The Anbernic RG DS

Anbernic sent me an RG DS to review. It’s a clamshell Android handheld designed to evoke the Nintendo DS, running Android 14 on a Rockchip RK3568 with dual 4-inch screens. At around $95 (roughly £75), it sits in the same budget bracket as the Mangmi Air X I reviewed last year, but where that was a capable general-purpose handheld, this one has a much narrower brief. The form factor is immediately recognisable. At 160 x 91 x 22mm it’s a near-match for the 3DS XL (156 x 93 x 22mm), similar button layout and hinge feel, two screens stacked vertically. The corners are sharper than the XL’s rounded edges though, which I noticed in my hands after longer sessions. Both screens are the same size and resolution, which wasn’t the case on the 3DS XL. Specifications Feature Details Processor Rockchip RK3568, Quad-core Cortex-A55, 2.0GHz GPU ARM Mali-G52 2EE RAM 3GB Storage 32GB internal, microSD up to 2TB Displays Dual 4-inch IPS, 640x480 each, OCA laminated, 60Hz Touch Capacitive multi-touch…