I was convinced for me it would be the 90hz refresh rate, or the improved touchscreen/haptics - but the moment I picked up the new OLED I knew my answer straight away:

The 30g they removed from the weight.

I’m sure that sounded minimal and inconsequential for a lot of us when we heard about it, but when you pick it up, you feel it immediately.

The original steam deck was always a bit too heavy for me to hold comfortably. Especially as I struggle with a disability which makes me pretty weak in general.

Now the device is so much more comfortable to hold. I can actually pick it up and hold it with one hand now, whereas before it would always overbalance and I could never keep it straight.

What’s the best upgrade from your experience so far, if any of you are lucky enough to have an OLED now?

  • implicit-solarium@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Weight. I get neck pain from holding up weight and anything off is a huge “buy your steam deck again” upgrade.

    Outside that, Bluetooth is working so much better. Love that it remembers my headphones and auto pairs when I take it out of sleep.

    • bighungryjo@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Yeah the 30g doesn’t seem like much but it makes a difference. It also seems like the LE is even lighter!

      • eggplanes@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        What’s different about the limited edition vs regular OLED that it would be lighter?

    • seckzy@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I noticed my LCD deck didn’t do this until recently and now it auto connects to my AirPods. I wonder if there was some changes in 3.5 that fixed it.

    • bassderek@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Is the weight difference that noticeable? Originally sold my steam deck and switched to Ally because of weight. Now the gap is smaller (~23g) I might be tempted to switch back…