Hey all! Quick comment. Because of how bright the Mini's screen is, a lot of parts might look blown out especially when another device is right next to it. It was super difficult to capture two devices with way different brightnesses, but I can tell you that in person, it's not blown out at all, merely a camera and ISO issue.

@agamaz5650

Ай бұрын

my bro it is really that worse than an oled?

@dokferr

Ай бұрын

How is it compared to Odin 2 screen, better or worse? Because looking from your video, it's looked wash out.

@geggyboy1269

Ай бұрын

​@@dokferr His answer is literally in the comment you replied on.

@dokferr

Ай бұрын

@@geggyboy1269 I want to know his conclusion, which one he prefer. I only have Odin 2. If I also have Odin 2 Mini in front of me, I'll make my own conclusion, not gonna ask other people.

@geggyboy1269

Ай бұрын

@@dokferr Ah, I see.

I’m glad you test fans noise. Noise is a very important factor to me with electronic devices. How a device feels, thermals and sounds is so underrated in KZread reviews.

Spongebobs voice: "I don't need it.. I don't need it.. I don't need it.."

@metalliholic

Ай бұрын

"I NEEEEDDD ITT!!!!!"

@veloxsterinkognito7512

Ай бұрын

Be careful, Spongebob!

@deflash

Ай бұрын

If you have odin 2, yep

@eyeofterra

Ай бұрын

Wait for new Switch. Obviously better value.

@xxneroxxx4996

Ай бұрын

@@eyeofterra Nobody cares someone looking at this is looking for an android console obviously

S23 Ultra performance for $340 is pretty amazing!

@QuantumChrist

Ай бұрын

Yup, cause most of s23 price goes to High end camera and best Screen display ever created.

Was checking KZread everyday for an early review. Love this!

Awesome!!! Been waiting all week for this!

Great Work man!! Thanks a lot for releasing the video so quickly after the arrival!! Hope you have a great rest of your weekend!

Great coverage Joey! So excited for this one. Looks AYN really nailed it.

Amazing overview, thanks for putting this together!

Thank you so much Joey! Love your video!

Really appreciate that I found your channel recently your in my top 3 and love that there is a first look finally very excited to hear your honest thoughts !

Very helpful first impressions. Glad you were the first to get this handled.

Loving the first impressions, thank you for the video!! Everything looks and sounds great so far, will wait for your thermals judgement tho for the proper review!

Joey left everyone at the starting gate with this one. Everything else seems to be sleeping at the wheel today 🤣 good stuff! 👍

WHOA! You got it!!!! First time I'm seeing it! Let's see!

Thank you Joey! I recently got my Odin 2 but love tech so I was curious about this.

Im glad to finally see a video about this. I was one of the first 200 to order for the $30 coupon. Grabbed the mini pro model. Cant wait. I have the Odin 2 Pro and as much as I love it, it's still a little too big to bring with me when I go out. My biggest worry was honestly thermals. Vignetting doesnt bother me, only really notice it if im looking for it. Great first impressions video, looking forward to the full review!

Great video as always Joey! Love your content.

10:32 The regular Odin 2 screen really shines on that section of the video.

@mauriciomorales2408

Ай бұрын

Thought the EXACT same thing and made me feel better about just receiving my Odin 2 pro and not getting the Mini

@08esco

Ай бұрын

Yes but the screens look worse on Video than they do in reality. I bought a lot of handhelds and almost everytime the screens looks very bad on Videos but in reality they look great

@mauriciomorales2408

Ай бұрын

@@08esco haha true I have many handhelds and always am pleasantly surprised when I have them in front of me. Just trying to tell myself that the Odin 2 pro I just got is better so I don’t buy the Mini lol

@Arxgxmi

22 күн бұрын

the video is literally focused on it, when shooting you have to choose between the quality of one over another, the odin 2 mini looks worse here due to a lack of very good HDR on this particular camera, it looks overexposed because it has more contrast than the screen it is focused on, which has less. the mini looks way better.

So tempted to order one. The vita design is easily my favorite horizontal form handheld and a slighty bigger version is very appealing.

