AYN took to its Discord today to notify customers that its AYN Thor and AYN Odin 3 gaming handhelds will be suffering the same fate as countless other devices across the market. That's right, both the Thor and Odin 3 will see fairly lofty price increases, but we've still got some time.
Spotted by user u/crownpuff and posted to the r/SBCGaming subreddit, the brand claims that "new pricing will take effect once the current inventory allocation is sold through," while reassuring customers that the "new pre-order batch will continue to use UFS 3.1 storage."
We don't yet know how much these prices will jump by, but the Ayn Thor currently starts at $249 for the Lite version and the Odin 3 kicks off at $339. The former was saved from the brand's previous round of price increases back in April, but the Odin is already $10 more expensive than launch in its cheapest configuration.
Both devices are currently shipping from their latest batch, launched at the same time we were warned about these price increases. The Ayn Thor is currently in its seventh batch pre-orders, priced up at $249 until current stock runs out. Meanwhile the Odin 3 is in its eighth batch with the base 8GB/128GB model available for $339 via the brand's own site. If you're going back to older releases, you'll be at the mercy of marketplace sellers at Amazon.
Due to the flexibility in that stock level, we don't exactly know when these price increases will come into effect but we'll keep you updated as more emerges.
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