# The Pocket Nova goes to $239, and Qualcomm's price hike has not even landed yet

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**Created:** [August 4, 2026, 4:55am UTC](https://forum.pocg.net/t/the-pocket-nova-goes-to-239-and-qualcomms-price-hike-has-not-even-landed-yet/854 "2026-08-04T04:55:26Z")
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Originally published at: [https://pocg.net/news/retroid-pocket-nova-price-increase-qualcomm/](https://pocg.net/news/retroid-pocket-nova-price-increase-qualcomm/)  
   
The Retroid Pocket Nova goes up ten dollars on August 6, and the ten dollars is the least interesting part of it. Retroid announced it in the company Discord on August 3: the 8GB/128GB model moves from $229 to $239, blamed on rising Qualcomm chipset and raw material costs, with the usual note to get…