• monk@lemmy.unboiled.info
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    11 months ago

    Exactly. It’s neat that it’s OLED, like the original Samsung Galaxy from 2009, but it’d be pretty neat if they’ve skipped right to 2013 and at least make it FullHD. You’re supposed to overtake competition, not lag a decade behind.

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      11 months ago

      I think you’ve missed the point of both the original Steam Deck and the recent update. Short version is that the screen is deliberately not 1080p because that would make it way more power-intensive, and the OLED version is deliberately not really changing the device specs. Look at some of the rivals/knock-offs which have come out in the last year - all the numbers are bigger, resolution, clock speed, power usage, weight…

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        11 months ago

        People knock the Switch but you’re not gonna do that much better without being noticeably heavier and hotter

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        11 months ago

        Speaking of bigger numbers: Are there even any rivals larger than Steam Deck? The damn thing is wider than my laptop.

        I think the point of the original Deck and the recent update are that they have too crappy of a screen to play non-demanding games, too weak hardware to play demanding games and too heavy of a body if what you do is just streaming from a PC.

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          11 months ago

          I feel you’re probably just trolling now, but I’m guessing you’ve never actually used one, or if you have you’re comparing it to a gaming laptop that cost at least twice as much

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            11 months ago

            No, I just daily-drive a OneNetbook 4. Steam Deck is wider than that. Or a GPD Win Max. Or anything reasonably-sized, really.