, that the first portable PlayStation that Sony made.
Fox Baker fair enough. But for the price, a $10 psp and a $15-$20 128gb card can net you all the best titles with room to spare for the PSP. If you want to up your budget for the Vita, then yes, that would allow you a better platform with more options.... but at a price (literally, it cost more) lol
I bought the PSV back when it came out, but that was honestly the biggest amount a money I've wasted on a wannabe system. Still think i7s is too expensive, but I doubt that you'll get less for your money than with the vita.
@@colbyfink Aw snap. Well I'm ordering a JXD Singularity instead then. This thing's gonna have to wait till its price drops, and the GPD XD Plus lost its screen and I accidentally switched off its HDMI, making it unusable. Watch out for them hinged-screen devices...if the screen's coming out, make sure your HDMI switch is on!!!
This looks outstanding. My only nitpick is the distance between the face button and the right analog stick. Same goes for the d-pad and left analog stick. They could be separated a bit more.
Right as I finish watching one of your other videos, I see this in my notifications. and that thing looks awesome. I think it'd be something that some people could confuse with a PSP... I think. Not sure about that though, since I've never had anything like that.
@@pawes7418 I have that too. Pretty nice for the house but I wouldn't trust it for trips cuz it doesn't really distribute the weight lol. I prefer the ipega cuz it gives your phone that solid psp feel and its collapsable/pocketable.
@@ZombiePanda402 I agree but they won't. They got burned too many times since the PSP Go Xperia Play, and PS Vita failed. They all failed for different reasons but it doesn't matter to Sony.
Apparently people have had success running gamecube/wii games fairly well on it. There's footage of stuff like Xenoblade, Brawl, and Mario Galaxy running full speed, but only just barely. When things get busy (eg first cutscene of xenoblade) it struggles a bit, but there's likely still performance improvements left for Dolphin in general, let alone android dolphin.
I wouldn't even use it as a phone lmao, putting a SIM card int here might spell legal troubles XD "Hey what's this extremely powerful Sony ripoff handheld you got from China that also acts as a phone, sir?"
Ive been using the Samsung Galaxy S8 plus for emulation and android games for a while now and I like it it works pretty good! The things i emulate are Nes,Snes,GbA,gb,gbc,ds,genesis,ps1!
I haven't used my real PSP in years even though it's modded. PSP emulation on Android is just too good. Playing Birth by Sleep in 1440p with the 60FPS patch is awesome.
@@DooneyenPrinnie have you not discovered MicroSD adapters yet? Memory Stick hasn't been relavant to the PSP for over a decade, haha. Everyone just buys MicroSD adapters. The emulator I use is PPSSPP.
@@awesomeferret I had one, but it was very flimsy plastic so it broke literally, like physically lol. But you are right. Thanks man, I actually commented that before he said it uses ppsppp on the Android
Wow... Sold! And it DOES have an SD card slot? AMAZING. Okay, but _does_ it work as a phone though? I stick my Vita thumbsticks in my ears anyway, so that won't bother me.
Hey Shane, any reason why you haven't done a historical look at the classic Atari Lynx Portable Game System? I loved that system back in the day (and still have a working unit with nearly all of the games) and it was excellent for what it could do. Back when it was popular, I created and sold a hints and cheats guide through the official fandom newsletter booklet that had every cheat available, maps to certain games (like "Electrocop"), hints to the games, level codes, and instructions to the two awesome hidden games "Life" and "Mandelbrot Generator". Nearly all of these were obtained from a friendly source at Atari that shared a binder full of great freebies (slides, ad material, maps, etc.). I was basically the first to share most of these kinds of things on the early internet and via my guide. It wasn't fancy, but it gave fans what they needed. It's crazy how all of the games can now be played on emulators.
JKO716 Just get a Bluetooth controller to use with your phone/tablet, not worth spending money on a crappy outdated Chinese product with bad controls. The ipega 9023 is a decent one worth checking out.
Perfect example of how not all Chinese stuff is crap. This looks nicer than the Vita. Although yeah, controls are often a problem while emulating 6 main buttons with a controller that only has 4. Mapping the other 2 on shoulders is always a pain.
I myself enjoy my PS Vita, but it took many years for me to actually enjoy it anyway. Expensive Memory Sticks really killed it for me until I home brewed it to better serve as a good portable console. I am curious to try something like this since the emulation apps I've tried on a homebrewed PS Vita are mixed. Gameboy Advance emulator crashes sometimes when saving too many times, while SNES and PSP emulators on it run pretty smoothly. Plus, having already saved so many roms to my vita makes things all the more easier.
I am actually not a mobile gamer but this is such a sick device. Reminds me so much of the PS Vita, damn I want it asap, with all the emulations you can run on it or the new modern mobile games that a comming out that are getting better and better. Especially dead by daylight mobile, kskskssksks
What you said about Sony ditching the portable market a while ago just isn't true. They literally just stopped producing the VIta not even that long ago, and who knows what the future holds for them when it comes to portable gaming. They have never came out and said that they would not be producing any more portable systems.
