TL;DR

Retroid appears to be shipping US Pocket Flip 2 and Classic pre-orders ahead of other countries.

Retroid has not officially announced this policy, but the evidence is overwhelming.

Shipments from China to the US will stop on April 25, so only a few days remain to fulfill pre-orders.

The Retroid Pocket Flip 2 and Pocket Classic are two of the most hyped retro gaming handhelds to come out so far this year, but the budding trade war between the US and China has thrown a red shell into the launch cycle. While the company hasn’t confirmed it directly, it appears that pre-orders headed to the US are jumping to the front of the line to beat the coming tariffs and shipment halts.

Pre-orders for the two devices started on March 18, with the Pocket Flip 2 shipments starting on April 13 and Pocket Classic shipments starting on April 16. However, users on Reddit and Discord are finding that many day one pre-orders have yet to ship, with US pre-orders from weeks later taking precedence.

This appears to be the case for standard orders, as well. A user on the Retro Handhelds Discord had their Pocket Flip 2 order ship just a few hours after placing the order. This came after a short conversation with Retroid’s customer service, in which the company assured that “We will arrange shipment within 3 days” to prevent the order from being canceled.