AYN Odin 3

About the AYN Odin 3

The AYN Odin 3 is a power flagship: a 6-inch 1080p AMOLED at 120Hz, an 8000mAh battery, Hall sticks and a Qualcomm chip that sits near the top of Android handhelds. AYN first sold it as a Snapdragon 8 Elite, then corrected that to the Dragonwing Q8, which reviewers treat as the same chip without the phone modem. PS2, GameCube and 3DS all run upscaled with headroom, and some PC games run through emulation layers.

Switch is the catch. It launched without the graphics drivers Switch emulators lean on, and while updates have helped a lot, not every game behaves yet. Reviewers also flag a fan that whines under load, heavy games emptying the battery in under three hours, and 390g of weight. AYN has raised the price three times this year and sells it in several memory sizes, so check which size a price is for.