Ambernic's retro gaming handhelds are quietly losing RAM capacity and being downgraded to older LPDDR3 memory — company says 1GB capacity is still the standard, 512MB models 'an unexpected error'

A teardown report says some Anbernic RG34XXSP units shipped with just 512MB of LPDDR3 RAM, down from the advertised 1GB and an earlier 2GB configuration.

Anbernic says 1GB is still the standard spec and that the 512MB units were shipped because of an unexpected error.

The company says affected buyers can contact after-sales support for replacements.

The report raises concerns that memory shortages and lower-capacity RAM could hurt emulation performance in budget retro handhelds.