It was only a matter of time before this year's most popular retro handheld gets a price adjustment. The price increase of storage is affecting thousands of businesses across the globe, and most handheld manufacturers that I know of.
Retroid has increased its prices, and so has AYANEO recently, but now, those waiting to pull the trigger on the Thor could be affected by a price increase.
I say could because, as of right now, the Thor Max (16GB/1TB) is the only handheld being affected, going from an original price of $449 to $549. That's a 19.6% price increase! That's hefty!
Alongside the announcement of the Thor Max price increase, AYN have stated that to counter the increase in Lite/Pro Models of the Thor, they will have to change to UFS 3.1 storage, which simply means it will be a little slower when transferring/downloading files. This won't affect gameplay much, or at all, but its worth noting that it's a technical "downgrade".
"UFS 4.0 is no longer available at a sustainable level. As a result, Thor and Odin 3 will transition to UFS 3.1 moving forward (From new preorder Thor Batch 6 and Odin 3 Batch 7)," states AYN.
For those disappointed in the price increase, AYN has revealed a new model configuration featuring 16GB RAM and 512GB storage that will be available to pre-order in the next batch.
