K56: New 5.5-inch retro gaming handheld running Android released with ES-DE and Pegasus front-ends

The K56 is finally here after almost a year of rumours. To recap, the device was originally believed to have been developed by Powkiddy. Subsequently, the device was thought to have been re-branded as the K560. However, it is now available across multiple retail platforms as the K56 in three colour options.

According to Kinhank, the K56 features a 5.5-inch IPS display that resolves at 1,280 x 720 pixels in a 16:9 aspect ratio. As expected, the K56 combines this relatively high-resolution panel with a Unisoc T620 chipset and 6 GB of LPDDR4X RAM. Thus, the gaming handheld has two ARM Cortex-A75 and six Cortex-A55 CPU cores at its disposal, as well as a Mali-G57 MP1 GPU limited to 850 MHz.

Moreover, the K56 comes with Android 14 pre-installed on its 128 GB of UFS 2.0 flash storage, along with Pegasus and ES-DE front-ends. On top of that, the handheld has a 5,000 mAh battery that is rated for up to 8 hours of usage. Currently, the K56 can be picked up with a 64 GB microSD card for around $135 on AliExpress. Alternatively, Kinhank sells the gaming handheld directly with the same capacity microSD card for $149. Meanwhile, Amazon is offering the K56 for around $169.99, with a $10 surcharge for a 128 GB microSD card option.