AYN’s Successor To The Odin 2 Will Be The First Gaming Handheld Powered By The Snapdragon 8 Elite

Following the preliminary announcement again in mid-August that AYN was engaged on a follow-up to the Odin 2, the hand held producer has begun sharing some extra details about the upcoming machine, together with its design and a few preliminary specs.

It all began final Friday when AYN launched a brand new video on its YouTube channel entitled “AYN Odin 3 – A New Era Begins“. In that video, which lasted round 30 seconds, AYN gave us our first correct have a look at the model new Android-based handheld, which appeared to share an identical design to the AYN Odin 2 Portal.

It additionally teased that the machine will characteristic Hall Effect LED joysticks, a Snapdragon Qualcomm chipset, lively cooling, again triggers, and a rumble performance, however stopped in need of revealing any details about the display screen dimension, the precise chipset that will be powering the machine, its worth, or its launch date.

Earlier in the present day, nevertheless, AYN has since gone on to fill in a few of these blanks over on its Discord channel, publishing two new promotional photos that exposed the hand held will characteristic an unique 6″ 120Hz FHD AMOLED display screen and an 8000mAh battery, and that it’s going to make use of the Snapdragon 8 Elite cell platform. This makes it the primary ever gaming platform to reap the benefits of the brand new CPU.

Sadly, no launch date was revealed alongside these different bulletins, and we do not nonetheless know precisely how a lot it is going to value, or if a number of configurations will likely be supplied at launch. But with AYN stepping up its promotion, it appears to be solely a matter of time earlier than all of that info turns into accessible.

We’ll maintain a watch open for any updates as they arrive, so keep tuned for more information within the close to future.