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?

    • Ok-Fennel-3908@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I admit I’m very picky but the ally had lots of issues with buttons. Squeaky bumpers, sticks with a huge amount drift, one unit had a cluster of dead pixels.

      • NapsterKnowHow@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        My deck has a right stick that clicks (not R3 button) and a right trigger that used to click (not haptic feedback). When I opened up the deck a piece of the plastic housing somehow broke around the trigger (never dropped my deck). So Valve also has some QC issues.