Andromeda Stardust Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 It survived... Un-freaking-believable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punisher5.0 Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Very impressive...not even a cracked screen. I think it landed in the best position possible and the controller took all the abuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SignGuy81 Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Honestly I'm not really that impressed. I don't care if it can drop from 1,000 feet, 2,000 feet, etc. What i care about is what it can do with games, as long as it isn't brittle enough to crack in my hands while playing I'm good. Also those tests really prove nothing where they drop various consoles from up high. It can all depend on exactly what side they fell on as to how much damage occurred. For example they could drop a PS4 and an Xbox ONE, and one of the two be extensively damaged and the other one not, but do the test again and just by chance depending on where they hit when they fell it could be the other way around. As long as they don't break sitting in my entertainment center where they belong I'm good. The only thing that saved that Switch was the controller on the side which broke the fall, and also it being a light handheld console helps as well. So yeah it survived a fall from 1000 feet but did they solve the problem with there docking stations scratching the screens, or are users still having to buy material to add to the docking station to prevent it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 That might not be important to you, but I'm sure there are some people that look at it and are feeling a bit more relieved that they can buy one for their kids without worrying if the thing is going to smash into a thousand pieces when their 12yr old drops it accidentally. I'm not too concerned about a 1000 foot drop either (I doubt I'll be slinging it out a 10 story window any time soon!) but at least I know it's got some durability in case it falls off my cluttered desk. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 So yeah it survived a fall from 1000 feet but did they solve the problem with there docking stations scratching the screens, or are users still having to buy material to add to the docking station to prevent it? Mine has been inserted and removed from the dock at least a hundred times by now and not a scratch to be seen. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SignGuy81 Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Mine has been inserted and removed from the dock at least a hundred times by now and not a scratch to be seen. Yeah I wasn't really sure about that other than seen a bunch of youtube videos with people saying it happened but too they may not have been using care taking it out or putting it in. I know the biggest complaint I have seen from people is dead pixels and a response from Nintendo that it is normal and not to take it back to store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 I removed mine a bunch but I did get paranoid and get one even if it never got a mark. One thing I did notice, was that hand contact oils they'd get on there and you wouldn't see it, but the dock would run along it and cause a little bit of a haze at the bottom of the screen but it always wiped clean with a shirt or whatever soft/clean. I think it's just typical moron abuse of people just jamming it in not straight or being rough either in or out of the dock. Nintendo mostly isn't to blame for it, but given the tablet nature they're pricks for not using either a tempered glass screen, or having already applied a couple mm thick tempered glass sheet over their existing plastic. That would have stopped dumb dumbs from causing problems and probably saved them on a few repairs as time goes along which costs them in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 Glass would crack too easily. I'd rather have a plastic screen with a hairline scratch than a cracked screen. How many people you see walking about with cracked iphones? Nintendo avoided a logistics nightmare by switching to plastic. And tempered glass protectors are unwise option as the screen may gouge the plastic if it shatters. The existing plastic screen seems to have a very durable scratch resistant coating not unlike what is used on BluRays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Mine has been inserted and removed from the dock at least a hundred times by now and not a scratch to be seen. I was actually surprised at how wide the gap is on the dock. When I insert game cards, the system wiggles back and forth considerably. I guess the point is, since there's more room than I expected, you can hold it against the back side of the dock as you slide it in, and the front screen doesn't even touch the dock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 (edited) There is plenty of room. Due to my own paranoia over mixed stories about it, and because I equally so fell in love with this one project someone created I paid up $15 shipped to get a sleeve for my dock. It's not the usual that almost all are of lame t-shirt material. This one has a soft cloth/suede type plushy thicker material inside and out(dark gray face, black interior) and on the outside is a hylian shield embroidered 4x4 in size roughly. It's slightly snug going in with it until the standard thin ones, but it has been no issue at all other than sometimes having to re-adjust it back down if it pulls off a bit removing the handheld. www.ebay.com/itm/302264633342 Edited June 5, 2017 by Tanooki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 There is plenty of room. Due to my own paranoia over mixed stories about it, and because I equally so fell in love with this one project someone created I paid up $15 shipped to get a sleeve for my