Three years in, keyboard-equipped Astro Slide is a dead end

05 February 2023
The IndieGoGo campaign started in 2020 and only a few units have shipped out. The company promises that things will be picking up speed soon, but at this point it doesn't matter.

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Anonymous, 05 Feb 2023If they were to make a gaming phone with a slide-out gamepa... moreI know, but there's not enough thickness to fit in a good joystick.
You're better off getting the Razer JungleCat, then use the Note9-case which fits on the OnePlus 9 Pro (underclock it). There you have it.

A pocketable phone with a pocketable controller, and it's much better ergonomics than you could've expected. Play all your retro systems upto PS Vita and NSwitch.

Otherwise, buy a separate phone for phone purposes, then a dedicated handheld for gaming purposes. A pretty good combination is the iPhone 13 Mini and Retroid Pocket 3+, so you get the best of both platforms.

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    Anonymous, 05 Feb 2023I want Blackberry to come back with this form factor, not a... moreCheck the unihertz titan, and titan slim.
    Also pine phone have a cool keyboard case, but i do not like the phone specs.

      Honestly they (Planet Computers) should've seen it coming. Someone with a much better view of the future ramifications of this business venture would've long aborted the project and refunded everyone back their money, especially considering how un-futureproof those specs are.

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        • 05 Feb 2023

        If they were to make a gaming phone with a slide-out gamepad like the PS Go I would buy it

          kek, 05 Feb 2023The one that actually did enter production was the F1x Pro ... moreYep, the F(x)Tec Pro1-X project ran out of Snapdragon 835 stock, so they had to switch to the 662:

          https://www.gsmarena.com/as_supply_of_snapdragon_835_chips_runs_out_the_fxtec_pro1x_will_switch_to_the_snapdragon_662-news-47790.php

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            • 05 Feb 2023

            The one that actually did enter production was the F1x Pro or whateber it was called.

            But it did so with a huge downgrade going from a SD835 to SD662 which put a lot of people off and cancelling their orders.

            I dont know to this day if they actually went and did a second gen device. Imagine paying 800 euros to get a SD662 lmao.

            Theres also TitanHertz, which sells you the device but expect no updates whatsoever.

              If you want a tactile display with a physical keyboard then just buy an iPad or some Android tablet and buy a third party keyboard.

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                • 05 Feb 2023

                I want Blackberry to come back with this form factor, not any ordinary but the parent company itself

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