[Update 7/15/2026] – Mangmi has begun the dip feeding process with their latest handheld release. Thanks to a recent announcement we now know the Air Y and Y Pro will be using a 4.2″, 1280×960 IPS panel. For those that are unaware, that’s super similar to the panel we’ve seen in the Ayaneo Pocket Air Mini and Pocket S Mini. Alongside that, it seems the Ayaneo comparisons don’t stop there; as with their recent Sizzle reel that dropped late last night, we’ve got a look at the back of the handheld, and it’s very reminiscent of the Ayaneo Pocket DMG. Guess we’ll have to see what comes of this next.
Mangmi got everyone’s attention in 2025 for better or for worse. They kicked off their year with the announcement of the Mangmi Air X, a Snapdragon powered, budget handheld. And although it faced a number of delays along the way, we eventually got it in hand and it turned out to be an incredibly good handheld for the price. This was followed up just a few months later with the Mangmi Pocket Max, a huge OLED handheld powered by everyone’s favorite; the Snapdragon 865. While it was a great handheld it faced competition from AYN who decided to lower the price of the Odin 2 Portal to nearly match it. But now, it’s 2026 and Mangmi is back with not one, but two handhelds on their plate.
Now there isn’t a lot to say as so far this is our only information about the Mangmi Air Y series, but there is quite a bit to take in and infer from just this single announcement. The first thing is that, right off the bat we know Qualcomm is powering yet another one of their handhelds. That’s great for compatibility sake in things like Gamenative, but it could mean a number of different things as Qualcomm makes a lot of chips.
The next thing to note is the presence of both an Air Y and an Air Y Pro. The assumption being the standard model will only have the single analog stick similar to the RG 40XXV, while the Pro will feature the pair of sticks similar to the TrimUI Brick Pro U. We do still have to wonder though. Is this going to be budget like the Air X? Is this going to be more powerful? Closer to the 865 from the Pocket Max?
Regardless, we do know that right now, this is pretty much another nail in the coffin towards the recently announced TrimUI Brick Pro and Pro U line of handhelds. Unless you want something metal, there’s a high likelihood you’re looking at a really good value for the money options with a sizable display on a vertical Android handheld. And I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m really looking forwards to this one. Oh; and I really appreciate the Horizontal being called the X with the Vertical being the Y. If you know graphs you get it.
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Rats. I don’t particularly care for vertically oriented handhelds with analog sticks. Gotta stretch too far
And no doubt like the Pocket MAX, people are going to be hyping it up like crazy up until the day it comes out, and then you’ll never see any posts about it, or anyone even remembering it exists.
Not sure where you got that Odin 3 has A33 GPU. It’s the same Adreno 830. Thermals could explain it better, or the difference in RAM affecting allocated VRAM. But it’s not the SoC.