The $900 Ayaneo 3 is the most exciting PC handheld the company’s yet made

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• riskable@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If it runs Windows it’s still garbage.

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• heavy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  IMO a device like this should be portable first, and that means a reasonable battery life, and generally a system trying to do more with less. Also $900-$1500 is a deal breaker for a lot of people.

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• Daze@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What’s the downside? This almost looks too good. I don’t like the battery size but this is hitting almost every other desire-list checkbox. I love the prospect of having touchpad options, and that 6-button panel is such a great idea.

  Maybe the button-swap panels will feel weirdly loose over time? Can it run SteamOS?

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  • Alexstarfire@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Uhh, price?

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  • atrielienz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ayaneo have always struggled with steam os integration, but it probably will have a Bazzite variant.

    docs.bazzite.gg/…/Ayaneo_Handhelds/

    I don’t see why you’d spend $900 on this when you could get a better handheld for that money but I’ll give them this, the swappable joystick/button thing is cool.

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• Badeendje@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Look like the lynx from back in the day.

  Can imagine those swap modules are good for longevity though.

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• uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Dunno. Despite the swappable inputs, there is still no way to get trackpad + joystick + buttons/dpad at the same time.

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  • Dremor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Trackpad+buttons on the right, joystick+dpad on the left, maybe ? Sure you loose one trackpad and one joystick in the trade, but technically…

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    • uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Which is what I mean - any way you slice it, this has 2 inputs less than the Steam Deck (I haven’t looked for the number of grip buttons on this thing).

      I don’t use all the input options on every single game, but there are plenty that I do (namely shooters like Deep Rock, Helldivers, etc and macro heavy RPGs like DA Inquisition)

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• SuperSpecialNickname@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Genuinely curious, why would someone buy this over steam deck?

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  • Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The modular capabilities, I/O ports.

    The one thing I don’t like is that it doesn’t support SteamOS and the list of issues with Bazzite does not inspire confidence.

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    • yggstyle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Man I was ready to trash this post as an ad, but this stopped me. IMO you should put your opinion in the post to make for a more compelling interaction… otherwise it’s just an RSS feed with more steps.

      On topic: I like the concept of handheld that can do double duty via oLink etc. With a lot of these handhelds I think we’re on the verge of seeing something finally replace laptops. There’s some hurdles to jump but I genuinely feel like this formfactor is part of the next step.

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  • technomad@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Better (more ergonomic) form factor for one thing.

    Steam deck is too damn big, and uncomfortable, in my opinion.

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