{"id":15631,"date":"2025-03-17T20:31:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2025\/03\/17\/qualcomms-snapdragon-g1-gen-2-powers-the-retroid-pocket-classic\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T21:02:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T20:02:38","slug":"qualcomms-snapdragon-g1-gen-2-powers-the-retroid-pocket-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2025\/03\/17\/qualcomms-snapdragon-g1-gen-2-powers-the-retroid-pocket-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Qualcomm&#039;s Snapdragon G1 Gen 2 powers the Retroid Pocket Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning Qualcomm announced its new crop of next-gen chipsets in the Snapdragon family, with the Snapdragon G1 Gen 2 being one of those chips, and it\u2019s powering devices like the Retroid Pocket Classic.<br \/>\nThe Classic is Retroid Pocket\u2019s latest handheld gaming device, and just like Retroid Pocket\u2019s other handheld devices, the new Classic handheld is running on Android. That means you can install your favorite emulators and play all your favorite games from those classic systems.<br \/>\nVersion-wise, the Classic is running on Android 14 and it comes in two variations. One with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage, and one with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. There are also seven different styles. There\u2019s the Retro color which looks like your typical Game Boy color scheme, and then there\u2019s Berry, Teal, Kiwi, PKM Yellow, and Atomic Purple. Additionally, there\u2019s the Classic6 design which comes with six buttons instead of four like the other colors.<br \/>\nIt has a 5,000mAh battery inside which seems substantial. Especially given that Qualcomm designed the Snapdragon G1 Gen 2 to be more power efficient, it should be sipping battery life instead of chugging it.<br \/>\nThe Retroid Pocket Classic goes up for pre-order tonight<br \/>\nOfficially the Classic isn\u2019t available for sale yet. However, it will be soon. Retroid Pocket says pre-orders will go live on March 17 at 6:30 PM PST. The device retails for $119 for the 64GB model and $129 for the 128GB. It has a TF card slot as well if the internal storage isn\u2019t enough for your needs. In terms of other specs, the Classic has a 3.92-inch AMOLED display so games should look nice and colorful, provided you\u2019re playing games that have color in the first place.<br \/>\nThe display also has a resolution of 1240 x 1080 and a refresh rate of 60Hz. There are trigger buttons on the back and these are curved, so your fingers should rest nicely on them when playing games. Retroid Pocket also designed the Classic with active cooling to ensure the temperatures stay down if you\u2019re planning to play games for a bit longer.<\/p>\n<p>Retroid Pocket is also launching the Flip 2<br \/>\nWhile it doesn\u2019t use the same chipset as the Classic, the Flip 2 is another handheld from Retroid Pocket that\u2019s launching today. Pre-orders for it go live at the same time as well.<br \/>\nThe Flip 2 is more of a Nintendo DS-style handheld but with only one display. It\u2019ll retail for $229 so it\u2019s a bit more than the Classic, and it runs on Android 13 instead of Android 14. As for the chipset, there are actually two variants here. You can grab the Flip 2 with either Qualcomm\u2019s Snapdragon SD865 or MediaTek\u2019s Dimensity D1100.<br \/>\nThe post Qualcomm&#8217;s Snapdragon G1 Gen 2 powers the Retroid Pocket Classic appeared first on Android Headlines.&#013;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Retroid-Pocket-Classic-scaled-1.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1830\">&#013;<br \/>\nSource: ndroidheadlines.com&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning Qualcomm announced its new crop of next-gen chipsets in the Snapdragon family, with the Snapdragon G1 Gen 2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15632,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bez-kategorii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15633,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15631\/revisions\/15633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}