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Steam Deck OLED Limited White Edition announced

c/steamdeck · u/mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml · 321 points

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u/knightly@pawb.social · 1 points

The back half of the shell is easy though, I swapped mine with a transluscent purple backplate a few months back. ^_^

u/Bosht@lemmy.world · 5 points

If you already own a steamdeck they sell replacement shells. Be forewarned though installation is absolutely insane and takes a loooot of time. I've had white installed on mine for about a year and have had no issues with it yellowing.

u/Obi@sopuli.xyz · 3 points

I thought this wasn't really a thing anymore with modern white plastic, no? It'll still get more visibly dirty though.

u/vodka@lemm.ee · 22 points

I solved this issue with the magic of a black whiteboard marker.

u/lud@lemm.ee · 3 points

I barely notice it.

The SD card slot is pointing down when I use it.

I also have a case which makes it even harder to see.

u/maplebar@lemmy.world · 4 points

Yeah, I'd love to do it myself, but once I saw that you have to unglue the screen I decided that I have enough projects going on right now. lol

u/Nindelofocho@lemmy.world · 9 points

Ive done a shell swap on my steam deck and while Its worth it and it looks amazing it was a PROCESS because you have to unglue the screen and the touch pads (if you want to swap those too) you basically disassemble the entire device

u/xthexder@l.sw0.com · 5 points

There's actually an official transparent case Steam Deck too. They had the limited edition OLED when it first came out.

u/SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 21 points

transparent custom shells already exist. the problem is, that transparent plastics tend to be more brittle than solid colors

u/Grass@sh.itjust.works · 1 points

I mean that will do it too, but it will be sticky and stain your skin and also smell awful

u/Grass@sh.itjust.works · 12 points

ah, just like how cam out is a feature of phillips screws that improves the spinning performance of the driver

u/rustydrd@sh.itjust.works · 18 points

It's called a patina, and it's an intended side-effect of repeated use that increases performance.

u/magikmw@lemm.ee · 1 points

Ngl I was convinced for a good while it's mostly a result of smoking near them.

u/ricecake@sh.itjust.works · 36 points

The notion of getting a special edition white one, then swapping the shell to a custom black is funny.

u/ThoGot@lemm.ee · 7 points

I doubt that to be honest. White plastic got better since the 90s

u/M600@lemmy.world · 86 points

The white looks, cool but I think it will look dirty a bit faster. Also, the white boarder may be a bit distracting

I always prefer the dark colors around screens.

u/dditty@lemm.ee · 21 points

You can still shell swap or vinyl wrap your OLED, replace joysticks and buttons, etc. It's cooler to customize it in that way imo

u/TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world · 6 points

Idk where you live, but a number of countries give you a 14 day cool-off period where you can return purchases for any reason.

u/Scio@lemmy.world · 4 points

Eternally thankful this isn't a rerun of the translucent black edition. I too got my first OLED delivered last week.

u/LiveLM@lemmy.zip · 19 points

Man, I couldn't get one over the fear of it getting yellowed but it looks _cleannn_, love the grey buttons

u/Nilz@sopuli.xyz · 17 points

Finally a good solution to my white sd-card. It looks so bad in my black Steam Deck.

u/HouseWolf@lemm.ee · 3 points

I owned a white original model PSP and that thing never looked clean after the first week no matter what I did.

Honestly people who go all white on everything kinda terrify me...