I don't understand why they didn't just put the ear peice and mic on the back of the device. There's zero reason they had to put it on the face of the device, forcing your ear to rest on the thumb stick. I understand it's a gaming device first, phone second; but come on, what engineer thought a thumb stick in the ear was okay and overlooked such an easy fix.
Unless this device is really really weird there's usually a button you can hit that makes it so you don't have to hold the phone up to your ear to hear what the person is saying it's my favorite button my phone
@@bland9876 speaker phone isn't a great primary way to answer calls. Hypothetically, I wouldn't want to pickup a call in the work breakroom and have the first thing blurted out on speaker be my GF thanking me for a great time in bed and how she looks forward to another that upcoming night in terms that are TMI and NSFW. Lol
@@bland9876 There are some people I will never deny a phone call from if I am not actively working (on a break, lunch, etc.) However I guess that's personal preference. Personally, if I were going to only take/make calls at home I would stick to my landline, my home is too big to get good reception in in every room. Plus that I need handsets at different parts of the house as I dont carry my cellphone everywhere at home and I wouldn't hear calls if I was more than a few rooms away. I guess if you live in a very small home or apartment close to a cell tower that's not an issue.
@@bland9876 Keep in mind that will still vary person to person- let's not get derailed here: The real issue is a extremely simple engineering fix to a thumb stick in the ear was overlooked. Regardless of the ways around it, it screams poor functional designing.
That's cool. Did you try any of the big ACTUAL mobile games? PUBG, Fortnite, ES Blades? I'd wanna know how those handle on that system since it seems like there may be more AAA mobile games in the future like Mario Kart, for example.
No, on flights i will put it right in front of me. When i'm in a hotel or at home i will connect it to the tv with a DEX pad. Its basically like a portable android gamestation.
@@bland9876 this has more games and plays emulators and not every emulator uses all those buttons, also this has a music player to listen to your music while you play, proper voice chat, Local save data exports, Netflix, Web Browser and thousands of Apps etc.... the switch has none of that
@Vegito Charmara "there isn't a comparison to be made" Yet the first thing you do is make a comparison lol You know This thing is 21,99.00 yen right? That's like $20 dollars, and 21,99 Yen is like $100 dollars to Japanese people, of course prices in the UK and US are over inflated, but this is supposed to be a device for the Chinese and Japanese market. To be honest at $300 the switch isn't worth it either.
Actually GC runs just fine. I had a moqi i7s for a few weeks(getting a new one after screwing up something) and it was almost perfect. did you change the CPU clock speed in dolphin?
Interesting. I want it! ☺ Does the Vibration function work with PlayStation games that are compatible with DUAL SHOCK vibration and does it play PS2 and PSVITA games?
Only that PS Vita sadly cant run Android stuff. So its either PSVita games or Android (and android has more to offer). As a Vita fan i have to say thats the first handheld that can beat the vita.
@@jordanrobinson9474 Ya Vita can Run a shitton of emulators ... same as Android devices. The core diffrence is that no Android device can emulate Vita BUt the Vita it self cant run Android games (which there are some great PC games ported to android) so the core diffrence is Vita games vs PC ports and other android stuff.
@@ZunaZurugi The Vita feels better to play, and has a better screen + physical buttons and can play Vita games, which the Android cannot do. If you want to get technical then yeah, Android can run some random Pc ports which the Vita cannot do, but it does not make up for the shortcomings on the phone itself vs the Vita.
Now imagine this same concept with a few improvements/tweaks like: English version of latest android Snapdragon 855 8gb ram Micro sd slot (A must for such device) Speakers relocated in front L2/R2 L3/R3 on clickable joysticks Grip attachment
TDPNeji didn’t know that since he said it was only 64gb I believe. Even though it has one I wouldn’t buy one since the cpu is not one of the better ones. I saw the zenfone 6 which has the snapdragon 855 with 6gb ram for 500$ which is a steal when comparing to other flagship cellphones.
UPDATE: I didn't notice it before but the i7s does have an SD card slot that will take up to 256gb cards. It's hidden behind the battery and it wasn't mentioned in the documents that was sent along with the device. The MOQI developers just contacted me to let me know with a picture of where it is. Sorry about that mistake folks!
And this device is 1 step closer to perfection
1:07 What is this soundtrack please
@NO BODY 2018 Samsung Galaxy J3 has one
Could you please tell us how long the battery lasts while playing PSP emulation for example?
Should repost
Sun, Moon, Fire, Mountain. Long ago the four nations lived together in harmony, then everything changed when the Mountain attacked
Dwarfs
@@PapiPink yes, but "mountain" is the ongoing joke throughout the comments lol
sir gregor clegane you mean?
@@PapiPink Yeah but haven't you ever played Pokemon Cosmic Star? Fire types are weak against Mountain types.
Avatar the last airbender lol
Konami Code up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, Water, Mountain
You have reached the Dao.
