Summary: Nintendo Switch (OLED Model) Changes: What Most People Won't Tell You (295 words)

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Official Product Name:

Nintendo Switch (OLED Model)

Price: $349.99 USD

Planned Release Date: October 8, 2021

Major Changes:

• Much better stand (adjustable/multi-angle)

• Much smaller screen bezels without reducing console size

• 7 inch OLED Screen (up to 720p)

• Built-in Ethernet port (but 2 USB ports instead of 3)

• 64 GB of storage (double the original internal storage)

• And a new white color and rounded dock.

Main take-aways and things to seriously consider:

• NO 4K TV output

• OLED Screen but still UP TO 720p in handheld mode and 0.8 inches bigger, meaning...

• Possible “Screen burn-in” (damaged OLED pixels over time and limited brightness, too)

• Worse battery life (as most games are bright and not dark which are not advantageous for OLED energy consumption)

• And worse pixel density (larger pixels).

General Recommendations:

If you're looking for a portable gaming console to play on-the-go and on your TV with others or by yourself:

- Buy the Nintendo Switch (OLED Model) if you can.

If you're looking to only play Nintendo Switch games only in handheld mode and don't want to spend a lot for extra things you won't use (a dock):

- Buy the Nintendo Switch Lite which is $150 cheaper than the Nintendo Switch (OLED Model)

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If you already own the original Nintendo Switch console:

- Stick with your current Nintendo Switch console because the new Nintendo Switch (OLED Model) costs a lot of money for:

• A better stand you may hardly use

• An Ethernet port which replaces a $25 adapter

• More internal storage when you likely already expanded your storage

• And a mildly bigger, OLED screen which may have worse battery life and worse pixel density (bigger pixels).

This has been my TED x Talk.