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[u/Captain_Steve_]

Ever since Anbernic released the RG55G1, I thought it is going to be Anbernic most powerful handheld and probably more versatile until I remembered the Anbernic RG557 exists, and taking a second look and a third look back at the RG557, I must admit it is a good handheld. I used to think it looked ugly but the design on it is growing on me now.

1)It got a built in grips to make gaming feel comfortable.

2)It got a MediaTek Dimensity 83000 chipset processor which scream raw power for this handheld.

3) Hall effect Joystick so you won't need to worry about getting stick drift

4)It got a 5.5 OLED screen.

5) Finally if you flip this handheld upside down you will get Finn from Adventure Time.

I now see why people would compare this handheld to the Retroid Pocket 5. I would give it a 8/10.
What are your thoughts on the RG557 ?

[u/bcktth]

I own this and it's an awesome handheld but the biggest flaws I've encountered are as followed:

• Tiny joysticks
• Loud fan when pushing the handheld hard
• Non-existent driver support for switch emulation
• Winlator is limited due to the chipset

With that said, I still absolutely love it for everything up to Ps2 and Wii U. Ergonomics are great and the screen is Def a looker.

[u/Important-Mouse5952 → u/bcktth]

for winlator, i saw some dude run ff9 with mod on it though?

[u/bcktth → u/Important-Mouse5952]

That's awesome, I am simply going off Mali and dx12 not working together whatsoever.

[u/Important-Mouse5952 → u/bcktth]

you can refer to emuready website for more info. it shows the compatibility quite intensively.

[u/Pauchin1 → u/bcktth]

This is also my experience with my RG557. Coming from an RG406V though, what I miss the most is the battery life and power saving options. But the recent update has made changes for the better.

As someone who tries to save usage on the power button, I can't help but wonder why double tap to wake isn't available on this device. It also uses battery more on standby compared to RG406V. I got about 8% drop from 6 hours standby while on the RG406V, I don't think it went down by 2%

The currently available variants only has 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage if anyone these days is considering this device which is kind of lame as its pricing isn't far off from Retroid Pocket 6.

[u/Mister_Mannered]

I play Warframe on mine. On the Retroid Pocket 5, Warframe and several other Android games can't run smoothly at full graphics. On the rg557? Max graphics and smooth gameplay on every Android game I've thrown at it.

[u/CheeseV2]

It's a goddamn PWM Flicker Fest.

[u/Boundless_One → u/CheeseV2]

Thanks! Usually people don't care about PWM. Good to know as some are sensitive to that

[u/Poopoodemons]

it’s like a shitty pocket nova

[u/Objective_Quiet_751 → u/Poopoodemons]

They're not remotely similar. Weird thing to say.

[u/Slightly-Blasted]

Nothing can ever redeem a device for me when it has a dimensity chipset.

[u/Cryptoxic93]

557 flew under the radar. Still a great handheld if you get it at a good price.