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Review: Mangmi Air Y - No-Frills Android-Powered Emulation For Under $100
Don't go expecting PS2 power. Still a relative newcomer to the handheld emulation scene, Mangmi has released the Air X and Pocket Max so far, and both devices have impressed enough for the company to gain followers in a market flooded with products from the likes of AYANEO, Anbernic, and Retroid....

AYANEO Reveals Yet Another KONKR Pocket Advance Variant, But You Can't Buy It
Aimed at developers, apparently. As you'll know from our KONKR Pocket Advance review, this GBA-inspired portable is an excellent piece of kit, and well worth the modest asking price. However, AYANEO has received criticism for how it has distributed the device. After the initial batch sold out, the...

AYANEO Reveals "Developer Edition" KONKR Pocket Advance That You Can't Buy
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! Yet another variant of the Pocket Advance by KONKR has been revealed today, taking the choice of colours up to 6, just a week after the product itself

Review: KONKR Pocket Advance - The Nintendo GBA, Perfected
AYANEO's latest budget handheld is one of its best. AYANEO's budget brand, KONKR, has already given us some welcome options in the handheld emulation space, but few of them have attracted the kind of fevered attention that the Pocket Advance has managed. This GBA-inspired portable sold out of its...

AYANEO Announces Yet Another Colourway Of Its GBA-Inspired Pocket Advance & Some People Aren't Impressed
The company faces accusations of "punishing" existing customers. Since the initial announcement of GBA-inspired KONKR Pocket Advance back in July of this year, AYANEO has taken a very deliberate approach to marketing the Android-based handheld, drip-feeding reveal after reveal to keep it in the...

KONKR Pocket Advance Review: A Superb $89 Starter Android Handheld
The KONKR Pocket Advance is a handheld that AYANEO (its parent company) revealed and teased for a good couple of months, with a quick price reveal of $89 - $129 and an even quicker shipping turnaround time of a few days. It's a device I have been following closely

Ayaneo reveals yet another GBA clone colorway, but I'm not sure why it waited until it sold over 15,000 handhelds sold to do so
Ayaneo just dropped yet another KONKR Pocket Advance color, but it feels like the 15,000+ players who picked up the GBA clone should have had the choice.

AYANEO Reveals Yet Another New KONKR Pocket Advance Colour
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! I can't keep up. My review sample of the KONKR Pocket Advance arrived this morning, so I have begun our review process. Then, Arthur announces a

"Smashed Competitors" AYANEO Has Already Sold 15,000+ KONKR Pocket Advance Handhelds
I write this just after my sample unit of the KONKR Pocket Advance this morning, and I am already deeply in love with the device, especially considering its small $89 price tag, so this news post comes as no surprise to me, even if it's now one of

Ayaneo drops a pink GBA homage to Princess Peach after restocking its Konkr Pocket Advance, but I feel sorry for fans who previously pre-ordered the portable
Ayaneo has unveiled a new pink GBA clone, but the "Peach" KONKR Pocket Advance waited until initial pre-orders sold out to pop up.

AYANEO Reveals Pink KONKR Pocket Advance Handheld
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! AYANEO must have the world record for the longest live stream about a retro handheld. They've been going live almost every day for a week, sharing

You can now pre-order Ayaneo's GBA clone, and its sub-$100 price tag is giving me hope
KONKR Pocket Advance pre-orders are now live, and Ayaneo's GBA clone handheld is surprisingly affordable with early bird discounts applied.

AYANEO Finally Releases The Pocket Advance At $89 (For Now)
Finally, after sitting through hours and hours of AYANEO's livestreams over the last couple of weeks, we finally have full information regarding the specifications, and you can now officially buy KONKR Pocket Advanceo on AYANEO's website, an upcoming Android-based handheld emulator that looks...

AYANEO Says It Will Release A GBA SP Clone, It Just Hasn't Figured Out How To Do It Yet
"We will make a GBA SP". AYANEO boss Arthur Zhang has let slip during a recent livestream that the company plans to produce a GBA SP-style device in the future. The company has been showing off its KONKR Pocket Advance device recently, which is based on the original GBA model. However, many other...

AYANEO Finally Shows Off The Pocket Advance Alongside Some Specs
The Pocket Advance is an upcoming retro handheld by AYANEO that looks just like the GAME BOY Advance. Instead, it will likely come with some decent power, an Android OS and a sprinkling of AYASpace, AYANEO's custom front-end allowing you to organise and manage your ROM files

"We will make a GBA SP" AYANEO Are Working On A Clamshell Handheld
As I watch AYANEO's product sharing livestream to fill you all in on Pocket Advance news, a comment went by my screen that stopped me in my tracks. The YouTube translation picked it up because... well, I don't speak Chinese, but that said, I know what

Retro handhelds by Retroid, Ayaneo, and more could be in for a world of price pain thanks to Qualcomm chipset hikes
Retroid has commented on Qualcomm's planned price increases, as retro handhelds with the company's chipsets like the Nova could end up more expensive.

Exclusive: AYANEO Shows Off New KONKR Pocket Advance Colourway
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! These days, it seems like handheld manufacturers are really prolonging the reveal process of handheld devices. I get why; it produces more coverage, and I'll admit

Jokes aside, buying the $4,299 Ayaneo Next 2 would mean selling my car
Ayaneo wants up to $4,299 for its Next 2 flagship gaming handheld. I'll give you a moment to let that sink in, as that's the price of its top-end model, and even the cheapest version costs almost two grand. Keep in mind the portable was previously suspended due to high production costs, but it...

Jokes aside, buying the $4,299 Ayaneo Next 2 would mean selling my car
The Ayaneo Next 2 IndieGoGo is live, but if you're looking for the top-spec gaming handheld, you'll have to fork out over $4,000.

Think gaming handhelds are too expensive? Ayaneo says 'hold my beer,' lists $5,000+ monster
How much is too much?

Ayaneo unveils its Konkr Pocket Advance, and it's the GBA handheld remake I was holding out for
Ayaneo has unveiled its GBA remake, and the Konkr Pocket Advance looks to be an authentic homage to the 2001 handheld with a larger screen.

AYANEO Reveals First Look At KONKR Pocket Advance
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! Well, it looks like we were right, and indeed the KONKR Pocket Advance looks nearly identical to that of the popular Nintendo GAME BOY Advance, and in all

AYANEO's Pocket Advance Could Look Just Like The GBA
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! Here we go again, AYANEO is slowly teasing their latest device, known as the KONKR Pocket Advance, an upcoming horizontal handheld that will likely become the sister-handheld
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