In case anyone is concerned, in the US, warranty void stickers are technically illegal and not enforceable grounds to refuse warranty service. They are used by companies to scare consumers into using first party repair services instead of third party, or independent, services.

In the US it will NOT void the warranty. The FTC ruled in 2018 that voiding warranties over a tamper seal “generally prohibited by the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act” Basically unless it can be proven your method of opening the device was the causal factor of any sort of damage, a company is not allowed to void your warranty over open a device.

Those warranty stickers are adorable. Magnuson-Moss says get rekt, Analogue!

That board is gorgeous. Thanks for scratching the itch for me and tearing this down on camera. Also your thumbnail image was super clean. You are a legend.

I used to work for Altera (now Intel FPGA) early to late 2000's, back when FPGA was quite expensive and not a particularly well-known technology (very much non commercial) outside of the EE community. I'm really enjoying seeing it go mainstream, especially in the music synthesizer and retro gaming spheres. Make me nostalgic for those times, it's a fascinating technology that I really miss working with.

"Warranty void if removed" stickers aren't enforceable in the US, at least. Not sure about the UK or other parts of the world.

That is a very well designed device. Good quality.

Looks like the 10 pin header under the battery is a jtag port, used to access the fpgas and config flash chips inside. They probably flash the production firmware and run diagnostics through it at the factory. Everything looks beautifully designed, may have to pick one up at some point.

I am not a lawyer but I heard somewhere that warranty void stickers don't mean anything and you can still claim your warranty based on law.

Awesome video, thanks for the tear-down FYI Elliot, developers won't have access to reprogram the smaller Cyclone 10 FPGA. That's where the Analogue OS, the scaling and IO stuff sits. The actual system cores run on the Altera Cyclone V, that's the chip developers will have access to be able to build custom cores: www.analogue.co/support/resource/developer-faq

Glad we have the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act here, the sticker is void....in most cases, lol Thanks for the video Elliot

Warranty void stickers are illegal, you can't void the warranty just because someone's opened up their device, you have to prove they damaged it. Every other manufacturer stopped using them a while ago, I expected Analogue to know better.

The thumbnail preview is just beautiful. I can't believe how much better your channel has become over the years.

I think I found the LCD panel they are using. It is made by BOE for VR goggles and you can buy one for about $20. BOE VS035ZSM-NW0 Just to add, Gorilla glasses are not that expensive.... for the manufacturer, probably below 2 dollars.

I appreciate how thoroughly you describe what's happening onscreen because usually I'm not able to actually watch the video, driving, dog walk,working,etc. Thanks!

Wow! Beautiful inside and out! This is what happens when PCB designers are passionate and given the freedom to do things right.

Indeed beautiful build, Analogue really delivered and I am sure people will be excited about it! Thank you for this teardown ;)

Another benefit of the battery enclosure is safety, if it overheats and blows up you're less likely to get hurt or it may slightly reduce chances of fire. Pretty neat touch.

Mine has shipped and is on its way. I got it and all the accessories. Been a long wait, and I’m ecstatic it will be here before Christmas!

I kind of preordered this on a whim and wasn’t sure if it was worth it, but then I watched your videos and now I know I made the right decision haha this thing looks incredible and exactly what I’ve wanted for so long

The sticker can't void your warranty. It is illegal to use these anyways. Dissapointing that they used these.

Just pre-ordered one! Looks really fantastic!

Congrats on 100k my dude

You are definitely capable of a production of that scale man. Your content is great 👍

My dudes imagine a clear shell for this

Thank you for the Teardown. It was very interesting to see the inside of the Analogue Pocket.

Glad I ordered one when I did. Can’t wait to get my sweaty hands on it

You get something new and immediately tear it apart... this is why you can't have nice things. Acktually, this is EXACTLY why you SHOULD get nice things! Love your teardown vids man!

Damn paused it at first glance of the motherboard and saw the A• logo and you just brought it up. Major detail here lol.

Spilt coffee on mine today and this video saved me $300. Thanks Elliot

Thanks for the vid I'm definitely buying this

This is an extremely straightforward teardown; I'm hopeful that maybe we can get some people making some tactswitch dpad mods! Truly, that would be glorious.

Loving the content lately

i love seeing the insides of tech knowing that my soldering is low key (low key unexisitance) but amazing video Elliot, keep bringing that retro future

Very tempted to replace the switches on the L and R with tactile ones. Looks like I won’t have to go far down in the build to get to them! Thank you Elliot!

I love how you just dive right in to tear stuff apart. I would be scared out of my mind to take apart an expensive device like this lol.

Analogue should offer a retro-transparent version to see that board.

The pocket really does look phenomenal. Years of modding gameboys and I still can't make something to match this for the the amount of money. Even with the price increase, it looks to be worth every penny of $220

That is a ridiculously tightly packed board. Props.

Warranty void stickers are illegal. So don't worry.

Peeling off warranty stickers do not void them anymore, they made a court ruling about it.

Depending on the country, those void warranty stickers may not be legally binding, or even legal for the manufacturer to apply at all

seeing that big beautiful battery connector 👍😀

Warranty void stickers are not a legal tactic in all countries. UK is one of those countries

Ok, that shows it's amazing it is.... I might have to get one now...

The plastic is stamped PC-ABS. That material is overkill. Quality is not an issue.

Just the time to arrive and Elliot already teared down it.😂😂😂

Crazy man for tearing this down. However, it made for a great video!

That looks much better than I imagined.

