Who releases a product with busted AF bluetooth these days?! Hard pass until that, at least, is corrected. 🥹
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hakase@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Yeah, Retro Game Corps has a great, in-depth video on this if anyone is interested.
The dealbreaker for me is the legendarily awful combination of shitty, delayed bluetooth, a back-facing speaker, and no headphone jack. The most reasonable way to actually hear your games is by adding an awkward and easily losable dongle, which is not acceptable imo.
Other than that, really great and sleek little device.
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
hakase@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
It’s unfortunately still pretty common among discount handheld manufacturers trying to save a few cents. They can still advertise it with Bluetooth, so unless people actually watch a review that criticizes it, they are still likely to buy it none the wiser.
WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Seems like it would backfire due to heavy amounts of returns - especially in an economy like this where fewer people can afford to blow money on something that winds up just sitting there because it’s not meeting their needs.
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Yeah, that model strikes me as some boomer logic.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
So Bluetooth headphones are a no-go?
johnnyt@multiverse.soulism.net 2 months ago
You can use them, but there is a distracting delay in the audio.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
We that’s disappointing. Maybe I’ll wait for a rev A.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If the dongle you need is USB-C, I’ve got one for my phone that let’s you charge at the same time, and it’s pretty low profile. Not ideal, but an option.