LMAO best comment right here folks, no need to look elsewhere
@@fatherfintanstack8810 wow
@@BlackPopeye44 It's good bro, had to even scope out your magic video cause of that
Wrong! It's up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, sun, moon, start
"Press the water button to start, the mountain button to go back"
Can you tell us if the link has a purchase option, & if so what is the cost?
Water erodes the mountain so if you reverse it back to the mountain that's funny
@@MitchGurowitz about 320$
@iVirtualPlays lol
@iVirtualPlays
It's basically the same cost as a switch before shipping.
Don't get me wrong it's cool but it's not over $300 cool.
Half phone and half game console?
Perfectly balanced as all things should be
This puts a smile on my face
Yeah... I'm sure that is extremely confortable to talk using this phone or for using in a professional environment...
@@AlbBooker You could use a Bluetooth headset if you want to use it as a phone.
But at what cost?
*Ngage starts cringing*
2:00 Only the Avatar could master all four elements. But it all changed when the Fire Nation Attacked...
5th Element......Autowash
''And even has a headphone jack '' . Oh wow !...no way ! a headphone jack ? We are so lucky to have this amazing technology these days .
@Victor Saez Thank you Sheldon !
@Victor Saez It was completely satirical lol
My phone has a headphone jack. It can somehow double as a radio antenna when earphones are plugged in. I guess that's why it's called a Moto e5 _Play._
@@WH250398 He clearly knew it was satire, his comment only makes sense if he knew it was satire. What he's saying is you make fun of stating it has a headphone jack, but it's not something that you should be taking for granted so much, since in 2019 it's actually decently common to not have them.
Its good to have the headphone jack. For some weird reason audio sounds choppy when I play games using bluetooth headphones on my phone
You know, China CAN make good stuff *if you pay for it*.
I have some experience working with China, and below a certain price point you may get good specs and good performance, but the quality will be all over the map. Or you can pay an extra $1 a unit and drop your failure rate from 10% to less then 1%.
I used to work for a company that sold Chinese built LCD projectors, made by HongTianPao. They were decent little projectors for the time. However the failure rate ranged from 10 to 27%. I literally opened the boxes and QC'd each projector before it was shipped to customers, at least until we got too big for me to check over every one of them. I'd have 4 or 6 of them running for a half hour at a time. The ballasts were the worst problem. They were just baaaarely good enough to light the lamp, and those are what failed the most, until HTP went with another supplier. It raised the cost per unit, but brought the failure rate down to maybe 5%.
I developed a relationship with our contact from HTP, and this also helped a lot. I initially made this UA-cam account so i could share videos with them on the issues I ran across, so they could fix them.
Agree, especially smart phones. For the same price to get a low spec Samsung phone you can get a really decent Xiaomi or Huawei (Though Huawei is now not recommended, you know what happened).
You're also right about the 10 - 30% failure rate, I should know because I'm in that 30%. Everything on my phone works perfectly except for the touchscreen, the thing you expect to just work.
Honestly, when it comes to smartphones A lot of Chinese phone makers are straight up awesome these days. They're generally pushing the trends for phone design now (Notchless full screen phones, first ones to have in screen fingerprint readers etc) more then any of the big guys like samsung or apple.
Chinese are some of the smartest people in the world, they don't just make copy products, that's just an easy way to make easy money.
Yup they can, but they have a different philosophy. It's about making something the cheapest and just as long as it works. Not about perfection
I bought a GPD XD which costs a dime more and I am amazed by it's quality and the customer service was awesome, because I destroyed my first device with a quickcharger from Samsung, which the battery of the device does not like and they sent me a new unit without any costs. They even payed the shipping of the broken device back to China. :)
And I have one of these projectors. lol They are SD resolution but hey, 50€ and awesome 150 inch picture for movies. lol
Looks like a solid piece of hardware paired with some good software for emulation up to a certain point. The downsides being a high price tag and lack of buttons to use. Emulation for consoles such as the GameCube and Dreamcast can work but still needs more time in development on that front.
Why are people complaining about the lack of buttons on this when no one was complaining about the lack of buttons on the DS or the PSP or any other system that didn't have all the buttons
@@bland9876 PSP and DS games were built around the limited buttons so you rarely hit issues with them on a number of cases. Android on the other hand is like the wild west, all these differing control schemes and the liking
@@blu_wraith6693 it seems like up until the switch came out every time they'd make a video game system portable it didn't have as many buttons as the console did. I have no idea why they did that for example the GameCube was out when the Game Boy advanced came out the Game Boy Advance didn't have any thumbsticks it only has two face buttons instead of 4 and if you just look at the GameCube itself then it's also missing a third shoulder button if you take other video game systems into account then it's missing the fourth shoulder button as well as the thumb sticks need to be clickable.
It's basically a worse PS Vita. Just buy that, it's pretty cheap nowadays and modding it is quite easy.
@Neo TricksterZeroThe3rd Sure but using it regularly will be really awkward, don't you think? It can run Android games of course but pretty much everyone buying it probably got a decent phone anyways.
Awwww yiss dat GB DK though.
"Even a headphone jack!" What a sad state of affairs we're in when that even has to be mentioned.
