Retroid Pocket5 Retro Handheld Game Console, 8+128G, 5.5-inch Touchscreen 1080p Portable Android Gaming Handheld with Adreno 650 GPU & WiFi 6/BT5.1, Snapdragon 865 Processor, Android 13 (Black)

Awesome android emulation console. Only comes with 128gb of storage, so a large micro sd card is recommended since the games you'll more than likely want to load onto this thing are quite big and the size can add up fast. The OLED screen is absolutely gorgeous and the device feels amazing in the hands. Retroid makes a grip for this handheld that makes it a little bigger, but supposedly improves the ergonomics by a ton. If I could improve one thing, it would be for the left stick to be above the d-pad instead of below it. It's a relatively small thing, but would make this device so much more comfortable for playing more modern games. Anyway, this thing is pretty powerful and can play games from any retro console up to the 6th gen, some games from a more modern console, Windows games through Winlator, and native android games. This thing is the perfect size for portability and you really just can't beat that screen. Totally recommended, but probably not for total beginners like one of the other reviewers who expected games to come preloaded.

Best hand held device I a have ever owned! I love my RP5 and its processing power! I can play every game i ever owned flawlessly so far. Light but it doesn’t feel cheap. I also love how easy it is to set up aside from bios!

Great screen, good controls, and a pretty good battery. Enough power to emulate GameCube at 3x quality while still being able to fit in your pocket. I do think a grip will make it more comfortable so I ordered the official one. After that gets here this thing will be pretty much perfect.

Amazing handheld! Fantastic screen, good battery, light weight and powerful. Highly recommend to anyone who wants to get into emulation. Also works great at just be a android handheld

Amazing! Playing lots of switch games that emulate perfectly. I’m into rogue lite/like and retro arcade games so there’s lots of switch games that play. It’s all hit and miss but I’m shocked and excited by how many do. It seemed like some reviewers were completely discounting switch emulation with this machine. I’m not sure what games they were trying but I’m satisfied with the selection that do run! In my experience over 70% of roms run well! It’s not quite as good as the steam deck in putting a game to sleep and then waking it up but I it’s close. Android has come a very long way in that department (I’ve been an Apple user for years now). The black colored one is awesome at hiding the black side bars of non 16x9 games. It plays all the Android games, plus every console up to the switch. It plays most PS2 and GameCube games and lots of the Switch games, and then pretty much everything else. Call me happy! I’m not gonna lie, setting it up completely takes time, but if you’re like me that’s part of the handheld emulation game. I actually enjoy taking the time in getting it set up perfectly. So if you’re looking for something all setup and ready to go look elsewhere. This won’t be the handheld for you. If your looking for something with these specs that needs setup from scratch and can provide your own roms you can’t find a better handheld for the money!

This is an amazing product. Not only is android optimized but the controlls are supported in most games. Rocknix is also available as a Linux option that boots from sdcard, for those who want a little more control over the games and systems available. Very impressed with the power, battery life and the screen quality is top notch. I bought this to use as in an arcade and was happy to see most docks also work for video and audio out and Bluetooth for controllers and audio for any crazy setups you may have. Would definitely buy this again.

I absolutely love this thing. Small, lightweight, powerful, and has a BEAUTIFUL screen! It runs on android, which means it’s really simple to use as well. With the right set of apps and knowledge, it can be turned into a quick easy handheld console, all for under 300$!

Putting this out front: Loves to crash on even mundane tasks like scraping box art. Overheats easily. Hangs constantly trying to change windows or especially after an app install. This is the big deal-breaker.Runs most things decently but there are hiccups, and it's clear it's the components and the jury-rigged firmware is at fault. Just about everything in this is either recycled or the cheapest one could get. I get these are designed to be e-waste recycling, but many who love them don't know that or any better.Screen quality is ok at the early stages, but as this is a bargain bin oled there is already burn-in and ghosting issues that will only get worse over time. Picture quality is about as good as a decent lcd. Only remarkable if you've never seen an oled before.TERRIBLE speakers, even with the eq bandaid "fix" that retroid said they would implement on the firmware level but never did. Somehow the headphone out is even worse. Anbernic "quality" sound without the "fix."Very small and awkward to hold, like a less-ergonomic version of the original gba. If anything, the "grip" bumps on the back make it harder to hold comfortably.Screen size is especially small for the aspect ratio; controls mean you can't hold it as close to your face as a phone of the same size. Sticks are good for getting in the way and little else.Battery life is not steam deck bad, but it's nowhere near as good as you would hope for a "set it and forget it" / "pick up and play" device. Lasts a relatively long time when on airplane + battery saver with nothing running in the background on standby. With wifi on and no battery saver, it goes down about 10% every 8 hours, and that might be another dealbreaker.Plastic is cheap, but not steam deck or anbernic level terrible. I would not be shocked if the plastic started to disintegrate in a few years like the ayn odin 1 and retroid pocket flip 1.Buttons are small but not ayn-level microscopic.Just about every part of this device is mediocre, a LITTLE better than other ewaste handhelds but not by much. Certainly not worth the praise it gets. Certainly not worth the money it costs after retroid added $100 to their flagship prices.I get these devices are mostly bought by guys going through a midlife crisis and want to relive their youths, and in turn haven't played much games in 20+ years, but there is better out there. Maybe not better performance for the price, but that (very unstable) performance comes at the cost that either the screen, battery, or plastic shell not lasting the year. Good luck brining that up in any online communities for emulator/piracy devices like this, because you WILL be shouted down.the company likes to make promises about fixes to real problems the devices have for momentary good press and good will, then never does anything just long enough for the "community" to forget about it. Keep in mind, pre-2020 this company was doing dropship scams with pop-up clothing and lifestyle webstores that were only up for about 3 months at a time with no shipped orders (look up "nova silk road sarl").The retroid pocket 4 pro is only a year old and people are already giving reports of the screen cutting out or the batteries not holding a charge and / or swelling (this is caused often by not playing a device for 6+ months). Add in an already low quality oled (which NEED robust firmware to not burn themselves out, which this DOES NOT HAVE), and I cannot recommend this or this brand.In a lot of ways, the "community" did this to itself by expecting nothing and demanding self-regulated compliance just to "relive their childhoods." Only way to win this game is to not play.