Those who have been patiently staying for a substantial upgrade to the Nintendo Switch press may have been further than just miffed by the new OLED model. Although it might make some business sense for the gaming mammoth, the lack of significant tackle enhancement on the four- time-old gaming press has suckers continually frustrated. But while the new Nintendo Switch OLED seems like just a single step forward, iFixit proves there are numerous further changes than meets the eye, for better or for worse.
Of course, the biggest and most prominent change is the OLED screen, which iFixit notes to be sorrowfully thin and fragile, though it, fortunately, survives the teardown. There’s also one other visible external change, with a kickstand that eventually spans the range of the device. There are also modified rails for the Joy-cons, though that wo n’t save these new generation regulators from the dreaded drift.
The biggest changes, still, are on the inside, and they are n’t each good news for the DIY form specialists. The taped interconnect lines, for illustration, nearly look dilettantish and will make it more delicate to put everything back together again. Other factors have also come lower or combined to save space, despite the thinner OLED screen apparently adding the quantum of available space outside.
The cooling system, in particular, is lower, which is presumably due to the original system being supposed to have overcompensated. The biggest problem in iFixit’s eyes, still, is the guitar- shaped all-in-one board the combines the SD card anthology, the game card anthology, and the headphone jack on a single face. This would make replacing any of those corridor a lot more delicate, which is especially disappointing since those would get a lot of wear and gash over times of use.
iFixit gives the Nintendo Switch OLED a 7 out of 10 on its order indicator. It is n’t that bad until you consider that the aged TV model got a solid 8. The process is n’t as tedious or dangerous, but the changes that Nintendo made surely make it harder for third parties or more educated possessors to do their own repairs, which is presumably what the company wants anyway.