Not really. Apple got rid of one, charging and earphones use the same lightning port now for iphones. You can't use normal earphones or headphones and you have to use their lightning earphones now or you have to buy a separate adaptor for normal 3.5mm headphones or earphones. But you can't charge and listen at the same time lol
And why Sony never made another Xperia Play is beyond me. I want it!
The price tag of it in China is around 2000RMB to 2200RMB, Roughly 300 dollars, like the Nintendo Switch. That's an easy comparison though, since shipping is a completely different thing to deal with.
The form factor of the products from Moqi can be quite interesting, since they seem to fit into different price levels, but weren't sold at the same time. The G2 is the closest to the design of a standard phone, while the W1/78P01 seems like the one most catered towards gamers. I really want a G2 that's hardware-upgraded to current gen lower-cost standard, which is perfect for casual gamers
Its ¥2299.00 which equals $21.01USD
@@ebennett3655 The 2299 is in Chinese Yuan, you did Japanese Yen. They have drastically different rates. 2299 Yuan is $333.18 USD, nowhere near $21
for that price I prefer something like realme 3 pro and maybe 128/256gb microsd plus an bluetooth controller since it much practical for phone calls and portrait-oriented games like the upcoming mario kart tour, and its specs were almost the same as this moqi if not on par
Damn it's about time they made a new version of this thing. Been waiting for it for so long
But I really liked how the Much W1 looked, that slim form factor and PSP style sticks was easy to slide in to your pocket
Not worrying about shoving a stick in your ear like you mentioned lol
It's a good start, if they were to release a new model with the added missing buttons all standard controllers have, do front facing speakers, and update the internals with the latest chip set this would be an absolute beast and I'd certainly buy one.
A snapdragon 800 would be a good upgrade for the cpu
@@nathanmead140 *855+
I used to have one of their devices before they were called Snail, the ireadygo much g2. That thing was a beast of a smartphone, not because of pure performance (it had a mid range mediatek soc) but because of how solid its build quality was and how superb battery life was... 4000mah battery in a super low power soc meant days of battery life , it had front solid and thick metal plate to avoid bending while gaming and plastic back with grippy texturing to be able to use it with one hand as a normal smartphone. Control wise it had the 4 classic buttons (with the same symbols as this one) plus a joystick and two programmable buttons. It also had a big round home button with RGB leds that were customizable per app basis. All this goodness was at price of weight... That thing was 256g!
Ultimate PSP emulator is hacked psvita
steg exactly. Adrenaline is the best. and PS Vita is the best at psp and ps1 emulation.
Yh and any psvita game for free I only got the vita to hack it
Since how it can be downgraded from 3.70, there’s absolutely no reason why someone shouldn’t get it. Perfect for emulating plus the whole PS Vita library.
Crysin how do you downgrade from 3.70
Might find my old vita and try this. Haven't touched that piece of trash for years, but if it can play PSP games free why not
This thing looks really cool. Like a proper modern equivalent of a handheld/homebrew system like the PSP, Dingoo, or GP2X. Great to hear it has an SD card slot too! If I hadn't gotten my Pocophone I'd probably have picked one of these up.
I would really love to see Reicast and ReDream running on here! Dreamcast runs really well on my OG Pixel XL.
You really had me with the emulation and form factor. But then I saw the price tag. It costs as much as a home console. Thanks but no thanks.
300€-ish? You mean it costs about as much as a simple smartphone and a low-end/last-gen handheld console combined :D which is not bad. Especially for low-volume more specialised hardware, the price is super reasonable. It's also directly competitive with the price of phones which have similar performance.
But i understand the reservation, i won't buy one of these either.
@@SianaGearz the price to performance is bad. Sd710 for 400$? It's probably worth like 200$, then this would be a great device.
@@ffel91 Typing Snapdragon 710 into the filter on Geizhals... the devices with this chip hover in the range between 360€ and 600€. And you want an unusual form-factor and extra features too, and a $200 discount as well? Unrealistic expectations much?
@@SianaGearz realme 3 pro released price is 219$(for my country at least), Mi 9t released price is 299$, and it has better chipset sd730. You should compare the device with Mi 9t pro, it used sd855 at the same price point with the Moqi i7s.
Yeah I kinda want it badly tho so I'll just save up
This has to do Dreamcast games like a... dream.
Has anyone tested the Redream emulator on this yet?
Wait
Redream is available in android ? I didn't know !
However, I can say that reicast emulator runs like a charm
@@kquote03 Check out ETA Primes channel. He touches on ReDream, and also has a great channel of various device content, as well.
I have messed with Redream on the Nvidia Shield TV, it is great. One example in particular, Bangai-O wouldn't run worth a crap under Reicast, graphic glitches and all. Runs really great on Redream. Shenmue runs great as well, I did have a crash though.
Bro, i totally read racist emulator for a minute or 2. Was shocked somebody would name an emulator “Racist Emulator”. Sorry had a little bit to drink
@@_boof that's hilarious man
Fam, you sold me on this. I agree with the fail with the lack of buttons but i'm willing to settle with the touch replacement. Thank you for making the content for us. Btw this is like the 2nd time your bell notification was disabled for me and I thought you stop making videos.
