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- Retroid Pocket Flip 2 users are reporting early hinge cracks, sometimes just weeks after purchase.
- Users claim the cracks appeared even though they’ve handled the device carefully.
- The first Flip model had similar problems, and the Flip 2’s redesigned hinge was meant to address them.
Although the Retroid Pocket Flip 2 launched only a few months ago, users of the Android handheld are already reporting the worrying return of a familiar flaw: cracked hinges.
Over on the r/retroid subreddit, a growing number of posts show the same issue cropping up — a fine hairline crack forming near the hinge, often just weeks after purchase. Some owners say they spotted the Pocket Flip 2 cracks by chance, while others checked after seeing reports like these from other users.