{"id":86636,"date":"2026-09-21T09:20:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T01:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=86636"},"modified":"2026-09-21T09:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T01:20:15","slug":"retroid-pocket-unexpectedly-expands-its-duo-lineup-with-a-lite-plus-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=86636","title":{"rendered":"Retroid Pocket Unexpectedly Expands Its Duo Lineup With A Lite Plus Version"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subtitle\">The handheld maker is offering free exchanges for any Duo Lite customers who want to upgrade.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap  lead-image-holder\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2263442\/retroid-pocket-unexpectedly-expands-its-duo-lineup-with-a-lite-plus-version\/\" data-post-title=\"Retroid Pocket unexpectedly expands its Duo lineup with a Lite Plus version\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-post-id=\"2263442\">\n<picture id=\"p64571bb4b67ba3ce265bf0a4591a1fec\">&#13;<source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/retroid-pocket-unexpectedly-expands-its-duo-lineup-with-a-lite-plus-version\/intro-1789927347.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/retroid-pocket-unexpectedly-expands-its-duo-lineup-with-a-lite-plus-version\/intro-1789927347.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/retroid-pocket-unexpectedly-expands-its-duo-lineup-with-a-lite-plus-version\/intro-1789927347.jpg\" data-slide-url=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2263442\/retroid-pocket-unexpectedly-expands-its-duo-lineup-with-a-lite-plus-version\/\" data-post-id=\"2263442\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-slide-title=\"Retroid Pocket unexpectedly expands its Duo lineup with a Lite Plus version: \" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Retroid Pocket's Duo Lite colorways.\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Retroid Pocket<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p>If the Retroid Pocket Duo is too big and the Duo\u00a0Lite isn&#8217;t powerful enough, the handheld maker has introduced a variant of its Nintendo DS remake that might be just right. Retroid Pocket abruptly announced that a new model called the Duo Lite Plus is available for preorder, more than a week after launching orders for its Duo and Duo Lite earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The company attributed the later addition of the Duo\u00a0Lite Plus to customer feedback, but many of those who already ordered the Duo\u00a0Lite without knowing that a more suitable model existed are understandably upset. The Duo Lite Plus occupies the middle of the lineup, offering the slimmer dimensions of the Duo Lite, but the more powerful\u00a0Qualcomm Dragonwing Q-7790 found in the pricier Duo model. Retroid Pocket priced the Duo Lite Plus at $219 for preorders, but is offering a $20 discount to $199 with an early bird discount code, with shipments expected to start in mid-November.<\/p>\n<p>For customers who feel blindsided by the introduction of the Duo\u00a0Lite Plus, Retroid Pocket sent out an email saying it would pause Duo Lite shipments for a few days and give buyers the chance to compare devices. In its email, the company wrote that, &#8220;following the announcement of the new Duo Lite+, we want to make sure our existing Duo Lite customers have the opportunity to choose what works best for them.&#8221; Those who have already committed to the Duo Lite can stick with their original order or exchange it for a Duo Lite Plus with shipping costs and exchanges completely covered by Retroid Pocket.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2263442\/retroid-pocket-unexpectedly-expands-its-duo-lineup-with-a-lite-plus-version\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The handheld maker is offering free exchanges for any Duo Lite customers who want to upgrade. &#13;&#13;&#13; &#13; Retroid Pocket If the Retroid Pocket Duo&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2762,4390,3068,17408,7515,8011,18539,2023],"class_list":["post-86636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-duo","tag-expands","tag-lineup","tag-lite","tag-pocket","tag-retroid","tag-unexpectedly","tag-version","wpcat-32-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/86637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}