ANBERNIC RG353V Wireless Gaming Controller
As soon as I lifted out the RG353V from the box I was immediately surprised at how compact this device is. It fits in the palm of my hand perfectly and is far smaller than its larger brother.
I was also instantly taken in by the two analogue sticks that look monstrously out of place, so much so that it just looks… wrong in a way.
Especially when you consider what this device can do, it’s pretty much capped at playing most of the because of the RK3566 CPU, meaning there’s very little games that require use of both analog sticks anyway?
But I guess it would have looked even more out of place with a single stick? Who knows?
But that said, when using them it’s not as much of a problem as I thought they would be.
My index fingers secured the position of the handheld allowing me full control of the console when using them, so actually I can’t hate them. And yes before I forget, they have R3/L3 functionality.
The action buttons are bouncy, stay in their place and do not rattle when shaken, the large D-PAD feels great too, which has always been a thing with ANBERNIC devices.
Between these you have your function button, start/select and your speaker grill which is perfectly located in my opinion, and never gets covered by my fingers.
A much welcome upgrade is the screen. ANBERNIC has added a 3.5” IPS touchscreen display with a resolution of 640 x 480, and i must admit, it’s a stunning, bright display which I have very little complaints about.
The touch sensitivity is near flawless too, allowing movement throughout the Android OS as easy as it is on smartphones, and to think this is on a $112 handheld.
Around the sides of the device you will find your other buttons and ports such as on/off, reset, volume, two SD card slots, as well as your headphone jack, mini hdmi out, and two USB-C ports.
You can tell some basic research when into the positioning of these buttons, typically with other ANBERNIC handhelds they just seem to be scattered across the device randomly, but not on the rg353V.