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AYANEO’s original Pocket Micro was one of the most charming retro handhelds we reviewed last year, with a gorgeous metal and glass design, a pocketable form factor and a stunning display tailor-made for Game Boy Advance games. Now, the company is back with the Pocket Micro 2, a refined successor that keeps the same spirit while pushing the hardware further.

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What’s new

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For the new model, AYANEO has swapped the original’s MediaTek Helio G99 for a Snapdragon 865-class processor with an Adreno 650 GPU, which the company claims delivers around a 220% performance jump over the first Pocket Micro. The 865 is an older chip by phone standards, but it’s become a reliable workhorse in the retro handheld scene, and on a 3.5-inch display it’s honestly overkill in the best way. More than enough for GBA and with headroom for the heavier N64, Dreamcast and GameCube stuff if you’re feeling ambitious.

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The controls also got some serious improvements. The D-pad and ABXY buttons are now bigger, the rubber underneath them is a grippier conductive compound, and the long-requested recessed dual TMR joysticks are finally here, sunk into the body so they improve pocketability and with RGB rings for some additional gaming flair. The inline shoulder buttons have been redesigned too, now split with a staggered L2/R2 height so you’re less likely to fat-finger the wrong trigger mid-game.

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Battery life gets a meaningful bump as well, jumping from the original’s 2,600mAh to 3,950mAh (roughly a 52% increase) while weight only creeps up from 233g to 248g. There’s also a welcome return of the 3.5mm headphone jack, which the first model skipped.

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What hasn’t changed

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AYANEO has kept the same 3.5-inch 3:2 IPS display from its predecessor, with a 960 x 640 resolution that delivers clean 4x integer scaling for GBA games. The screen was already one of the original’s strongest features, so it feels like the right call here.

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Specs at a glance

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Colours and pricing

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The Pocket Micro 2 comes in Midnight Black, Frosty White and a cool limited-edition Stardust Purple. The purple colorway is exclusive to the 8GB model, with a GameCube-controller-inspired look that’s easily the most interesting of the bunch.

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Here’s the pricing breakdown:

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The handheld is up for pre-order now via the AYANEO store, but the first batch already sold out almost immediately, with a second batch yet to be announced. So if you’ve got your eye on one, it may be a bit of a waiting game.

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