One reviewer mentioned disappointment that it’s still a full 11.7" long and 2" thick. I realize that some people are not built for that kind of size, but I enjoy the heft and find the ergonomics of the original pleasing. I find that it stands out among smaller equipment and any substantial reduction would limit the versatility and, quite frankly, my overall enjoyment.
Every other handheld tucks the right analog stick under the ABXY which makes it significantly less comfortable and way more difficult to use. Can’t believe NO ONE has copied that design. Yes, it’s bigger/wider but it’s well worth the trade-off for the ergonomics, personally.
I love my steam deck, I also just got it like 2 months ago. If I knew this was coming, I might've waited. Either way, my girlfriend is probably going to get a cool hand me down in the next couple months.
Biggest improvement is probably the 30-50% increase in battery life. The deck already gets much better battery life than the ROG Ally or Lenovo Go (especially on low demanding games, it can get 2-4x the battery life), so this will further cement it as the best handheld PC for actually playing without the device plugged in.
I mean running the same game at the same settings/resolution/etc the Deck will get significantly better battery life. You can offset this somewhat by using task manager to close background processes in windows, but it still takes a lot more power to run stuff on the ROG Ally than the deck.
An example from Ally reviews was Stardew valley ran at 6-8w on the deck, but was pulling 16-20w on the Ally with same settings. Using task manager to close windows processes for the Ally down to the 12-15w range, but that’s still a huge jump. This isn’t even taking into consideration that you can tweak deck performance settings to run Stardew valley at a much lower power setting, I’ve seen people go as low as 3.8w giving them 10+ hours of battery life.
That’s because the oled tvs are so thin you risk bending the display if you lay it down. A thick mobile device provides plenty of support. The display itself isn’t affected by orientation.
Old one is still solid (and now discounted) but this offers some nice, mid-generation upgrades. If you already have one, or want one at a discount, stick with the old model, otherwise this is a nice upgrade for basically the same price.
Unless I’m misunderstanding something, the one that is now being sold for $400 used to be $550. All the LCD models have dropped in price (with the 64 GB and 512 GB models being discontinued) and the OLED filling in the now open higher price tiers.
@abobla
Yeah we got duped.
When they knew it was selling
good the released the real one.
They been lying saying they
would not release till 3 years to empty the ware
houses as this update is a complete redesign. This
whole thing was a crowdfund
from the start. Look at all the shit they made us go thru.
The other guys just release
While we stuck in beta test.
I got my and love it cause I
Love Linux. I might get the lenovo as well to complement my 16inch drawing tablet.
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