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- AYANEO announced it’s making a gaming phone with a physical sliding design, similar to the Xperia Play.
- The phone was teased during a livestream, but no specs, images, or release date were revealed.
- The move follows the expiration of the sliding phone patent and comes amid several other AYANEO hardware announcements.
AYANEO is branching out in an exciting way. At the end of a four-hour livestream packed with announcements, the company revealed it’s working on its first smartphone, which will have a physical slider in a similar concept to the old Xperia Play.
There’s no release date, no specs, and no images of the actual device yet, but AYANEO teased the gaming phone concept with a few slides and slogans like “you’ll feel the difference” and “the magic lies in the slide.” The announcement came in a segment called “One more thing III,” which pretty much tells you how packed the event already was.