Analogue Pocket and Dock Restock: Preorders Open March 4, $240

Analogue has announced a restock of the Pocket handheld and the Pocket Dock with preorders opening March 4 at 8:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM ET on Analogue’s website, and the company says orders are expected to begin shipping in June 2026. The most precise figure reported across outlets lists the Pocket at $239.99 for this drop; coverage rounded that to $239 or $240 in some writeups, and one outlet reported the Dock at $99.99.

Analogue posted the restock notice on X and listed regular edition color choices as black or white for this preorder window, while coverage reminded readers that brightly colored limited editions historically sell out fast. Multiple sources used both PT and PST in their timing language; the aggregated announcement repeatedly points potential buyers to Analogue’s storefront for the preorder link and SKU selection.

Pricing history in Analogue’s own published timeline helps explain the shift. The Pocket launched at $199, and Analogue’s site noted on December 10, 2021 that the price had moved to $219 due to industry-wide component cost increases. Some outlets referenced a recent price of $220, while contemporary coverage framed the March 4 increase as a second post-launch bump to the roughly $239.99 level; outlets chose different rounding conventions when reporting the new figure.

Several stories connected the price change to tariffs and component pressures. Engadget’s writeup framed the company’s position sharply, writing: "That's the good news. The bad news? The little console is getting slapped with a price increase. It's shooting up to $240 from the recent price of $220, with the company placing the blame squarely on President Trump's neverending tariffs. The device is assembled in China and Trump just hit the region with even more tariffs after the Supreme Court struck down the old ones." Analogue’s public messaging on other products has previously addressed tariffs directly; for example, Analogue told customers on July 15, 2025 that it would absorb sudden tariff changes for Analogue3D preorders.

Product capability remains a key selling point for this restock. Coverage reiterated that "The Pocket isn't an emulation machine. It plays actual Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance cartridges" and integrates with legacy accessories like the Game Boy camera and printer. Coverage also notes that Game Gear, TurboGrafx-16 and Atari Lynx titles can be played with separate adapters, and Analogue has again listed accessories alongside the handheld for this drop: the Pocket Dock, a Pocket-to-Pocket Link Cable referenced in past restocks, and newly offered cartridge cleaning kits.

Analogue’s restock cadence shows repeated waves since the Pocket’s 2021 rollout: shipping notices in late 2021, price adjustments in December 2021, adapter and white-color restocks through 2024 and 2025, and now this March 4, 2026 preorder. Coverage warned that "this drop will likely sell out quickly" and recommended having a browser ready near 11:00 AM ET when the preorder window opens. With shipping pegged for June 2026 and a raised MSRP in place, collectors and cartridge-first players will face a higher buy-in than earlier runs but the same cartridge-level compatibility that has defined the Pocket since launch.