Ayaneo’s first smartphone is a serious callback to the Xperia Play

Shut sufficient, welcome again Xperia Play. After releasing a teaser video in early November, Ayaneo totally revealed its first smartphone known as the Pocket Play. As suspected, the Ayaneo Pocket Play contains a sliding mechanism that transforms it from a chunky smartphone right into a gaming handheld.

In its gaming configuration, the Pocket Play contains a controller setup with a D-pad, ABXY buttons and 4 shoulder buttons. Nevertheless, Ayaneo has modernized the Xperia Play design by incorporating two touchpads, which may also be seen within the handheld maker’s subsequent flagship machine known as the Next II. In accordance with Ayaneo, you possibly can map these touchpads as digital joysticks or customizable inputs. Ayaneo hasn’t revealed the specs of the Pocket Play but, however the machine seems to have slots that might trace at expandable storage choices.

The Pocket Play will likely be Ayaneo’s first foray into the smartphone world, albeit with cellular gaming in thoughts. It’s going to must compete towards the likes of different gaming-specific smartphones just like the Redmagic 10 Professional or the Asus ROG Phone series, in addition to the most recent iPhone and Samsung Galaxy smartphones that may additionally deal with demanding cellular video games. Ayaneo will launch the Pocket Play on Kickstarter quickly, however hasn’t revealed any pricing particulars but.