{"id":243685,"date":"2026-05-11T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/this-new-android-handheld-has-a-crazy-design-and-sub-90-price-tag\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T10:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:35:07","slug":"this-new-android-handheld-has-a-crazy-design-and-sub-90-price-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/this-new-android-handheld-has-a-crazy-design-and-sub-90-price-tag\/","title":{"rendered":"This new Android handheld has a crazy design and sub-$90 price tag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/anbernic-rg-rotate-on-sale-3665461\/\">This new Android handheld has a crazy design and sub-$90 price tag<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/anbernic-rg-rotate-on-sale-3665461\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/anbernic-rg-rotate-on-sale-3665461\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-11 10:28:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hadlee Simons \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ANBERNIC\u2019s RG Rotate handheld has now gone on sale via its website.<\/li>\n<li>The handheld has a recommended starting price of $87.99, but is currently retailing for as low as $82.99.<\/li>\n<li>Expect a swiveling slider form factor, albeit at the expense of analog sticks and a big battery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ANBERNIC drew attention earlier this year when it teased the arrival of the RG Rotate. This curious Android handheld used a screen-swiveling form factor akin to the Motorola Flipout smartphone of yore. There\u2019s good news, as the device has just gone on sale.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_ug\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_ug\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ANBERNIC just listed the RG Rotate on its website, with a recommended retail price of $87.99 for the Polar Black variant and $107.99 for the Aurora Silver option. However, both handhelds are currently retailing for $82.99 and $99.99, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The Polar Black model is mostly made out of plastic, while the Aurora Silver model uses aluminum. On the upside, the Polar Black variant weighs just 167 grams versus the Aurora Silver\u2019s 204 grams.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_ug\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" title=\"Anbernic RG Rotate on table\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Anbernic-RG-Rotate-on-table-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Anbernic-RG-Rotate-on-table-64w-36h.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Anbernic-RG-Rotate-on-table-1000w-563h.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Anbernic-RG-Rotate-on-table-1920w-1080h.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Anbernic-RG-Rotate-on-table-1536w-864h.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Anbernic-RG-Rotate-on-table-675w-380h.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Anbernic-RG-Rotate-on-table-300w-170h.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Anbernic-RG-Rotate-on-table-1280w-720h.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Anbernic-RG-Rotate-on-table-840w-472h.jpg 840w\" alt=\"Anbernic RG Rotate on table\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Anbernic-RG-Rotate-on-table-scaled.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hadlee Simons \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, the RG Rotate brings mostly budget-tier specs. Expect a middling Unisoc Tiger T618 chipset that likely won\u2019t play most PS2 and GameCube games, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of expandable storage, and a square, 3.5-inch IPS LCD panel (720 x 720). Nevertheless, the processor in particular is still a step above the likes of the ~$95 ANBERNIC RG DS.<\/p>\n<p>One area of concern is the 2,000mAh battery, though. This is a tiny cell by most standards, but we hope the combo of lightweight emulation and a small, low-resolution screen makes for decent endurance. Expect a mere 10W wired charging, but slow charging might not be an issue given the small battery size to begin with.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"e_rt\">Do you have an Android handheld?<\/h3>\n<p>0 votes<\/p>\n<p>Yes, more than one<\/p>\n<p>NaN%<\/p>\n<p>Yes, just one<\/p>\n<p>NaN%<\/p>\n<p>No, but I&#8217;d like to buy one<\/p>\n<p>NaN%<\/p>\n<p>No, but I have another handheld<\/p>\n<p>NaN%<\/p>\n<p>No, I&#8217;m not interested in handhelds<\/p>\n<p>NaN%<\/p>\n<p>Swivel the screen, and you\u2019ll find&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/anbernic-rg-rotate-on-sale-3665461\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This new Android handheld has a crazy design and sub-$90 price tag https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/anbernic-rg-rotate-on-sale-3665461\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":243686,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Anbernic-RG-Rotate-in-hand-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,116],"class_list":["post-243685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-motorola"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243687,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243685\/revisions\/243687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}