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A Nintendo Switch has been taken apart
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Mr_Antimatter
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Moble tech is always so compact looking, it's quite interesting.
Skittzo0413
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So this confirms 2 RAM modules right? I guess the bus width is still unknown?
Anyway the Foxconn leaker also said 2 RAM modules and got the L shaped heat pipe right, so that should honestly remove any doubt that it's a legit leak. Not that the clock speeds or process node has been confirmed yet, but this should prove that the guy had access to the hardware back in November.
We've had reports from various demos where the fan does indeed run in portable mode.
Anyway the Foxconn leaker also said 2 RAM modules and got the L shaped heat pipe right, so that should honestly remove any doubt that it's a legit leak. Not that the clock speeds or process node has been confirmed yet, but this should prove that the guy had access to the hardware back in November.
We've had reports from various demos where the fan does indeed run in portable mode.
NeOak
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If the chip is 20nm then its 64bit , or if its 16nm like the new tegra pascal then 128bit
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Where is BGBW
ShadowFox08
Member
You need to reread what I said in that very quote you quoted me on..
Not at all, any modern tablet or laptop looks very impressive when you sift through the densely packed internals
Surface Pro 4. Its a lot bigger, so it can hold a bigger battery, but otherwise, it's very similar to the Switch's design.
Bony Manifesto
Member
It'll almost certainly be required in portable mode in some circumstances (even if only occasionally). If it was just required when docked, they could have saved themselves a lot of hassle by putting the cooling in the dock rather than the handheld.
It's for weight distribution of a much huge battery. Is splitting a 4000mAh something battery into two makes it more convenient when it's inherently not that heavy in the first place? Of course you'll do that to a much heavier and much higher heat dissipating 10000mAh like in the iPad Pro.
Plus, the Switch is a much smaller device as compared to a 9inch tablet that it does not require sophisticated weight distribution and higher battery capacity.
Oh well, then chances of a smaller form factor Switch is unlikely unless they have several low battery life or they some how manager to get a more efficient chip.
NeOak
Member
Yes. When you hold things in your hand, you are way more sensitive to uneven weight.
Thinner devices make it more noticeable.
And you're right. The switch doesn't need it, not does it has the space for it.
Gotdatmoney
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Was it ever in question the Foxconn leaker had access to the hardware? I always believed that they saw the hardware, but I never believed a lot of the speculative specs given.
Surface Pro 4 is £650 here in the UK which is more than double the price of a Switch. This is also much bigger. I think Nintendo did the best they could with this system.
Skittzo0413
Member
Yeah everyone ignored it as nonsense until the January presentation when they unveiled the neon Joycons and the battery size. Him claiming a 1080p screen and a 4g model (possible assumptions/mistranslations) were pretty big red flags back then.
Gotdatmoney
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NeOak
Member
Inb4 "Nintendo Switch LTE, only on AT&T"
pinkurocket
Member
And the dock??
Jonneh3003
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It'll be interesting but I don't think there's a great deal to see.
Some "professionals" in here making claims
This is really neat, but I'm waiting on Spawn Wave's teardown since he knows what he's talking about.
LOL. His specs vids have had some false info in them.
Jaded Alyx
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What about the dock?
Eolz
Member
The dock has no secret tech hidden inside.
NeOak
Member
The second GPU isn't there.
A piece of plastic with a USB and HDMI connector. Not the most exciting stuff.
The USB C port on the dock is a lie, it's actually a port for water cooling the Switch. We've been bamboozled!
Looks really good with a excellent battery size to boot. However, I bet like most other threads, someone will eventually find something negative to say about it. Let me kickstart it .. "Wow it looks really horrible on the inside! Why couldn't Nintendo fit 2 more fans and 3 more batteries inside! It's repeating the same mistakes as Wii U!"
Xdrive05
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Nothing yet. Almost everything we know suggests the dock is nothing more than an interface passthrough to carry the USB signals. The exception being that someone did claim there may be an NFC like chip in the dock that signals to the Switch to output its video as docked mode.
Nah. Well, like the most of us, he's clearly not an electonic engineer.Some "professionals" in here making claims
This is really neat, but I'm waiting on Spawn Wave's teardown since he knows what he's talking about.
It does not contain the core system so there's not much interesting going on there. For what it does, just assume that it more or less contains a power management chip, HDMI converter, and a USB hub.
NeOak
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You haven't read the thread then.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Skittzo0413
Member
Interesting. Maybe I wasn't paying enough attention. Carry on
Hence the "Curious Case of the Foxconn Leak" thread popping up, since it was dismissed very quickly back in November.
I think the 4g model was only for a specific devkit they were building. Another theory was he mixed up a sim card slot with a microSD card slot. Either way he got way too many things right (as we can see now) for anyone to doubt that he at least had access to the hardware.
There was like one guy.
JonnyDBrit
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I could see that as having been meant as 1080p output
I presume you're asking with regards to what may or may not necessarily make the unit proprietary?
NeOak
Member
Hardware threads always are.
Flying Toaster
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The first technical one with pictures for 2017. There will be more.
I am impressed with the Switch. The pictures are cool and it is neat to actually see it all out in the open. March 3rd cannot come soon enough.
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Skittzo0413
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Anyone know what the chip above the microSD slot is? At the top middle of the image?
Nintendo ones especially as they never tell you the exact specs. Fun to speculate.
Gotdatmoney
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I always knew the 1080p screen was bullshit (for obvious reasons) but a lot of the stuff he/she were talking about were detailed enough that I always assumed they had seen the hardware. But I never bought into the idea they had clock speeds and some of the more complex stuff you would have needed software to know.
I still don't but it's interesting to say the least.