dock. It's not the usual that almost all are of lame t-shirt material. This one has a soft cloth/suede type plushy thicker material inside and out(dark gray face, black interior) and on the outside is a hylian shield embroidered 4x4 in size roughly. It's slightly snug going in with it until the standard thin ones, but it has been no issue at all other than sometimes having to re-adjust it back down if it pulls off a bit removing the handheld. www.ebay.com/itm/302264633342 Nice! I would actually spring for that one if I didn't already have the Zelda decals on my Switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Yeah I wasn't really sure about that other than seen a bunch of youtube videos with people saying it happened but too they may not have been using care taking it out or putting it in. I know the biggest complaint I have seen from people is dead pixels and a response from Nintendo that it is normal and not to take it back to store. Dead pixelz?? My U still works great. Tablet been been dropped a hundred times!It needs a new battery tho it will not hold a charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good_Times Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 I'll be getting a Switch soon. Just waiting for the inevitable price drop/model upgrade. Maybe two, so I don't have to share with wifey. I wonder how long before it's made 'open-ended', as in able to accept roms like a modded PSP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted July 5, 2017 Author Share Posted July 5, 2017 I wonder how long before it's made 'open-ended', as in able to accept roms like a modded PSP? Endless cat and mouse game with hackers once an exploit is discovered. If you buy any commercial software or plan on gaming online, I do not recommend modding your console in case a future update bans your or breaks the device. In most cases, the exploit becomes inoperable, but depending if you make changes under the hood to the OS, an update could potentially brick it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPA5 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 (edited) Yeah I wasn't really sure about that other than seen a bunch of youtube videos with people saying it happened but too they may not have been using care taking it out or putting it in. I know the biggest complaint I have seen from people is dead pixels and a response from Nintendo that it is normal and not to take it back to store. Technically, dead pixels are a "given issue" on consumer screens. Unless it's clusters or lots of dead pixels, most manufacturers won't do much for a device with a dead pixel. Really, what is the point of these drop tests? I understand a drop-test from normal height, but 1000ft? All it proves is that you make too much money on YouTube and can afford to be a dickhead with your possessions. Edited July 5, 2017 by TPA5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Endless cat and mouse game with hackers once an exploit is discovered. If you buy any commercial software or plan on gaming online, I do not recommend modding your console in case a future update bans your or breaks the device. I agree. That's why most people mod PSP's and not Vitas, even though the Vita is far more powerful (and the PSP could use some more speed for emulation). I still wouldn't mod my Vita just in case Sony releases another update that breaks it. I definitely would not mod a Switch. Nintendo has an even worse habit of cracking down on people using their stuff in "unauthorized" ways, including banning individual modded units forever from using their online services. Technically, dead pixels are a "given issue" on consumer screens. Unless it's clusters or lots of dead pixels, most manufacturers won't do much for a device with a dead pixel. That was true some years ago, but these days most manufacturers actually do consider a single pixel to be a defect. Some have more lenient policies, some more strict, but a lot has changed. Gone are the days when a manufacturer could get away with allowing up to 5 dead pixels, or only considering it a defect if there was a cluster of them within a square inch, or whatever. For Nintendo to be saying dead pixels are normal puts them in the back of the pack in terms of both quality control and dead pixel policy these days. Which honestly doesn't surprise me, given my experience with their hardware recently (including my Switch, which is currently at Nintendo for repair of a screen that wasn't glued down properly). I do agree that these drop tests don't prove anything. They're a way to get YouTube views. There's nothing repeatable about these tests. What would be meaningful would be to see how, say, 1,000 Switch units fared being dropped from this height. That would probably be a representative sample. A sample of one is never representative of the likelihood of what would happen to yours in any given situation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 I do agree that these drop tests don't prove anything. They're a way to get YouTube views. There's nothing repeatable about these tests. What would be meaningful would be to see how, say, 1,000 Switch units fared being dropped from this height. That would probably be a representative sample. A sample of one is never representative of the likelihood of what would happen to yours in any given situation.Well then there's that flamboyant asshat who microwaved a Nintendo Switch and called it "art" trying to sell it on eBay for thousands. Then there's another guy who loves to shove things in hydrolic press. When you have a channel earning millions of views per video, you start to earn net profit by destroying expensive things. Honestly I was shocked the tablet still turned on. Show me an iPhone or iPad that does this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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