Upcoming puzzles

BenChristman1 said:
I magnetized the mini Meilong myself (it was the first cube I had ever magnetized, so I messed it up really bad), and it is the perfect size, the turning just sucks.
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Lol, I lubed mine with only compound 10 and after a month of not turning it, it turned so bad, slow but not smooth and had no substance to turn.
 
The new cube season is upon us. The busiest time of the year.
Tonnes of new cubes coming out.

GAN Budget Smartcube
The cube will have a non-rechargeable battery charged from the factory and is expected to last around 1 Year (Coming out in December with Timer)

Qiyi
Qiyi Qifan S2 (New budget 6x6)

And lots more to come over the next few months, looking forward to it.
I warned you.
Here's a nice summary of what is coming out / recently released.

Official Poll From GAN:
If you guys would like to see a stickered GAN 11 M Pro to come out, feel free to drop a like on our most recent video (Cubing Roundup Episode 2)
 
One Wheel said:
Absolutely none of that even comes close to suggesting that it's something I should be interested in, even if I liked Gan.
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I have to say, disposable electronics is extraordinarily wasteful.
It reminds me of the meme where the new iPhone has no ports at all and after its battery runs out you go to the Apple store to exchange for a new recharged one for a low price of only $60. Well in the next iPhone they might be using wireless charging only so the no ports thing might not be so far off...
 
qwr said:
I have to say, disposable electronics is extraordinarily wasteful.
It reminds me of the meme where the new iPhone has no ports at all and after its battery runs out you go to the Apple store to exchange for a new recharged one for a low price of only $60. Well in the next iPhone they might be using wireless charging only so the no ports thing might not be so far off...
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After the battery dies the cube will likely still be a very strong speedcube, so not completely disposable.
 
qwr said:
that's super impressive designing then.
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And, I don't know if Zain highlighted this very much, the cube is BUDGET and will be available to most of the cubing audience that wouldn't be able to buy such GAN 11 M Pro's or GAN XS's so that is really good! We will just have to wait for the price now..
 
Mo_A2244 said:
And, I don't know if Zain highlighted this very much, the cube is BUDGET and will be available to most of the cubing audience that wouldn't be able to buy such GAN 11 M Pro's or GAN XS's so that is really good! We will just have to wait for the price now..
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GAN already has a "budget" line with the GAN 356 R and Monster Go cubes. If a cyber wants a budget cube, a smartcube is not the way to go.
 
qwr said:
GAN already has a "budget" line with the GAN 356 R and Monster Go cubes. If a cyber wants a budget cube, a smartcube is not the way to go.
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Gans budget cubes suck though. For starters a “Budget“ cube is something like a Little Magic or a Yulong to me. For 15 dollars you pay for a 356 R you could buy a magnetic cube like the Qiyi Ms, Thunderclap v3, Dayan Guhong v3, RS3M 2020, and the list goes on. Ive tried all of these cubes and IMO they are all better than the 356 R. Maybe a budget smart cube would be cool, but no one is buying a smart cube as their main.
 
MJS Cubing said:
Gans budget cubes suck though. For starters a “Budget“ cube is something like a Little Magic or a Yulong to me. For 15 dollars you pay for a 356 R you could buy a magnetic cube like the Qiyi Ms, Thunderclap v3, Dayan Guhong v3, RS3M 2020, and the list goes on. Ive tried all of these cubes and IMO they are all better than the 356 R. Maybe a budget smart cube would be cool, but no one is buying a smart cube as their main.
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To be fair, I agree with you on the budget side. The cubes used to be flagship products stripped of the essentials (such as magnets). I'm hoping this changes with their new iteration of budget cubes which will likely launch in the year 2021 based of the GAN 11. Their smartcubes on the other hand I wouldn't say the same thing for. The i Play being the i without the gyroscope which is something people can live without, and this new smartcube being similar to a high-end smartcube but with the new battery as we explained, so overall not as big of sacrifices made compared to their mainstream 3x3 releases.

The thing about GAN smartcubes in particular (not sure about other smartcubes) is that they are actually lighter compared to some actual 3x3's and perform at or beyond the level of some regular 3x3's which don't have all these electronics in. Depends on personal preference. I personally would main a smartcube to get the best of both and help me track my progress, and when GAN do send us the early prototype timer and smartcube I will likely main that just to check my progress, but it is down to personal preference.
 
MJS Cubing said:
Gans budget cubes suck though. For starters a “Budget“ cube is something like a Little Magic or a Yulong to me. For 15 dollars you pay for a 356 R you could buy a magnetic cube like the Qiyi Ms, Thunderclap v3, Dayan Guhong v3, RS3M 2020, and the list goes on. Ive tried all of these cubes and IMO they are all better than the 356 R. Maybe a budget smart cube would be cool, but no one is buying a smart cube as their main.
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In response to your discussion, GAN's "budget" cubes are budget in comparison to their flagships. As goes with QiYi and MoYu as they don't usually produce cubes at a price point similar to GAN, hence the reason their budget cubes are "budget." Then again, GAN have only produced one budget cube so it may not be fair to close the door on them for that. I would agree, the GAN 356 RS wasn't their best however, it may have appealed to some of the cubing community.

I would suppose the budget smartcube is to appeal to many who can't buy an actual smartcube. Even I, if i were to buy my cubes, would chose the cheaper option over the main flagship smartcube and I would save that extra couple of pounds even if I were to sacrifice some battery life or usability as 1 year is still a large amount of time.

I understand where you're getting at, however, GAN do have a chance to appeal to many cubers and may (or may not) successfully win this smartcube war that is currently going on with the GoCube and Rubik's Connected.
 
Has the YJ MGC Square 1 been mentioned here before?

Also got another image on the GAN Timer if anyone is interested:
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