Damn...kinda want one now. Hahaha I miss PSP gaming but don't care to collect UMDs or deal with long load times.
lol...i remember the load time with UMD was ridiculous
Well with the psp emulators I have seen long load times are not an issue since it's all digital technically.
3ds:"(saw this thing and reminds of PSVITA and Psp)"
Also 3ds:"Ah Sh- here we go again"
It looks more like what a Nintendo Switch Slim should look like. Anybody working on a Switch emu for android?
@@MyRegardsToTheDodo Makes sense. It's just a supped up phone.
Next model just has to do 3 things to reach perfection:
- R2/L2 like triggers
- thumbstick buttons
- slightly better hardware (just enough to crack gamecube emulation)
If they do this, I will 100% buy one. It would be the complete portable retro system
Same I'm already pretty tempted with it being able to to play date games so well.
Also…Just make it cheaper.
Like c’mon, $400?
Man I would absolutely consider one of these. It emulates the systems I want, has the hard controls I would prefer, and is a phone. NICE.
PPSSPP is an amazing emulator, it is so reliable i managed to use it on a 4gb device with minimal slowdown
Yeah. Before I got a PSP, I played Project Diva on it. But when I got to Diva 2nd, 2 button moves kind of broke it.
Quick question, how do you get it to work, I usually try to run most the files on my phone but the only ones that work are the home brew games offered by ppsspp
@@hiping3393 you need to download roms for it to work
i won't tell you where to find them for legal reasons but you just need to then pick browse and find them in the folder where downloaded roms go
@@hiping3393
If it is like it was 12 months ago, you will need a hacked PSP and the digital/physical game to rip the the files off of your original copies to stay on the safe and legal side of things.
PPSSPP is a fantastic emulator that supports a lot of good games, but certain font glitches and translation patches are not 100% compatible. Because of this emulator I have gathered, hunted, & tracked down over 70 PSP physical games to rip, test and replay from my collection.
Hell, PPSSPP can make a 512 MB phone run PSP games (with proper setting downgrades).
My old office was next to Snail games when I lived in Suzhou. They were developing DS games at the time. I did a tour of their office. It was a long time ago. They were expanding to movies at the time. Didn’t know they do hardware now.
I have the international model and yes it's in English and also has google play store preinstalled
How much did you get it for? Amazon has it for over $400 and that's too rich for my blood.
Sorta reminds me of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play.
love your vids but you’re voice uniquely always sounds like it’s being REALLY sarcastic 😂😂😂
maybe lol
Definitely lol
Nope lol
I don't know lol
0:24 but his voice here makes it funnier than if it weren't sarcastic
Still have mine. It's main advantage to this day is that it's an actual android phone with a built in controller and sd card slot. It will always be good for old school gaming up to PS1
this is a great device but believe me that PS Vita is the best when it comes to psp emulation.
Not with the price of those memory cards
@@josiahjames8822 theres a mod for sd cards now I believe
There is Sd2vita but you still need a small Vita memory card to get it running at first if you don't have a slim.
What? Why? This device upscales PSP games to higher resolutions. Does Vita have that?
velkoon yes it does, do ur research first asshole🖕🏻
Oke wait .... 00:26 that made me laughing.. freaking funny.
They just need to remove the sim carts / phone and make it cheaper :p
I love to try this machine myself, get's me all excited seeing this product.
Great Review Rerez :D
Best psp emulator: PS Vita
Second best psp emulator: PPSSPP Gold on Nvidia shield Tv
Best PSP Emulator : OLED Vita :) Confirmed . With Henkaku and Adrenaline of course .
Best way to play PSP: a PSP
PSP cost: $10-$40
Reason to buy one: Hack it and get a large memory card for tons of games
*Side note: The original 1000 model feels heavier and more "Premium" but the 3000 model seems to have a brighter screen and better sound but is light weight and feels cheap.
@@curtisbrown2667 Fail . OLED Vita : 60 EUR . 128 GB SD Memorycard : 18 EUR . Henkaku Hack with Adrenaline : 0 EUR .
OLED far superior to any PSP . Build quality superior . Bigger screen . Better Dpad . 128 GB cheaper and bigger than PSP with Photofast . Plus the ability to as well put Vita games on it .
Cheers .
Fox Baker lol. Your reading is a fail. I didn’t say anything about the PS Vita, I’m talking about the actual PSP. If you didn’t know, that the first portable PlayStation that Sony made.
Fox Baker fair enough. But for the price, a $10 psp and a $15-$20 128gb card can net you all the best titles with room to spare for the PSP. If you want to up your budget for the Vita, then yes, that would allow you a better platform with more options.... but at a price (literally, it cost more) lol
Ive been looking for a PSP fix. This is so sweet.
Expensive. I'll stick with my PSP, PSV, DS and 3DS. But still... Thank you for the review
I mean you could get free games, which is -expenses
Expensive? It was like 2199 yen, unless I'm missing something.
