With the dust settling a bit following the announcement and pre-order launch of the AYN Thor, the company gave us a bit of reprieve before getting the Odin 3 ball rolling.

After about a week or so, bits and pieces of information were revealed about what AYN’s Odin 2 successor would bring. Now that the cat’s out of the bag, here’s everything you need to know about the AYN Odin 3.

AYN Odin 3 Specs

While we suspect that the KONKR Pocket FIT will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite, it hasn’t technically been confirmed yet. As such, the Odin 3 is officially the first handheld to be powered by Qualcomm’s current flagship chip.

Odin 3 vs. Odin 2

If you’re wondering about how much of an upgrade the Odin 3’s Snapdragon 8 Elite offers over the Odin 2’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, AYN was kind enough to provide a graph. According to the numbers, the 8 Elite offers an almost 60% boost in Single Core performance, along with more than an 80% increase in Multi-Core.

If you think that’s wild, the 8 Elite’s GPU is said to be 166% better than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Just mind-boggling.

From there, the 8 Elite is paired with a total of four different RAM and storage configurations:

• Base: 8GB RAM / 128GB UFS 3.1 Storage
• Pro: 12GB RAM / 256GB UFS 4.0 Storage
• Max: 16GB RAM / 512GB UFS 4.0 Storage
• Ultra: 24GB RAM / 1TB UFS 4.0 Storage

It might seem like overkill, but I actually like the addition of the “Ultra” tier, especially when it comes to “future-proofing” your devices. All of this should provide more than enough horsepower to play and emulate practically anything you want.

Screen

Outside of the performance upgrades, the Odin 3 is getting another couple of major boosts courtesy of the display. AYN is sticking with the 6-inch screen size, but instead of an IPS panel limited to 60Hz, the Odin 3 features an AMOLED panel. Plus, it’s equipped with a 120Hz refresh rate, something that many will surely appreciate.

Design and Colors

When we got our first glimpse at the Odin 3, quite a few of us thought that it looked like a Retroid Pocket 5. That’s because the Odin 3 is adopting the same glass front design, with cutouts for the buttons, speakers, sticks, and D-pad.

This had me worried a bit, as the Pocket 5 just wasn’t very comfortable to use, no matter how much I wanted to. Thankfully, the Odin 3 is a bit thicker than the Pocket 5, giving AYN the ability to implement some grips that actually look comfortable.

Shortly thereafter, AYN confirmed three of the colors that the Odin 3 will be available in: Black, White, and Rainbow. However, there was also a community poll over on the AYN Discord, where those in the server could vote between a Clear Blue and Clear Purple.

In what came as a surprise to some, with almost 2400 votes accounted for, the results were essentially a 50/50 split. As a result, AYN later confirmed that it would be adding both color options to the join the rest of the ensemble.

Oh, and we also learned that like the Thor, AYN will be offering a wide variety of accessories for the Odin 3. But we aren’t sure if we’ll be able to purchase these at the same time as pre-orders, or if they’ll be available sometime before launch.

Odin 3 Price and Pre-orders

Speaking of pre-orders and the launch, that brings us to the biggest question of all: How much is the Odin 3 going to cost? Well, for the Base Odin 3 with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, it’ll cost $299 as part of the “Super Early Bird” Indiegogo campaign. Yes, that’s the same price that AYN is selling the refurbished Odin 2 for, which is just absolutely insane.

Here’s the complete price breakdown:

So even if you get the Odin 3 Ultra, it’s still less than what the AYANEO Portal EVO or Pocket DS cost. Which, again, is simply absurd to think about for a handheld powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite.

Pre-orders are scheduled to begin on Sunday, September 7 at 9:30 PM ET over on Indiegogo. From the looks of it, you’ll want to be quick, as there only 100 Super Early Bird devices available across the four different configurations.

And I almost forgot to mention that while pre-orders begin soon, the Odin 3 isn’t expected to begin shipping until “late November.”

AYN Odin 3 | Indiegogo

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