This is looking like that balance between power and portability that I've been waiting on. Just hope the temps don't end up being a deal breaker for me.

I've been waiting for this review. Let's go.

Great video...... very good first impression on stuff we actually needed to know as we didn't need to see all the emulation for this.

Yesssss!!!!!! So glad to see this you have no idea!

Buying it for the Vita form factor with the performance, screw the haters. Vignetting is well known on new gen Macbooks and doesn't bother the majority of the population so it shouldn't be a dealbreaker. Though I'll say if you have an Odin 2 already, you probably wouldn't need this other than novelty.

@geggyboy1269

Ай бұрын

I think the thing about MacBooks is they have bigger screens. Of course, I 100 percent agree with you don't get me wrong, but I can see why others wouldn't like the vignetting. The Odin 2 Mini has a pretty small screen, so that only makes vignetting more noticeable. Of course that's not a big deal to me though. I'm happily awaiting mine. 😁

@M_CFV

Ай бұрын

Tons of games have forced vignetting anyways. Granted, I mod it out every time. But barely anyone goes through the hassle of doing that

@cyberspacedweller637

Ай бұрын

Lower battery and sound not being as good from what I heard in the test, will stick with the Odin2

@geggyboy1269

Ай бұрын

@@cyberspacedweller637 Well of course if you already have an Odin 2, I don’t recommend getting a Mini. That would sort of be a waste of money.

@cyberspacedweller637

Ай бұрын

Well, I was considering selling the 2 for the 2 mini for the mini LED screen, but the above kills it for me.

I'm glad that the "I'm Joey" is back :)

Joey beat ETA Prime to a 1st look video Congrats, I like your opinions better because your honest. ETA is more of a showcaser, he will mostly highlights just the good stuff and not the bad

@nickentros

Ай бұрын

Look at our boy Joey

@BarniDeDino

Ай бұрын

True, but i do still enjoy ETA's videos purely because of how happy he seems to show off every product he gets

@ohseasons

Ай бұрын

Joey must be like “yeahhhhh eta, and retro game core can suck it 🤭” nah

@OC.TINYYY

Ай бұрын

That's because he gets to keep it lol, and also why he reviews tons of overpriced Chinese crap. He wins either way. ​@@BarniDeDino

@Moes_Prep_and_Tech

Ай бұрын

@@BarniDeDinoI think he does something to his voice post production to make himself sound like that.

Thank you for actually talking about the Mini-LED acreen properly

Yesssss!!!! You have no idea how glad I am to see this!!!! Please do look more into your heat concerns as you said, as that was definitely one of my biggest concerns as well. And I appreciate your take on the display. Vignetting aside, it looks gorgeous and great for on the go use. I'm glad to hear it's comfortable and has some heft while still being small. Could you please also go over the touch aspect of the screen? Is it responsive and accurate for mobile games that utilize touch? Thanks so much for your awesome impression vid!!!!

Great video Joey!

Kinda unrelated but good god i'm glad we agree that the "just buy a steam deck bro" crowd is the most annoying part of this community. Just let people buy what they want man 🤣🤣🤣

@koi-et7lw

Ай бұрын

Fr they swarm most of the handheld review just to say that

@zZiL341yRj736

Ай бұрын

That shit is large as hell and a 720p screen is trash.

@agamaz5650

Ай бұрын

@@zZiL341yRj736 low res content looks better though on the 720p oled, even anime in 2015 was still rendered in like 720p, and tbh I wish Ayn Odin 2 Mini also had 720p screen but I agree with the original steam deck screen and it is way too large

@ninjason57

Ай бұрын

@@zZiL341yRj736it is large but the oled 800p screen is good.

@novantha1

Ай бұрын

I absolutely love my Steamdeck OLED...But I also absolutely love the look of this, and I'd be jealous of anyone who said they were buying one.

