Our Alldocube iPlay 70 mini Ultra was bought by us; it was not supplied by the manufacturer. The test was done with a custom launcher and controllers.

The space-grey metal back and the red power button give an impression of quality; the tablet weighs 335 g. The 8.8-inch screen (2560 × 1600, 16:10, up to 144 Hz, 500 nits) is its strong point: fine colour, but blacks look grey rather than deep without OLED, and the wide black bezels, in our view, undermine the premium look. The DTS-certified stereo sound struck us as more than acceptable. There is no headphone jack or SIM slot, but a microSD card is possible, and the USB-C video output can reach 4K; the external display is mirrored at first, and you need to enable the experimental desktop mode in developer options to use it in 16:9. The Alldocube OS 3.0 skin adds little: game mode only blocks notifications and gestures, and there is no built-in key mapping.

In cloud gaming, GeForce Now goes up to 2560 × 1600 at 120 fps and Shadow PC to 144 fps. In emulation, the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 won us over: 3DS up to 5×, GameCube up to 4× (sometimes 5×), Wii at 3× or even 4×, PSP up to 6× at 60 fps, and PS2 at 4× (Burnout), the emulation we enjoyed most. We note 10 to 12 hours in cloud gaming (7,300 mAh battery), 10 hours in light retro, 6 to 7 hours on N64/Dreamcast/PS1, 4 to 5 hours on PS2/GameCube and 3 to 3.5 hours on Switch/Wii/Wii U.

At around €270 on Amazon at the time of the video, we find it hard to match for this screen size.

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