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128GB Anbernic RG505 Android OLED Retro Emulation Handheld (Grey) Expired

$92.15
$137.99
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Anbernic Official Store via AliExpress has 128GB Anbernic RG505 Android OLED Retro Emulation Handheld (Grey) on sale from $100.63 -> now $92.16 when you apply promo code AEUS12 during checkout. Shipping is free and may take 15-20 days to arrive.

Thanks to Deal Editor RevOne for sharing this deal.

Available Colors:
  • Grey $92.16
  • Grey w/ Bag $94.76
About this Item:
  • 4.95" 960x544 OLED touchscreen
  • Unisoc Tiger T618 Octa-Core Chipset
  • 4GB LPDDR4X RAM
  • 128GB built-in storage
  • micro SD card slot
  • Hall Effect joysticks
  • 802.11ac WiFi + Bluetooth 5.0
  • 5000mAh battery
  • Android 12

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Anbernic Official Store via AliExpress
  • Anbernic RG505 [aliexpress.us] $100.89 w/ code AEUS12
    • Free 15-20 day shipping (from China). Free 15-dayt returns
    • Note: base model does not include pre-loaded games

Features:
  • Review [youtu.be]
  • 4.95" 960x544 OLED touchscreen
  • Unisoc Tiger T618 Octa-Core Chipset
  • 4GB LPDDR4X RAM
  • 128GB built-in storage
  • micro SD card slot
  • Hall Effect joysticks
  • 802.11ac WiFi + Bluetooth 5.0
  • 5000mAh battery
  • Android 12
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Last Edited by RevOne | Staff March 20, 2024 at 08:35 PM

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One day we will be able to smoothly play PS2/Wii/GC games on one of these budget devices.

Right now I'm good with using a old phone with a Snapdragon 845, slapping a controller on it and it exceeds any these SBC devices in the 100 dollar range.
If you buy this, don't forget to install the Gamma OS on it.

Huge performance increase

https://github.com/TheGammaSqueeze/GammaOS
Great price, nice find. It's as powerful as the retroid pocket 3+ but with a bigger, oled screen. Not my favorite device but a terrific machine for the price.

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bdanka50
03-21-2024 at 08:31 AM.
03-21-2024 at 08:31 AM.
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stop buying stuff from aliexpress , like this device
Nah, I love that stuff
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03-21-2024 at 08:32 AM.
03-21-2024 at 08:32 AM.
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Honestly, I say you should get both! You only paid $32 for the rg35xxh...it's a nice 4:3 pocketable device. The 505 is much larger and with the widescreen OLED, it's going to be great for those games that could use a bigger, brighter, wider screen.

This is the way, ordered.
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Roland00
03-21-2024 at 08:56 AM.
03-21-2024 at 08:56 AM.
Quote from thegameroomblitz :
Why is there this sudden explosion of handheld thingies on sale, anyway?
fabs that make the silicon computer chips want an 80%+ utilization to remain profitable ,
plus it is easy to iterate as designers since it is plug in play with the linux and selecting the computer components

just the plastic and so on on top of it is what makes each brand special, that and quality control
  • the rg35xx is using a 10 year old soc (oct 2013)
  • the rg35xx plus is using a soc similar to the ones we saw in 2017, so roughly 7 years
  • the rg505 is using a soc only 4 years old (nov 2019)
well B is replacing A, and C is replacing B with new model line ups

plus drop shipping from china is cheaper due to lower utilization for it is not the various holidays

plus these devices are now more popular marketing due to tiktok and so on.

yadda yadda yadda many factors and I am not sure you can say it is a single thing.

