TL;DR
- Manjaro’s OrangePi Neo is only the latest handheld console to face challenges due to memory and storage shortages.
- The OrangePi Neo was designed to use either 16GB or 32GB of LPDDR5 and ship in H1 2026.
- The project is now indefinitely “on ice.”
What a positively garbage timeline we’re living in when it comes to consumer electronics. It was all going fine — tech kept getting better, more powerful, and more affordable. And then the 2020s rolled around, and everything went to hell. Right now, component prices are skyrocketing while availability takes a nose dive. As we brace to find out just how badly that’s going to affect smartphones, we’re already seeing handheld consoles feel the hit. And now the latest to join that ignoble club looks like it’s the OrangePi Neo.
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