IriSoft Clickd

The iriSoft Clickd is an handheld video game console made by iriSoft in July 2019. It is an ARM-based handheld, boasting a powerhouse Snapdragon 860 CPU, combined with an Adreno 640 GPU and impressive storage and RAM, that money can buy. People praised the handheld for its "more for less" strategy, a good game library, and impressive graphics.

Development
In mid-2018, iriSoft planned to step into the video game industry by creating a powerful handheld console. So they made a prototype of a 8-inch handheld console with a 7 inch LED display, codenamed "Lemon", just like how iriSoft uses fruit names as codenames, like "Project Mango" which became the RiseBook. It ran an early version of the Clickd system software. The system was announced on August 2018 as "Project Lemon". iriSoft CEO, Rian Lamar, called the system "a handheld game console which fits into your personality, and features powerful processing, into an 6-inch portable console that can stay on your side anytime, anywhere". During February 2019, its official name was revealed, called the iriSoft Clickd. Rian Lamar said "The reason we called it the "Clickd" means that it takes 2 taps to enter your game". Then pre-orders were available, that came in black, white, and "Fusion", which is purple on the front, and neon blue on the back, with a purple-blue gradient on the sides of the console. The console was officially released on July 2, 2019. In 2021, iriSoft changed the sides of the console from flat to curved to make the console more ergonomic, some buttons were repositioned, and an 8-core Snapdragon 860, therefore boosting performance massively, however, the price was increased to $459.99. The price was shortly lowered down to 379.99 due to customers being disappointed about the luxury price tag, as it was possible to decrease its MSRP. In February 2022, iriSoft released the "Clickd Mini", a smaller version of the Clickd with the same processor as the original 2019 model, and a smaller screen size of 6 inches, 1 inch less than the normal Clickd. It was priced at $329.99 to target the console to budget-minded customers.

User interface
The Clickd has its own OS, called ClickOS. Its user interface is SnapShell, and it was praised for its modern UI. With the prerelease version, the user is greeted with the Clickd startup screen, and then is greeted with the lock screen. The lock screen displayed notifications and the date and time. If a PIN is on the console, an PIN unlock dialog will be shown. Then after that, the user is greeted with a blue (default) background with floating particles, and the app icons zoom out and bounce one by one. The UI bared resemblance to the PlayStation Vita, though, for the circular app icons and the bouncing animations on unlock, but some games utilize a square app icon. The background color can be changed in the Settings app. When a user holds on a game, they can review the game on the Clickd Store, view videos and screenshots from users, and the option to uninstall the game, but the uninstall feature is absent if the game is on a Click Card. After the Clickd launched, the UI was updated with a more modern design.

Hardware
The Clickd's processor is able to render complex 3D graphics, and the CPU made the console very fast, and can take less than 8 seconds to boot up a game like Xing Unearthed. However, the aforementioned game's port had a bug where people's Clickd consoles overheated and/or randomly shut down during certain cutscenes due to an CPU/GPU overload. A week after the game's release, Milky Way Games, the developer of Xing Unearthed released an "urgent update" to the port on the Clickd Store. It had 128 or 256GB of flash memory, which was groundbreaking for 379 US dollars, and can store 50+ of lightweight games, or a few heavy-weight games. This made the Clickd a huge success, selling 55 million units as of January 2023. iriSoft is excepting sales of 90 million by the end of its lifecycle, making it more successful than Sony's PlayStation Portable, which was a revolution back then, but less than Nintendo's DS handheld.

Criticism
On launch, the Clickd received criticism because the lack of ergonomics caused cramping during long play time. iriSoft made another revision of the Clickd not long after the criticism started, with the corners of the console being rounded to reduce cramping.