{"id":639,"date":"2025-11-02T02:20:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T18:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/02\/ayaneos-first-smartphone-could-have-physical-shoulder-buttons\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T02:20:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T18:20:33","slug":"ayaneos-first-smartphone-could-have-physical-shoulder-buttons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/02\/ayaneos-first-smartphone-could-have-physical-shoulder-buttons\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayaneo&#8217;s first smartphone could have physical shoulder buttons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/the-first-premium-handheld-from-ayaneos-budget-brand-arrives-in-september-183533792.html\">Ayaneo<\/a> is breaking into the competitive smartphone market with its latest offering, but it&#8217;s hoping to attract the mobile gamers out there. In a <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dol0mdKunVE\">teaser posted<\/a> to its YouTube, the gaming handheld maker offered its first look at the Ayaneo Phone. As vague as the trailer is, Ayaneo clearly has a target demographic in mind, describing the smartphone as when a &#8220;mobile phone meets the soul of gaming handheld.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>From the teaser, it looks like the Ayaneo Phone will be built with a standard dual-camera setup. Perhaps more relevant for its gaming-centric design, it looks like the smartphone will have physical shoulder buttons when held horizontally. Ayaneo previously mentioned the Ayaneo Phone during a <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SfOJU3jf9_g&amp;t=4667s\">product sharing session<\/a> in the summer, where it hinted at a form factor that slides out. This could be another hint that Ayaneo is looking at making a modern-day version of the Sony Xperia Play, particularly since the Ayaneo Phone will fall under the company&#8217;s <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ayaneo.com\/article\/796\">Remake branding<\/a> that features remakes of retro consoles and devices.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Considering Ayaneo&#8217;s <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ayaneo-2-review-specs-price-a-more-premium-and-pricier-take-on-the-steam-deck-143039617.html\">price tags<\/a> for its other products, the Ayaneo Phone likely won&#8217;t be cheap. However, it could offer serious competition to other gaming smartphones from <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:6;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/the-new-rog-phone-8-from-asus-finally-puts-a-good-camera-in-a-gaming-phone-002618805.html\">Asus<\/a> or <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:7;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/redmagic.tech\/pages\/redmagic-10-pro\">Redmagic<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/mobile\/smartphones\/ayaneos-first-smartphone-could-have-physical-shoulder-buttons-182033773.html?src=rss<\/p><p>Please credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\">OBA Blog<\/a> &raquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/02\/ayaneos-first-smartphone-could-have-physical-shoulder-buttons\/\">Ayaneo&#8217;s first smartphone could have physical shoulder buttons<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ayaneo is breaking into the competitive smartphone market with its latest offering, but it&#8217;s hoping to attract the mobile gamers out there. In a teaser posted to its YouTube, the gaming handheld maker offered its first look at the Ayaneo Phone. As vague as the trailer is, Ayaneo clearly has a target demographic in mind, describing the smartphone as when a &#8220;mobile phone meets the soul of gaming handheld.&#8221; From the teaser, it looks like the Ayaneo Phone will be built with a standard dual-camera setup. Perhaps more relevant for its gaming-centric design, it looks like the smartphone will have physical shoulder buttons when held horizontally. Ayaneo previously mentioned the Ayaneo Phone during a product sharing session in the summer, where it hinted at a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}