Nintendo Switch model Oled is now available in stores with important improvements compared to the original model. Not only does it have a larger screen, it features OLED technology which offers more contrasting colors, purer blacks, and a substantial improvement in brightness. In addition, it has redesigned its speaker system and the rear stand, which now encompasses the entire body of the set and supports various positions. But is this model more resistant than the previous one? A well-known youtuber has put the Nintendo console to the test in an unorthodox way.
Jerry Rig Everything is a well-known YouTube channel that is dedicated to testing the durability of several of the most famous smartphones on the market with resistance tests, as well as taking a look inside, as well as consoles and other gadgets. He also does other technology and renewable energy projects at home. As it did with the original Nintendo Switch model when it was released in 2017, has put the OLED model to the test and surprisingly it is more resistant than the original model.
The usual tests that Zack performs on devices range from test the screen’s resistance to scratches Using the Mohs scale, check its resistance to heat by bringing the flame of a lighter closer for a few seconds or simply check your building materials by scratching with a utility knife. This is where you discover that Nintendo Switch OLED is made of metal, or part of it. Unlike the original, the frame that holds the screen on your site and the new base from the back, they are made of metal, surely aluminum, the rest of the body of the console is plastic.
The plastic screen of the Nintendo Switch OLED it has little to do against the Mohs scale, even a coin is capable of spoiling it, and it resists heat poorly, although it does not end up melting. On the contrary, the integrity of the console get through the so-called “bendtest” without too much damage, although some creaking noise is heard. It consists of trying fold the device back and forth, pretending that, by accident, you sat on it. The most fragile part is still the Joy-Con hooks on the sides of the console.
It also opens the Joy-Con in case, miraculously, there is any improvement over the originals, but no. Drifting will continue to be a problem. As a curiosity, the buttons of the Joy-Con have the letters printed on the entire thickness of the button, Zack checks it by making slices of each one.
It is to be expected that an ordinary consumer does not abuse their devices like this on a day-to-day basis, but as painful as it is to see it, it is appreciated that in the end it serves to know that Nintendo has improved the construction of its console on this new OLED model. One more reason that justifies its price compared to the original model. We’ll see if it follows this path for future revisions or successors to Nintendo Switch.
