Nintendo Switch OLED Teardown: More Different Than You Think

How do you improve on one of the best-selling game consoles of all time? With an OLED screen, of course! We have a feeling there's a lot more to this update than that, though. In This video Taylor does a side-by-side teardown of the Nintendo Switch OLED model and the Nintendo Switch 2019 refresh, walking you through all the notable changes.

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Chapters!
00:00 Intro
00:16 External comparison
00:40 Disassembly begins
01:25 New antenna hardware
01:53 Internal comparison
02:50 Fan and heatsink
03:19 Motherboard
03:41 Speakers
04:17 Screen removal and comparison
05:22 Joy-Con lightning round
06:20 Conclusion & score

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[Carikenja]

When you get points for not setting up software booby traps in your system so that it can't be repaired... we are in a dark timeline.

[MrSpeedfox]

"Nintendo doesn't use software locks to limit repairs". Except for the WiiU optical drive. I found that out the hard way.

[平和-vz]

I love the comparison with the old Switch during the teardown, very well done!

[Tronicsfix]

Really great teardown and review! Nice work.

[MMuraseofSandvich]

I can't wait for an iFixit teardown of the Steam Deck.

[ncBadrock]

The wireless and Bluetooth performance on my oled switch compared to my OG one is so dramatically better, I am surprised nobody had picked up on it yet.

[brandogg]

The Zelda TOTK special edition got me to finally pull the trigger on the OLED version. Had the original since launch date and even got a second one so I could mod my first one, but that OLED screen is stunning.

[jo]

Amazing video. No bs, no weird order of events like the steam deck, etc.

[CuriousTinkering]

Now if we have a broken game card slot, we will need to do some soldering to fix it instead of just replacing the module easily. I'm glad the display assembly can be replaced easily though but I imagine it to be quite a pricey part.

[proesterchen]

Does that mean the new daughterboard is now married to the SOC and that the game card slot will now require component level repair instead of easy 1:1 replacement as in the older model?

[whathe]

For first time Switch owners I think the OLED is a great way to get into the world of Nintendo Switch but for people who already own a switch like myself I think it's best to skip the OLED. I was debating about whether or not to upgrade to OLED but just cant justify myself into buying it since there is very little changes between the original Switch and the new OLED switch. Also, it's weird that the OLED is $50 more than the original switch! I hope Nintendo introduces a much better updated switch in the future that would justify upgrading from the original switch to the new updated switch.

[RandyBTC]

Love the Stab at Apple at the end there 🤣

[links-awakening]

WiFi streaming seems stronger / faster and switching on in docked mode seems to have more range / quicker to respond with the controller.

[ab-cjup]

love the insane heatpad for glue waekening. Very functional!!

[TheBrotherGrimm]

Can't wait to see your teardown of the Steam Deck when it launches!

[DarthVader]

Finally glad we can see the inside of it. It looks like the improvements they made are definitely worth it. It’s a shame it’s currently sold out everywhere and you can’t buy it unless you want to pay scalpers on somewhere like ebay at least $450…

[gustavo]

It's funny how much these videos are helpful in so many ways. You would think that people watched this video out of curiosity, but there are TONS of useful information here. I for once am here because I was looking for how much of the frame around the screen of the Oled was part of the screen itself, and when you unglued it I had my answer. Keep up the good work, and THANKS!!!

[Joe__Tech]

This friendly guy urgently needs a heavy, fresh fashion and style upgrade!🙈😎

[soraaoixxthebluesky]

Owned an OLED for a week now. Unlike V2, OLED model does get warm when both dock and playing on hanheld mode. I miss my V2 already. That thing cooling performance was extremely good.

[Stinky]

0:00 ok I love the intro already it cool to be able to see the weird blue green and red pixels but then oddly enough they just turn into link? It’s so weird to see something so simple like that creates something amazing