Thermals may change since that is an early build model also. I'm very excited about a smaller Odin 2 and the fact that it resembles a vita is just MWAH! *chef's kiss*

An excellent first look at the Odin2 Mini. Today I learned that the "g" in vignetting is silent. I've only ever read the word; I've literally never heard it spoken aloud before. See, you're both entertaining and educational. IRT the handheld itself; none of my priors have really changed. It looks great, it runs great, and it seems to be pretty well built. The only knock I have so far, and it's a new one discovered thanks to this video, is that the speakers are more lackluster than the person that replaced Don Cherry. The full size Odin2 sounded excellent on my end, so, I don't know what's up. I look forward to your full review. Congrats on being one of the first to get this handheld. It should be a real boon for your channel, and you deserve all the subscribers.

@washuai

Ай бұрын

Technically, there is a slight pronunciation, it shouldn't be a totally flat vin vs vign and it affects the pronunciation of the n after the g, but both are accepted. Silent is the easiest way to think about it, because you don't want a solid g or j sound.

Great first impressions buddy. You already have my address so whenever you're ready... 🤣🤣🤣

Dont mind me, imma be watching this on loop until the review comes out

absolute awesome sauce

Be sure to check winalator ram usage since that's a currently emerging frontier and isn't super widely tested

Great video man

Great review

Looking awesome! To me the best part here is how it compares to the retro pocket 4 at 5:30! Interesting to hear that the ergonomics are not terrible and about the thermals (I expected it to be worst with less space, still far from throttling) so looking very promessing

Awesome! Just subbed. I am pretty excited to get my hands on this. I own a Steam Deck but really wanted something more portable to take on trips since I live in the sticks and have to travel to do anything. I'm always so worried about my Deck getting dropped or left in the car. Plus I love the Vita still play my day one Vita weekly. This will be my first Android gaming device and I think I made the right choice. Really all I want is PS2 games on the go.

@washuai

Ай бұрын

This isn't much cheaper (in some cases more expensive) and probably less repairable than the deck. After watching Linus beat the F out of an Ally with the killswitch case on it against a desk, I expect a Steam Deck can take the same abuse. I definitely do not consider one of these to be a cheap beater device vs the Deck. I tried to buy a cheap pocketable beater and that was a bust.

THIS. Is what Sony should've done for the Psvita with built-in LR2 triggers and the size being good!

I am so sad by the negative comments, thanks for this video I am grateful.

So excited now, thanks for the early impressions. Vignette isnt a deal breaker for me but is it know if this can be tweaked through software to minimise it?

I have a 14” MacBook Pro and vignettes were never a problem for me

I took your botton part of the video as the same quality and function as the Odin 2. Are they actually the same meaning the button kits on their site for the Odin 2 will work for the Mini? Obviously they have different shoulders but are the d pad, a,b,x,y and sticks interchangeable?

I’m so glad I got the ayaneo pocket S, I almost bit my tounge when I saw this was released but damn that 6” 1440p screen wins me over this , so happy I watched and now realised I have the right choice

Yep I'll be ordering this over the Ayaneo pocket s.......thx!!

All good things it seems! I was worried about the vignetting, but it seems that’s not so big of a deal. I did preorder the white one but now I’m wondering if I should switch to the black to have less contrast in the bezels to help minimize the vignette.

I wonder, does it had built in screen recorder? How does it perform while recording?

Letsss goooo Joey got it first 🎉🎉🎉

The screen might need more software tweaking. . Mini led is not OLED but a high quality miniled panel is ALMOST as good contrast wise , saturation etc . The black levels of the mini led should be very near oled as well. Also doesn’t have any of the side effects of oled : no burn in and typically much brighter

During the full review you should really touch on using Winlator, I've been playing through Fallout 3, NV and 4, and I'm even playing through all 3 Dead Space games and a bunch of other games. Also look at ship of harkinian and 2 ship 2 harkinian for native android ports of Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask with a bunch of quality of life improvements, like true widescreen, full 60 FPS and debug menu while in game and the ability to use 3DS textures on the N64 versions of Oot and MM...

@washuai

Ай бұрын

You've been playing these on what SoC, RAM?

For your actual review, I would be very interested by what systems are permitted by this console over the RP4P in actual use (taking the resolution difference into consideration for scaling). Is it only Switch and high end Android games ?

