TL;DR
- AYANEO announced its first gaming phone, called the Pocket PLAY.
- It draws heavily from the Xperia Play, with a sliding design and two touchpads.
- Specs have not been revealed, but it will launch via Kickstarter.
More than four months after AYANEO first announced it was working on a phone, the company has finally revealed the design. As expected, it’s a modern take on the Xperia Play, incorporating not just the design language, but also the name.
The AYANEO Pocket PLAY is a modern take on the ill-fated Sony Ericsson handheld, with a sliding design that will take you right back to 2011. Several other recent devices like the ANBERNIC RG Slide and the magnetic MCON controller also incorporate sliding mechanisms, but this is the first sliding gaming phone released in nearly 15 years.