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Cutesliving Store | AliExpress
- Trimui Smart Pro [aliexpress.us]
- w/ 64GB card
- from $46.14 w/ code NEWUS8OFF (new customers)
- from $50.14 w/ code USSS04 (existing customers)
- w/ 128GB card
- from $52.69 w/ code USSS08 (new & existing customers)
Specs:
- 4.96" 1280x720 IPS HD display
- Allwinner A133Plus processor
- 1GB RAM
- 8GB built-in storage (for the firmware)
- Dual joysticks w/ RGB LED lighting (can adjust brightness / disable lighting)
- note: No L3/R3 'press-in' functionality
- MicroSD card slot (for the games)
- Stereo speakers
- 3.5mm audio jack
- WiFi / Bluetooth (w/ Bluetooth headphone/speaker support now added on the latest 1.4 firmware build)
- USB-C port
- 5000mAh battery
- Linux-based firmware/operating system
- Review [youtu.be]
- PSP Gameplay [youtu.be] (on the latest firmware update 1.4 w/ Vulkan support added)
- Firmware Update Page [trimui.com] (use at your own discretion/risk)
- No HDMI port
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There's a slider switch on the bottom-left edge (see screenshot below) that may be set by default to toggle power-saving mode on/off when yours arrives.
Power-saving mode conserves battery when running titles that don't require much processing power, but will negatively impact performance in more demanding titles when enabled (so be sure to disable power saving mode - by using that switch - when playing 'heavier' games). [edited]
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There's a slider switch on the bottom edge, left side (see screenshot below).
It's customizable within the settings but may be set by default to toggle power-saving mode on/off when yours arrives. This mode conserves battery when running titles that don't require much processing power, but will negatively impact performance in more demanding titles when enabled (so be sure to disable power-saving using the switch if playing 'heavier' games).
When RetroGameCorps covered this device, this ended up negatively affecting the game testing section [youtu.be] during his review (since he was unknowingly running more demanding games while power-saving mode was enabled).
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The only thing I would politely warn about when shopping on AliExpress is to exercise caution when it comes to sellers that use the "Shop#######" naming scheme. There are exceptions to everything of course, but sometimes what happens is the seller will send a different item of lesser value other than the product they had advertised.
In the event it goes sideways, if what you purchased was an AliExpress 'Choice' offer, the parent company (AliExpress) will step in and handle the refund/return process. But - you may be talking about waiting potentially weeks for the item to get to you, discovering it was misrepresented, taking the time to file the complaint w/ AliExpress, then waiting potentially weeks as it gets shipped back. Then the time to process the returned item, and finally, the processing time to receive your refund.
In this case, that particular storefront is showing it was opened in April of 2024 and currently bears a 54.4% customer feedback rating (see screenshot below). The 'Buyer Questions & Answers' section on the product page also has a few warnings by other shoppers. Cutesliving Store, for example, is at 95.7%, open since August 2019, and currently has 108 reviews on the product page for this device. Either way, best of luck to you - I truly ~do~ hope they send the item you ordered and simply had it at a more competitive price. It can happen, it's just a bit of a gamble generally speaking. Thanks again for being willing to help
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UPDATE: it turns out that the mysterious FN button on the bottom of the device is a PowerSave toggle (and not rumble like I previously thought). Unfortunately, all of my emulation testing in this video was done with the PowerSave turned on, so the demonstrated performance is WORSE than expected. At the time of making this video I compared the performance to the RK3326 chipset (so the Anbernic RG351 series), but with PowerSave turned off it is closer to RK3566 (Anbernic RG353 and PowKiddy RGB30) in terms of performance. I redid my testing on the higher-end systems and here are the results:
- N64: mid-tier games like Super Mario 64 and F-Zero X are now playable. High-tier games like Cruis'n USA and Conker are still unplayably slow
- Dreamcast: mid-tier games like Sonic Adventure 2, Dead or Alive 2, and Crazy Taxi 2 are now playable but with the core's auto-frameskip enabled, so it's not a perfect or full-speed experience
- PSP: mid-tier games like Ridge Racer and Virtua Tennis still struggle to maintain full speed at a 1x resolution. Average frame rate is 55fps which means you'll get slowdowns and audio crackling unless you apply emulation hacks. Lite games (2D and puzzle games) still play fine
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