Gray-market Lenovo G02 retro handhelds appear on Alibaba for $41 after Lenovo cracks down on unauthorized sellers
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Zhiye Liu
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Summary
Lenovo's retro handheld G02, initially seen as a promising product, has become a PR problem as the company cracks down on unauthorized Chinese merchants selling the device internationally in violation of regional restrictions. Some sellers were also preloading thousands of pirated games onto the G02. Despite Lenovo's enforcement actions, gray-market units are still appearing on platforms like Alibaba for as low as $41, circumventing the company's ban through cheap wholesale storefronts.
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· 3 pulledLenovo made it abundantly clear to Tom's Hardware that...
What initially seemed like a promising and legitimate foray into the retro gaming handheld market has rapidly evolved into a PR challenge for Lenovo.
Several unscrupulous sellers were reportedly preloading thousands of pirated games onto the G02.
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