📰 New article from Retro Handhelds
Retroid Pocket 6 Shipping Delayed Due to Screen ‘Efficiency Limitations’
https://retrohandhelds.gg/retroid-pocket-6-shipping-delayed-due-to-screen-efficiency-limitations/
You pre-ordered the Retroid Pocket 6 thinking January would be your “handheld winter wonderland”… yeah, about that.
Turns out, the OLED screen’s calibration process is throwing a tantrum. “Efficiency limitations,” they call it—tech-speak for “our screens are being picky.” So far, only 100+ black units with joystick-on-top made it out the door. The rest? Stuck in limbo, waiting for a fancy new calibration machine that can handle 12 panels at once. (Turns out, hand-tuning hundreds of tiny screens is not a weekend hobby.)
Good news: Mass shipments are now set for January 28. Bad news? Chinese New Year’s looming, and if your order isn’t in the first batch, you’re looking at late February—or even early March. And if you just realized you wanted one? Too late. The “Second Batch” of pre-orders is already locked in… with shipping starting March.
Retroid’s being refreshingly transparent (rare in this biz!), but let’s be real: if you didn’t pre-order yet, maybe start fantasizing about the Pocket 7 instead. At least it’ll come with a built-in “I told you so” sticker. 😏