GPD Announces Their New GPD XP Plus With A Faster SoC, But Nobody Seems To Care

GPD XP Plus

The launch of last year’s GPD XP was mostly met with bemusement and frustration. So many unnecessary features, a lack lustre SoC and a high price relegated the device to a very niche market of gamers. But GPD haven’t given up on the XP line just yet, having just announced the GPD XP Plus.

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The GPD XD Plus Gets A New Lease Of Life With Android 10

GPD XD+ Android 10

After a lengthy and slightly worrisome stint at the sorting office in Heathrow, my GPD XD Plus finally arrived on a warm morning back in April 2018. I used it on the stock firmware for nearly 3 years before reading an interesting update regarding Android 10. At this point I decided it might be time to revisit the GPD XD Plus.

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GPD Win 2 Up For Pre-Order – $753 Shipped From Fasttech

The GPD Win 2 hit a whole bunch of Chinese stores today, available for pre-order only. By far the cheapest, as usual, is Fasttech who are taking pre-orders at $753 using coupon code “MAP”. The IndieGoGo site implies that shipping will be at some point in May, but we all know how these things go …

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GPD XD Plus – 15% Off Discount Extended Until 24th!

The GPD XD Plus is currently 15% off with discount code from Fasttech. A word to anyone who ordered previously and hasn’t had their machine shipped yet: although Fasttech are on holiday for CNY, you can cancel your order for a coupon which arrives in your account immediately. You can then use the coupon to …

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GPD XD Gets Revamped – XD+ Coming Early Next Year

Everything you need to know about GPD’s next handheld is eloquently and informatively explained by Phawx in the video below. To summarise, the RK3288 in the 2015 model is going out of production soon but GPD want to continue selling the XD – so they’re doing the sensible thing and keeping the exact form factor …

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GPD Smashes Targets Again With Their Metal Body UMPC

GPD’s new Indiegogo campaign has been open only a few hours and they’ve almost reached their $200k target already. The GPD Pocket is a 7 inch magnesium alloy clad UMPC which borrows its design heavily from the era of the Sony Vaio P. The UMPC and Netbook suffered early deaths when Tablets hit the market, and for me this is a welcome return of a neat and capable form factor. It can run both Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 but looking at their campaign, you must choose which OS you would like before you order.

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