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Excuse my ignorance but what is the point of having a widescreen on a retro portable device when most ROMs you would be playing on it will be 4:3?
true, but the resolutions for these things are targeting many goals

this resolution was picked for it is the same resolution as the 2011 psp vita with 960x544 … now half of 1080p (1/4th the pixels) is 960 by 540 but the psp vita for some reason that escapes me made it 4 extra pixels taller.
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03-21-2024 at 11:59 AM.
03-21-2024 at 11:59 AM.
Quote from skim112 :
Do you install Retroarch to play on the GCloud or download Video Game app from the Google store? I keep hearing people using Video Game app.
I grabbed each emulator individually from the store. You can install a front end for them like Daijisho if you want. I may elevate the experience with that later on
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03-21-2024 at 12:12 PM.
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This does NOT have video out correct?
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03-21-2024 at 12:29 PM.
03-21-2024 at 12:29 PM.
Quote from TheRedEyeBandit :
This does NOT have video out correct?

Correct
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03-21-2024 at 03:50 PM.
03-21-2024 at 03:50 PM.
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stop buying stuff from aliexpress , like this device

Ty OP, just bought one, don't understand why people have issues with AliExpress
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geniv
03-21-2024 at 04:35 PM.
03-21-2024 at 04:35 PM.
Quote from pidge :
Excuse my ignorance but what is the point of having a widescreen on a retro portable device when most ROMs you would be playing on it will be 4:3?
If you look at system like PSX, Saturn, DreamCast, N64.
they are native 4:3 but some emulator have widescreen hacks and alot of 3D games works well and looks so much nicer and better to play on 16:9.

I believe there is a Genesis emulator that can do widescreen hack also. (not squished) but real widescreen where you get more field of view.


A few arcades older are widescreen I believe also, (ex ninja warriors, darius).
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03-23-2024 at 01:20 PM.
03-23-2024 at 01:20 PM.
Quote from youra6 :
One day we will be able to smoothly play PS2/Wii/GC games on one of these budget devices.

Right now I'm good with using a old phone with a Snapdragon 845, slapping a controller on it and it exceeds any these SBC devices in the 100 dollar range.

S10 Plus 1TB with the 855 FTW
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03-24-2024 at 03:09 PM.
03-24-2024 at 03:09 PM.
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I run PS1 through PS2 on a Logitech G Cloud (roughly equivalent performance to an RP3+) and it's perfect. Already have a backlog of at least 800 games, even by restricting myself to top 100 per system. There would be limited value in adding more/newer systems, but yeah that device already exists in the RP4 Pro. Naturally, it will only get cheaper over time

Odin 2 is of course out there, but at such a high price point it doesn't really deserve to be in the convo

Would be curious as to your settings for GC and PS2 on the gCloud to get good performance. It feels very hit or miss to me.
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03-25-2024 at 05:35 AM.
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Post updated (slight price drop)
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03-26-2024 at 05:29 PM.
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We're posting Aliexpress prices on here now?
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03-26-2024 at 05:43 PM.
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Does this come with games already? If so which ones?
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Quote from endermenix88888 :
We're posting Aliexpress prices on here now?

Hi endermen 🙂 Yes, members are also allowed to post links to items from any seller on AliExpress that a Deal Editor has posted from before. This is the announcement post from 2016: https://slickdeals.net/e/9500408-aliexpress-seller-guideline

And the AliExpress guidelines can be found here, as well; https://slickdeals.net/f/40596-rules-faq-tips-store-contact-info-common-abbreviations?v=1#anch23

The best way to know what sellers are allowed to posted is to use the Search box on Slickdeals and type in AliExpress, then conduct a search. Click on any results you find to see which sellers have been posted already before by Deal Editors (there's a "badge" next to our name in the standard forum view on the website (on the app, it'll just show "| Staff" next to our names). Another way to find out is to simply use Search and enter the name of the seller you were thinking about posting. If no search result for that seller's name pop up, then it means they can't be posted (yet,anyway. At least not until after a Deal Editor has done so already).

Hope this helps and thanks!
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Cornezy
03-26-2024 at 07:25 PM.
03-26-2024 at 07:25 PM.
I may be wrong but looking at the analog on the right side, does that hurt your hands?!?
Like how do you use the buttons with it in the way?
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