{"id":603837,"date":"2026-04-14T17:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/603837\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T17:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:24:09","slug":"anbernics-new-handheld-is-a-pocket-friendly-android-device-with-a-swiveling-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/603837\/","title":{"rendered":"Anbernic\u2019s new handheld is a pocket-friendly Android device with a swiveling screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The company shared a video yesterday showing off some of the RG Rotate\u2019s features. The handheld\u2019s screen swivels using a \u201cself-developed ultra-thin alloy hinge built for lasting durability.\u201d Even companies like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/21504741\/nintendo-switch-joy-con-drift-problem-explained\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo sometimes struggle<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NintendoDS\/comments\/odwne1\/ds_lite_spontaneous_crack_in_the_right_hinge_is\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">keeping moving parts durable<\/a> on their devices, so hopefully Anbernic has come up with a hinge design that will last.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">There are no tech specs for the RG Rotate yet, including what processor it will use or what consoles it will be powerful enough to emulate. The video reveals it will feature a body made from a mix of aluminum and ABS plastic and include a set of basic controls similar to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/5\/8\/24152105\/can-you-resist-anbernics-game-boy-advance-sp-that-plays-ps1-and-n64-games\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">folding RG35XXSP<\/a> with just a D-pad and four action buttons but no thumbsticks. One standout feature of the RG Rotate is adjustable height L2\/R2 shoulder buttons to accommodate a player\u2019s preferences. There\u2019s no launch date yet, but the device is expected to release soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The company shared a video yesterday showing off some of the RG Rotate\u2019s features. The handheld\u2019s screen swivels&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,195,874,44,64,61],"class_list":{"0":"post-603837","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-gadgets","11":"tag-gaming","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-tech","14":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}