Handhelds

A 6.7 mm console sold like a gift card; cool and nice-looking screen, but awkward controls and he wouldn't buy it.

Calls his customised Switch his favourite console ever, though the LED mod was much more of a DIY job than expected.

An enormous glasses-free 3D handheld with an impressive AI 2D-to-3D mode, but a concept nobody asked for.

A clever transforming handheld that Tommy kept, though Arun doubts you need both form factors.

A child tracker turned handheld with eight games, ad-tracking and a mafia-linked CEO that sold just 25,000 units.

Pretty great, with Hall effect sticks, but not a generational leap over the Steam Deck, with poor trackpad and short battery life.

Feels like magic when it works, but Windows, the single-player focus and one to two hours of battery make it frustrating.

Looks slightly better than the Switch 2 handheld, but is much thicker.

Excellent modernised Game Boy screen, but it didn't make him want to play old games and it misses the setup.

A modern reimagining of the transparent Game Boy that he was excited to buy.

Part of the 30th Anniversary bundle that feels like unboxing a piece of history.

Lumped in with the ROG Ally as a handheld PC that doesn't match the dream, though he pre-ordered it.

A streaming-only handheld that he finds impressive, with great screen and low latency, despite no Bluetooth headphone support.

A rebadged Android handheld with broken controls, a poor screen and an AI that crashed; scored zero.

A pretty, well-built handheld with a quirky crank, but not for him as he wants more buttons and power.

Has more appeal than the Playdate for most people, though he still prefers a Switch.

A plasticky but comfortable $10 handheld with 520 retro games, rated 8.5 for sheer bonkers value.

Spectacular hardware with a great screen, undermined by gimmicks, pricey memory cards and weak developer support.

A good-looking budget cut-down PSP that came too late in the console's life.

A tiny, quirky Japan-only device that cleverly laid the groundwork for the PSP, though the hardware feels flimsy.

The slimmer, lighter PSP he grew up with, adding TV output years before the Switch.

Beautifully built and tiny, but going download-only with no UMD made it a commercial failure.

A solid but not revolutionary refresh with a brighter screen and microphone.

A groundbreaking handheld with a stunning screen, analog nub and UMD discs that he loves nostalgically.