@@Bro-cx2jc 2199 yuan, not yen. Comes out to about $320 USD.
I bought the PSV back when it came out, but that was honestly the biggest amount a money I've wasted on a wannabe system. Still think i7s is too expensive, but I doubt that you'll get less for your money than with the vita.
@@colbyfink Aw snap. Well I'm ordering a JXD Singularity instead then. This thing's gonna have to wait till its price drops, and the GPD XD Plus lost its screen and I accidentally switched off its HDMI, making it unusable. Watch out for them hinged-screen devices...if the screen's coming out, make sure your HDMI switch is on!!!
This looks outstanding. My only nitpick is the distance between the face button and the right analog stick. Same goes for the d-pad and left analog stick. They could be separated a bit more.
for ds, i recommend people buying a ds + r4 card instead or just the r4 card if you already got a ds or 3ds
What's the need of getting another ds?
Right as I finish watching one of your other videos, I see this in my notifications. and that thing looks awesome. I think it'd be something that some people could confuse with a PSP... I think. Not sure about that though, since I've never had anything like that.
If this device have a R2/L2/ & R3/L3 and grips it would be just perfect :)
Check out the Ipega 9087. You can turn your existing (probably more powerful) phone into a better version of this.
Psvita 2 Confirmed
@@AuthorSharuru lol never
@@TacticalPower88 Really? No WAY! xD I have a dualshock 4 + smartphone mount ;)
@@pawes7418 I have that too. Pretty nice for the house but I wouldn't trust it for trips cuz it doesn't really distribute the weight lol. I prefer the ipega cuz it gives your phone that solid psp feel and its collapsable/pocketable.
Man I remember seeing this. I still have my Xperia play and my original ngage.
Why can't can't a company make an Xperia Play 2! Make a slider phone with the controls hidden underneath the screen when not in use!
Sony has a patent on slide out gamepads.
@@jamesalexander5559 They should do something with it!
@@ZombiePanda402 I agree but they won't. They got burned too many times since the PSP Go Xperia Play, and PS Vita failed. They all failed for different reasons but it doesn't matter to Sony.
If It had more physical buttons, it would be one of the best ways to play on Android, specially with the Stadia coming out soon.
Trigger buttons and clickable analogs.
This is such a cool Console. If only I could read Chinese
I have the international model and yes it's in English and also has google play store preinstalled
我可以教你，如果你给我100美元。
and here I am. A gamer looking for a new phone and this pops into my feed
*stares at thumbnail* ...ok, how much is it?
*finds out it's a phone*
...welp, i ain't able to afford it... *leaves*
Its ¥2299.00 which equals $21.01USD
@@ebennett3655 The i7s costs $550, while the MUCH lower end i7 model $430
@thunderdabest Yeah, a device with a pretty mid-high end CPU can't cost 21 bucks.
Now THIS looks good.
Once it runs GameCube I'm in.
Apparently people have had success running gamecube/wii games fairly well on it. There's footage of stuff like Xenoblade, Brawl, and Mario Galaxy running full speed, but only just barely. When things get busy (eg first cutscene of xenoblade) it struggles a bit, but there's likely still performance improvements left for Dolphin in general, let alone android dolphin.
If it had a snapdragon855 and triggers I would 100% need this
Black shark 2? Game pad when you need it can remove when you dont
8:40 - Lunar: Silver Star Harmony? You have good taste, my friend.
I don't really like being early now that i realized,i can't read funny and interesting comments because i can't make one myself
Nice video by the way
Cant believe how cool this thing looks! I love mobile emulation and not seen anything that looks better, although looks arent everything..
Factory: Do you want this "phone" to destroy your ear canal?
Moqi : yes
I wouldn't even use it as a phone lmao, putting a SIM card int here might spell legal troubles XD "Hey what's this extremely powerful Sony ripoff handheld you got from China that also acts as a phone, sir?"
Ive been using the Samsung Galaxy S8 plus for emulation and android games for a while now and I like it it works pretty good! The things i emulate are Nes,Snes,GbA,gb,gbc,ds,genesis,ps1!
@ $333 bucks US, it seems like a good contender to the GPD XD. If only it had more buttons
Is the GPD worth buying? I still have an Nvidia Portable
I haven't used my real PSP in years even though it's modded. PSP emulation on Android is just too good. Playing Birth by Sleep in 1440p with the 60FPS patch is awesome.
Which emulator do you use?
I also have a modded psp, but it's a nightmare when it comes to the damn storage sticks
@@DooneyenPrinnie have you not discovered MicroSD adapters yet? Memory Stick hasn't been relavant to the PSP for over a decade, haha. Everyone just buys MicroSD adapters. The emulator I use is PPSSPP.
@@awesomeferret I had one, but it was very flimsy plastic so it broke literally, like physically lol. But you are right. Thanks man, I actually commented that before he said it uses ppsppp on the Android
Wow... Sold! And it DOES have an SD card slot? AMAZING.
Okay, but _does_ it work as a phone though?