How comfortable is the dpad usage? Because I feel like PSP was comfortable because of where the dpad was positioned, but for this I wonder how the comfrotability of changes with the dpad position change?

Regarding vignetting… i think the white model with the white bezel will make it more noticable

@vosi88

Ай бұрын

Already looks too noticable for me.

@cyberspacedweller637

Ай бұрын

Possible it shows up much more on a camera than in reality.

I ordered one yesterday please make lots of Videos about this Device. It would be cool if you Livestream on KZread so we can ask you stuff about the device.

Awesome device!

Hi, does it have vibration motor? I am just one step away from finalising whether to preorder..so please reply

Lack of ghosting makes sense. With the miniLED layer they can essentially rely on it for contrast, setting the display itself to a low contrast mode which helps eliminate ghosting. No idea how they managed to cram 384 zones into such a small form factor at this price.

It's unfortunate AYN couldn't get whatever magic was in the Pimax Portal QLED screen in the Odin 2 mini. Not like that screen was flawless either but a decent competitor to AMOLED, at least to my eyes, where I'm not bothered by the difference. Odin 2 mini seems like a fine option with a nostalgic form factor but for now I'm still okay with my AMOLED devices. Really only thing missing with both the Odin products for me is screen but considering the Android emulation scene has slowed down, I don't mind waiting. Thanks for the heads up!

I must admit, I almost bought Odin 2 Mini, although I already have Odin 2 Max. I always prefer small handled over the big one. But after some consideration, the only handled I also need for now is the soon to be released RG Cube, for 1:1 ratio. Perhaps I'll just wait for another version with OLED display.

The Vita 2000's shoulder buttons are kinda wobbly. How stiff and stable are the Odin Mini's shoulder buttons?

I will buy this.... next year!

@washuai

Ай бұрын

Cuz you need to save up?

@Incubus203

Ай бұрын

@washuai I just ordered the Retroid pocket 4 pro a few day's ago lol and it being my second handheld, I have to give it at leat a year before I move on

i’m just excited for when the steam deck powerful profile can fit into a form factor like this

So tempted to replace my RP4 Pro with this.

@fillerbunnyninjashark271

Ай бұрын

I'm using it to play the games the RP4P can't, loll

This the one..finally.

"just buy a steam deck bro" literally every handheld thread on reddit asking for any sort of reccomendation 😁

@MrREAPERsz

Ай бұрын

As a steam deck lover myself I'll probably get this for the form factor

@brosplit

Ай бұрын

Reddit is valve's dick rider. If you have the money, buy whatever the fk you want

@wildercerrate7295

Ай бұрын

Want a small form factor? Get this, want a switch like computer? Get a steam deck. Me personally I just want the ultimate handheld emulator in a small form factor. The size of the rg35xxH and the 405m that anbernic sells for me is like the perfect sizei

Good video glad you got it before ETA since your reviews are honest anyway one suggestion I know I have seen other reviews do is if you have a phone like the newer iPhones that can do 240fps slo mo you can record your finger and the screen showing when you press the button and when character moves on screen not super scientific but still would show differences between devices

I love it. I think the price point is a bit high but I’d probably still get it, down the road.

Depending on the inside i wonder if we could do a battery mod on this thing

Yeah vignetting is no problem to me. Just grabbed it off your link. You're the man, Joey!

Be good to understand if it is actually just the screen itself that causes it to be hotter, or if the smaller form factor of the device causing it. If it is the screen itself, no matter what you do throttling wise you might not be able to get away from it being very hot. Which might lead to the device having a fail in the screen. Hopefully not though!

Does the Top Player case work, i think cuz is the Vita+Shell inside the case, it might work.

Hi ! Playing with moonlight on triple A game like « Elden ring » on this little screen and this form factor, isn’t it to hard ? I saw you playing forza it seems ok but I keep doubting 😅. Thanks for your job 👍

Hi ! Playing with moonlight on triple A game like « Elden ring » on this little screen and this form factor, isn’t it to hard ? I saw you playingf forza it seems ok but I keep doubting 😅. Thanks for your job 👍

Can any one help me. I have a basass gaming laptop so I have no need for ally or legion Go etc… will I notice a huge difference from emulation at 4K on laptop vs what I’m guessing will be 1080p or 720 on android emulators using this? I don’t care to much for quality however stable performance is a must.

