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Retroid’s Pocket Nova takes a second shot at getting 4:3 right

Rob Beschizza
Jun 25, 2026
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Retroid announced details of its Retroid Pocket Nova, a horizontal handheld built around a 4.5-inch 1280×960 120Hz AMOLED display in the 4:3 aspect ratio that God intended.

Inside is Qualcomm’s QCS8550 chip with Adreno 740 graphics, functionally close to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 but without the phone stuff. There’ll be 8GB or 12GB of RAM, 128…

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