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?
The touch screen feels so much more responsive than my lcd. Huge upgrade for me.
Haven’t tried the oled but the LCD deck’s touchscreen is so bad. I wanted to use it as a sort-of tablet, but typing on that screen was so innacurate that it was an awful experience.
Right? I would try and type on it for little things in konsole etc and I’d always have missing letters bc it just never got all of the taps. So lame.
Yeah. It was fine for games that needed it for some inputs, but hearing that the OLED has a much better one is great, now I can use it to browse the internet