I stick my Vita thumbsticks in my ears anyway, so that won't bother me.
Hey Shane, any reason why you haven't done a historical look at the classic Atari Lynx Portable Game System? I loved that system back in the day (and still have a working unit with nearly all of the games) and it was excellent for what it could do. Back when it was popular, I created and sold a hints and cheats guide through the official fandom newsletter booklet that had every cheat available, maps to certain games (like "Electrocop"), hints to the games, level codes, and instructions to the two awesome hidden games "Life" and "Mandelbrot Generator". Nearly all of these were obtained from a friendly source at Atari that shared a binder full of great freebies (slides, ad material, maps, etc.). I was basically the first to share most of these kinds of things on the early internet and via my guide. It wasn't fancy, but it gave fans what they needed. It's crazy how all of the games can now be played on emulators.
Shop keeper: so what do u actually want
Customer: I just want a great phone good 4 gaming
Shop keeper: say no more
Great review! But the button limitations is what has me thinking about getting this.
EDIT: Damn, I didn't know it cost that much
JKO716 Just get a Bluetooth controller to use with your phone/tablet, not worth spending money on a crappy outdated Chinese product with bad controls.
The ipega 9023 is a decent one worth checking out.
0:18 *"...and even a headphone jack"*
See that Apple? Even a handheld game console & smartphone combo *in 2019* has a *headphone jack* LMAO
I am going to buy one of these as soon as they add the L2 and our two brains the third and fourth top buttons trigger bones
I got a question. Rerez, do you understand Chinese?
No he doesn't
Perfect example of how not all Chinese stuff is crap. This looks nicer than the Vita. Although yeah, controls are often a problem while emulating 6 main buttons with a controller that only has 4. Mapping the other 2 on shoulders is always a pain.
Checked Amazon ...
409.00 ?!!!
Whaaaaat???!!!!
@@oliviergrandin8508 That's crazy cheap, omg! :0
I myself enjoy my PS Vita, but it took many years for me to actually enjoy it anyway. Expensive Memory Sticks really killed it for me until I home brewed it to better serve as a good portable console. I am curious to try something like this since the emulation apps I've tried on a homebrewed PS Vita are mixed. Gameboy Advance emulator crashes sometimes when saving too many times, while SNES and PSP emulators on it run pretty smoothly. Plus, having already saved so many roms to my vita makes things all the more easier.
Mmmm Snapdragon 710 is not bad actually.
Its on par with 821 and 835! impressive.
Sure
Not comparable with sd835, speaking about graphic performance , adreno 616 in sd710 is low tier
I am actually not a mobile gamer but this is such a sick device. Reminds me so much of the PS Vita, damn I want it asap, with all the emulations you can run on it or the new modern mobile games that a comming out that are getting better and better. Especially dead by daylight mobile, kskskssksks
Try *PUBG Mobile* And *Honkai Impact 3*
Lol I was going to say that
yeah, plz try pubg mobile and honkai impact 3
What you said about Sony ditching the portable market a while ago just isn't true. They literally just stopped producing the VIta not even that long ago, and who knows what the future holds for them when it comes to portable gaming. They have never came out and said that they would not be producing any more portable systems.
snapdragon 710?? wow finally a chinese gaming device with not crappytek xd
Eh, its still a midrange processor. The Switch/Vita with homebrew is still a much better option in terms of price/performance/support.
I actually really like the look of this gizmo. A bit pricey at €399. But I might consider it being the capabilities and memory slot update. Nice!!
it have MicroSD Slot
Yes according to the update
Right now it costs 400$.
When it will be relased in stores, it will cost 800$. Just so you know.
Better off with a 100$ Vita😂😂
ppsspp has always been so well optimized. I used to run games at full speed back in 2013 on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 3
I don't understand why they didn't just put the ear peice and mic on the back of the device.
There's zero reason they had to put it on the face of the device, forcing your ear to rest on the thumb stick.
I understand it's a gaming device first, phone second; but come on, what engineer thought a thumb stick in the ear was okay and overlooked such an easy fix.
Unless this device is really really weird there's usually a button you can hit that makes it so you don't have to hold the phone up to your ear to hear what the person is saying it's my favorite button my phone
@@bland9876 speaker phone isn't a great primary way to answer calls. Hypothetically, I wouldn't want to pickup a call in the work breakroom and have the first thing blurted out on speaker be my GF thanking me for a great time in bed and how she looks forward to another that upcoming night in terms that are TMI and NSFW. Lol
@@Deepspace1insight I usually don't make phone calls at work I wait till I get home
@@bland9876 There are some people I will never deny a phone call from if I am not actively working (on a break, lunch, etc.) However I guess that's personal preference.
Personally, if I were going to only take/make calls at home I would stick to my landline, my home is too big to get good reception in in every room. Plus that I need handsets at different parts of the house as I dont carry my cellphone everywhere at home and I wouldn't hear calls if I was more than a few rooms away. I guess if you live in a very small home or apartment close to a cell tower that's not an issue.