I swear those warranty void stickers are illegal now

All this stuff makes me wish they had a clear variant. But the black looks gorgeous. Maybe dbrand will make a skin for it.

such a cool device!

Well done for the having the balls to do this.

Not gonna lie that handheld really does look nice

I really wish I'd pre-ordered a year ago now. Didn't anticipate the price increase 😞

FYI, those "Void if broken" stickers are not enforceable under American law. they just hope that you'll take their word for it when they claim that those stickers are legally enforceable, however feel free to look it up and correct me if it's not true in your area

Looks like we won't be sticking custom mods inside there anytime soon...

Geeze it's so clean. Makes me wish they made a transparent shell.

Can’t wait to get mine, I got in the first preorder 😮‍💨

0:31 Hey, don't underestimate yourself. You do awesome videos

Now this will probably be interesting

This thing’s next level premium like daaaangggg 🥶🥶🥶

I hope you got the pocket back together after the video ^^

Can’t wait to get mine (2023 😢).

great video lad keep up with the good work ps how are you doing today ☺️

Woohoo! Mine is about ship by Nov 27!

Reminds me of my younger days. Was always missing a few screws through.

During the showing of the main PCB I thought that would make a lovely picture to hang on the wall. I'm wondering how it well it will do with any ever drive. I'm also curious to see how well it will do with the other systems games

Here’s to a bright future of aftermarket mods on the pocket!

That Void sticker makes no sense to me. You can't verify it at all. It can't be inspected before breaking the bond, so it would seem impossible to verify it is intact. Besides the fact that in their biggest market, the U.S., Void stickers are illegal as our warranty laws allow for servicing by the consumer and third parties.

Wait a minute... Does it come with an IR port for support with gameboy color games?

With how easily removed that back panel is, hopefully somebody tinkers with 3d printing a replacement or add-on that better grips the cartridges here soon since I've seen so many videos on those wiggling and freezing your game already.

if the components are that expensive, then the price along with the shipping cost really makes sense. Honestly, totally worth it; I wanted a quality product and I got it!

We are on here EARLYZ.

Mine Pocket was having issues booting up properly and I emailed Analogue support, and ordered the screwdriver so hopefully Analogue gets back to me before I have to open my my pocket and remove the battery for a moment.

is the screen servicable or replacable? and what about the glass cover is that also replacable?

So since you've got lots DMG gameboy and GBCs, can you check to see if the buttons and d-pad are swappable with stock GB or GBC buttons? They look very similar in size/shape! I would love to pop Boxy Pixel Brass d-pad and buttons in my pocket.

The plastic is apparently bad quality on the transparent and coloured editions as there are thousands of people reporting cracks randomly appearing due to pressure on the plastic.

They had to know you would do this

i wonder if people like boxypixel might make a metal back plate/colored buttons for modding in the future (it'd be cool if there was a backplate that went up a bit higher on the cartridges to hold them more securely)

Does it look like any of the buttons or D-Pad could be interchangeable with any of the gameboy, NES, SNES, controllers parts or other Nintendo devices?

I would have used a cloth underneath, to avoid any scratches from the hard surface of the table (one grain of sand is enough to destroy the screen lens). But yeah: this PCB is a beauty!

Thanks for this! :) - how clicky is the D-pad? - not at all?

Do those adapters work with the game boy I doubt it but be cool if they did

werent void warranty stickers made non-binding in the US?

Really cool console

Can you do a tear down of the analogue pocket dock?

Does the unit save your game save to the cartridge or the SD card

Is the QR code on that battery the link on where to buy the battery replacement if ever?

How difficult would it be to remove the screen and remaining buttons from the front chassis? I’m trying to hydro dip mine.

MAN, any one else get anxious watching him take it apart on a wood table? I always put down a microfiber cloth, like those terry cloth microfiber cloths not the eyeglass ones, so there's a bit of cushion, or a hand towel from the bathroom since I only have about 20 of them, since I have 5 bathrooms, with two non-working or questionable state toilets. Old house, bought from the bank.

if sth broken, there is nothing to replace by yourself - except the battery. I personally dont like if there is really everything on one board - because there is actually nothing to test out and to replace in the future.

Hello Elliot, has the Pocket the gorilla glass lense mounted by default? When I placed my order in 2020, I ordered it separately. Thank you in advance and many greetings from Bavaria / Germany

Small FPGA: Altera/Intel Cyclone 10 10CL016YU256C8G Small FPGA RAM: 2 x Alliance Memory AS4C8M16MSA Microcontroller: some Microchip PIC (couldn’t see the part number) Microcontroller(?) flash: GigaDevice GD25Q256D Large FPGA: Altera/Intel Cyclone V (couldn’t see the part number) Large FPGA RAM: 2 x Alliance Memory AS4C32M16MSA LCD: BOE VS035ZSM-NW0 (from an earlier comment on this video)

I was thinking about buying a metal shell for this. Do you think that would be an easy install?

How come the link cable isn't compatible with the DMG Game Boy? - did Nintendo change the cable for their Pocket and newer Game Boys?

Seems you can disassemble without removing the " VOID sticker". Remove the shoulder button assembly... pull down on the back cover and remove as shown in video... and the screw behind the sticker is THERE 😆 No idea whats the sticker for 🤷‍♂

What's the part number on the Cyclone V? I can't see it from the video.

So in order to install an aftermarket custom shell to my Analogue Pocket (I need a transparent one), I'm going to have to void the warranty? That's a bit dodgy.

Great work :) - How much does it weigh?