Form factor affects performance. I agree that it's going to be minimal differences but it would be worth it if you wanted to get thorough.

Hi Joey! I'm deciding between this and a rp4pro, what would you go for if you already preordered an ally x.

@JoeysRetroHandhelds

26 күн бұрын

35XXSP! And I'm not kidding! Otherwise, I'd always go Mini, the RP4 Pro isn't for me.

@gatebreaker44

26 күн бұрын

@@JoeysRetroHandhelds I swear if retorid Flip 2 was confirmed or expected this would not even be a debate I would wait for that and get it in a heartbeat. I'm just compromising with devices at this point, saddening.

What would be a better purchase, this or a steam deck oled

Neat, but I already have the odin2 in clear blue and I'm happy with it.

I ordered the white. My only disappointment with this is there's no buttons on the back like the Odin1/Odin2.

i hope they will sell the dpad and buttons of mini, its looks same on odin 2.

Carefully see the input latency 1 frame by 1 frame, the mini is really response faster than the odin 2. I'll buy it.

Waiting for an OLED Odin. I'm just too used to OLED panels these days and have been spoilt with Switch OLED, Steam Deck OLED and LG OLED TV.

@washuai

Ай бұрын

Eh, I'd rather not have the burn in and play outside. For the price, you'd think it'd have one of the miniled that make it much closer to OLED, but I guess all the money is going for the SoC and profits

@steverix8181

Ай бұрын

@@washuai OLED and burn in, it's not a thing in real world usage. For burn in to occur you need to display the same content for literally hundreds of *days*. I guess if you play outside all of the time this pretty much the only handheld that will somewhat allow that. But, look at that vignetting at 10:37, it's absolutely awful and very clear to see in an in game situation.

Still not sure if i want to buy the mini pro or the regular Odin 2 Pro. I like me an LED screen, but i prefer a larger display. Nu only concern is the screen of the Odin 2 (i had a retroid pocket 4 pro and the screen was ‘meh’ at best.. very washed out). Also the pocket 4 pro was uncomfortable.. its hard for me to decide because i am paying over 450 euro’s. Any advice/tips?

@JoeysRetroHandhelds

Ай бұрын

If you want big screen and comfort, Odin 2.

@harveydw

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the fast reply! Appreciate it

Can this connect to my wireless earbuds?

I want this. But I need grips. I hope they release a grip like the Hori had for the Vita.

"Ayaneo Pocket Air, for the five of us who own one"😂😂

Why do the screen bezels have to be so thick?

Curious why the Odin 2 Mini would be using 1GB more RAM on the same title?

Is it possible to cancel the Odin 2 mini pre order and order the Odin 2 pro?

@JoeysRetroHandhelds

Ай бұрын

Probably, you can email them.

Thx bro

Wait its not broken? A device came to you in working condition?!

@0:30 that was a close call 😂.

@JoeysRetroHandhelds

Ай бұрын

Shh, you saw nothing!

Is it worth buying or is it better to wait?

Nice review. Do you know when it´s available? On ayn page I read, "late june". But now we are nearly late july.

@JoeysRetroHandhelds

8 күн бұрын

Already out :)

@Krummovic

8 күн бұрын

@@JoeysRetroHandhelds so if I order now, I´ll get it next days/weeks? I´ve wrote you because my RG405M and want to upgrade now. First my idea was the RP 4 Pro. But than I´ve seen the Odin 2. And now your Video about 2 mini :)

@JoeysRetroHandhelds

8 күн бұрын

@@Krummovic Yep!

@Krummovic

7 күн бұрын

@@JoeysRetroHandhelds Ordered 🙂 - now waiting for shipping

If the mold is going to be exactly the same as the Odin2, those smudges aren’t going away.

Does any know if the device has a micro sd slot?

@JoeysRetroHandhelds

Ай бұрын

Yes.

That screen to body ratio is the only thing keeping my fomo at bay. 😅