52 points ·
tl;dr: Valve WILL stop supplying batteries and screens, iFixit WILL continue selling them, with third-party suppliers.
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- Update: Valve says iFixit will keep selling Steam Deck batteries after all. Valve won’t be sunsetting the battery yet. · 360 points · 11 comments
- Probability that the next steam deck is arm based? · 47 points · 15 comments
- The Steam Controller 2 May Be Able To Detect How Far Away Your Hands Are From It · 124 points · 28 comments
- Steam Deck gets a Battery Charge Limit control in the latest Beta · 247 points · 58 comments
- Steam Deck gets a Battery Charge Limit control in the latest Beta · 247 points · 58 comments
- Modder transforms Steam Deck with broken display into a mini PC, and you can too · 75 points · 13 comments
- Steam Brick Makes Your Steam Deck Headless · 157 points · 17 comments
Comments
2 points ·
Apples chips are much better than Qualcomm's.
3 points ·
They say early 2026
1 points ·
This is incorrect.
1 points ·
Consider two decreasing lines, one with a slightly lower slope. Now imagine the steeper line starting higher on this graph, eventually the lines will cross and despite starting lower the shallower line will be higher.
11 points ·
This method makes it smaller and saves you the hassle of a battery that will degrade despite being unnecessary. Obviously you wouldn’t buy a 3D printer just to make a plastic box for your steam deck. You would only use it if you already had one. I agree that the article is shit.
7 points ·
The reason is they want to use an HMD instead of the built in display so they make the deck smaller and lighter because they can