@@bland9876 Keep in mind that will still vary person to person- let's not get derailed here:
The real issue is a extremely simple engineering fix to a thumb stick in the ear was overlooked. Regardless of the ways around it, it screams poor functional designing.
That's cool. Did you try any of the big ACTUAL mobile games? PUBG, Fortnite, ES Blades? I'd wanna know how those handle on that system since it seems like there may be more AAA mobile games in the future like Mario Kart, for example.
Goes and looks up price for this thing...welp you can keep it👌👍
2299 yuan or 332 USD
Wow those PSP games look great 😲
I just connect a ps4 controller to my s10+ and get a better experience.
But isn't it uncomfortable, you'll have to put your phone somewhere far so you can't really play while laying down
No, on flights i will put it right in front of me. When i'm in a hotel or at home i will connect it to the tv with a DEX pad. Its basically like a portable android gamestation.
iPega 9087s is a waaaaaaaaaaaaay better choice.
If it wasn't nearly $400 after shipping from China, I'd be interested in this. Pretty cool PSP emulation!
Wow this thing has more features than a Nintendo Switch .
But the Nintendo switch is the only video game console with all the buttons and is still portable I'm so confused as to why
@@bland9876 this has more games and plays emulators and not every emulator uses all those buttons, also this has a music player to listen to your music while you play, proper voice chat, Local save data exports, Netflix, Web Browser and thousands of Apps etc.... the switch has none of that
@Vegito Charmara "there isn't a comparison to be made"
Yet the first thing you do is make a comparison lol
You know This thing is 21,99.00 yen right?
That's like $20 dollars, and 21,99 Yen is like $100 dollars to Japanese people, of course prices in the UK and US are over inflated, but this is supposed to be a device for the Chinese and Japanese market.
To be honest at $300 the switch isn't worth it either.
Your video is really detailed, awesome content !
Amazing console! How do i get this handheld, like you did with?
I am actually impressed with this. PSP part just may warrant a purchase.
Just get your Self a 200 GB SD card and full it with PSP games
OMG MY FAVORITE GAMING CONPANY!! SNAIL GAMES!!!
Eh drastic runs on potato phones Shane it does not need to be super powerful. Besides that yeah I agree with your video😄
Actually GC runs just fine. I had a moqi i7s for a few weeks(getting a new one after screwing up something) and it was almost perfect. did you change the CPU clock speed in dolphin?
what exactly did you screw up?
The real question, can it run Fate Grand Order?
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Interesting. I want it! ☺ Does the Vibration function work with PlayStation games that are compatible with DUAL SHOCK vibration and does it play PS2 and PSVITA games?
NINTENDO would like to know your location for Copystrike
more like Sony XDD it looks more like the PSP to me
Man!
This thing looks good!
So it's just a refined PSVita Slim?
Only that PS Vita sadly cant run Android stuff. So its either PSVita games or Android (and android has more to offer). As a Vita fan i have to say thats the first handheld that can beat the vita.
@@ZunaZurugi bro Vita can run tons of emulators as well as homebrews, Vita and Psp games
@@jordanrobinson9474 Ya Vita can Run a shitton of emulators ... same as Android devices. The core diffrence is that no Android device can emulate Vita BUt the Vita it self cant run Android games (which there are some great PC games ported to android) so the core diffrence is Vita games vs PC ports and other android stuff.
@@ZunaZurugi The Vita feels better to play, and has a better screen + physical buttons and can play Vita games, which the Android cannot do. If you want to get technical then yeah, Android can run some random Pc ports which the Vita cannot do, but it does not make up for the shortcomings on the phone itself vs the Vita.
This handheld looks awesome, only thing i noticed is the d-pad that could use a revision.
Seems like you went 180° with your attitude about emulations.
This really did change my perspective on them. It did a lot of things right!
@@rerez Now they should make a version with Snapdragon 855. That'll be a sight to behold because that chip can even run GameCube and Wii.
If you go 360, don't you just end up where you started?
@@littleguyalex youre right. Just fixed it. Now i feel stupid.
Lol don't. I've done the same thing.
Now imagine this same concept with a few improvements/tweaks like:
English version of latest android
Snapdragon 855
8gb ram
Micro sd slot (A must for such device)
Speakers relocated in front
L2/R2
L3/R3 on clickable joysticks
Grip attachment
It actually has a MicroSD card slot behind the battery
TDPNeji didn’t know that since he said it was only 64gb I believe. Even though it has one I wouldn’t buy one since the cpu is not one of the better ones. I saw the zenfone 6 which has the snapdragon 855 with 6gb ram for 500$ which is a steal when comparing to other flagship cellphones.
kids gonna be like “cAn I PlaY fORtnITe”
God damn that sounds cool. So you can play God of War and Mortal Kombat Unchained in the same device? I'm sold
That left analog, NOPE! PSVITA is better, coz it can network play with PSP and PSVITA together
Doesnt ppsspp have multiplayer support?
This thing is still pretty sweet but my goodness the newer handheld PCs blow this out of the water. Great time to be a gamer!