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[Ninja Dom]

I still don't understand how so many could ignore his really well written and great explanation :/. Meh.

Heads in the sand. People just wanted to continue being negative.

 

[……forgetit]

What/where is this thing?

Wi-Fi module.

 

[Zedark]

July chips dont necessarily mean july dev kits

Right, of course. Logic fail on my part there.

 

[Durante]

It's pretty wild that there's nearly no air inside. It's so densely designed.

That's how pretty much all modern portable electronic devices look on the inside. Not that it isn't impressive, but it's not unusual.

A2? Pascal?

Yeah I'm guessing so.

Are you joking? It's just a chip revision.

 

[LordDash]

What/where is this thing?

EMMC is flash storage I believe.

 

[Mpl90]

Dat L-shaped heat pipe. FoxCon leak strikes again!

Did the Foxconn leak actually mention that? Can't remember right now.

 

[RRockman]

How easy is it to take apart? Everything isn't glued down right?

 

[weekev]

So for a total pleb like myself, does this make it some kind of powerhouse like a PS4 portable?

 

[Dark-Cloudz]

What/where is this thing?

Scan dat Qr code tho...

 

[NeOak]

What/where is this thing?

It's there in the first two pictures in the OP

 

[frankie_baby]

What/where is this thing?

Looks like a WiFi and Bluetooth module.

I assumed it was the internal storage, it says emmc on it

 

[Skyzard]

Wait, are all lithium batteries the same? Or is size the only factor...

 

[Martin5000]

I hope the battery has still enough room.

I don't want to have a Note 7 battery debacle with the switch!

 

[ToTi]

What/where is this thing?

Translating from Chinese it says something about "memory". I have no idea if it's ram or flash memory (storage) though.

Edit

HAC-EMMC, so a module for the internal memory (perhaps a single 32GB flash memory chip?).

That's it.

 

[jacobeid]

I have no idea what I'm looking at but this is exciting.

 

[Octavianus]

Blows my mind that something this size:

We are living in the future.

 

[Xdrive05]

The battery looks easily replaceable. That's great! I'm planning to swap mine out myself whenever it gets a few too many cycles on it and loses capacity in a year or two, provided Nintendo overcharges too much to do it, which they probably will.

We need to get some electron scans of that custom chip!

 

[Vic]

What/where is this thing?

HAC-EMMC, so a module for the internal memory that is perhaps only hosting a single 32GB flash memory chip?

 

[coughlanio]

I assumed it was the internal storage, it says emmc on it

Ah, I didn't look too close, just looks like communication modules I've seen in other devices.

 

[Jonneh3003]

So for a total pleb like myself, does this make it some kind of powerhouse like a PS4 portable?

I don't think it's possible to be make something as powerful as the PS4 with something as small and slim as the Switch, it isn't leagues off though.

 

[Ninja Dom]

So for a total pleb like myself, does this make it some kind of powerhouse like a PS4 portable?

Yup!

Spoiler

I think

 

[gogogow]

What/where is this thing?

They don't know themselves, it's saying "who can tell us what this is, is it the memory module"?

 

[lwilliams3]

Nice!! As expected, it is very compacted and cramped in there. That battery is huge for the space that is in the system!

 

[……forgetit]

I assumed it was the internal storage, it says emmc on it

Didn't see that. Yeah, it's storage.

 

[Spirited]

For some reason that 2nd image made me think that there was a New Super Mario Bros DS card inside the Switch.

The true conspiracy, the pack-in was NSMB all along!

 

[Zedark]

Dat L-shaped heat pipe. FoxCon leak strikes again!

Holy shit, they do mention it!

I had a look at the heatsink today, there's a L shaped heat pipe 0.8cm wide and about 12cm long, placed upside down.

There's another detail the Foxconn leak has correct.

 

[WadeitOut]

Yup!

Spoiler

I think

...no

 

[dampflokfreund]

Dat L-shaped heat pipe. FoxCon leak strikes again!

Yes, thats what's mentioned in the foxconn leak. But the leaks sounds just like a guy that took a look at the Switch GPU and went "it looks like a pascal GPU with A73" isn't that impossible just by looking at it?

 

[The Technomancer]

So for a total pleb like myself, does this make it some kind of powerhouse like a PS4 portable?

Not even close. But considering how much smaller this is than a PS4 or XBox One the relative power is pretty fucking astounding.

 

[ekim]

HAC-EMMC, so a module for the internal memory (perhaps a single 32GB flash memory chip?).

It's on an extra PCB so Nintendo can use the main PCB for all different storage SKUs that might be coming in the future. At least that's my guess.

 

[JustenP88]

So for a total pleb like myself, does this make it some kind of powerhouse like a PS4 portable?

I think all this reveals at this point is that the Switch is well-engineered and uses its small space about as efficiently as you could hope for. This isn't telling us clock speeds or really anything particularly useful about the custom Nvidia chip, afaik.

 

[The Technomancer]

Holy shit, they do mention it!

There's another detail the Foxconn leak has correct.

That pipe is clearly shaped like a J, not an L!

Leak discredited

 

[Kodaman]

Which photo shows the secret sauce?

 

[coughlanio]

From what I'm seeing here, I can see the Switch getting a fairly high repairability score.

 

[Bony Manifesto]

Which photo shows the secret sauce?

The secret sauce was within our hearts all along.

 

[randomengine]

I can't wait for a technology breakthrough with batteries, when it happens, mobile computing will change as we know it.

And Nintendo will be poised for the handheld gaming future.

 

[Sesuadra]

From what I'm seeing here, I can see the Switch getting a fairly high repairability score.

That's what I thought too. I seems to be pretty easy to replace the battery for example.

 

[Peltz]

That's how pretty much all modern portable electronic devices look on the inside. Not that it isn't impressive, but it's not unusual.

Gotcha. Makes sense.

 

[Ninja Dom]

...no

Well not exactly a PS4, but the same kind of impact for handhelds that the PS4 had for home consoles.

 

[frankie_baby]

It's on an extra PCB so Nintendo can use the main PCB for all different storage SKUs that might be coming in the future. At least that's my guess.

Might also be possible for someone to physically hack themselves extra storage maybe?

 

[Jonneh3003]

Well not exactly a PS4, but the same kind of impact for handhelds that the PS4 had for home consoles.

In that sense absolutely, Switch is a little portable powerhouse.

 

[callhitman]

Nintendo went full GameCube, never go full GameCube.

 

[ToTi]

Might also be possible for someone to physically hack themselves extra storage maybe?

Buying an SD card it's probably easier.

 

[AtomicShroom]

Wi-Fi module.

Uh no. Internal storage. What are you smoking?

 

[AetherZX]

Yes, thats what's mentioned in the foxconn leak. But the leaks sounds just like a guy that took a look at the Switch GPU and went "it looks like a pascal GPU with A73" isn't that impossible just by looking at it?

I didn't see that part in the improved translation.

 

[m00h]

So that means you can't get a third party extended battery.

 

[WadeitOut]

Uh no. Internal storage. What are you smoking?

I think a lot of people here are oblivious to the fact that you can enlarge these images lol

 

[……forgetit]

Uh no. Internal storage. What are you smoking?

It look like a wifi module to me at a glance. I said it was internal storage after looking closer. See my previous post.

I think a lot of people here are oblivious to the fact that you can enlarge these images lol

Give me a break, I'm on my phone

So that means you can't get a third party extended battery.

We've known that for awhile. The said the battery was non removable forever ago. Also look at it this way, it has the biggest battery you could possibly get.

 

[KingSnake]

I wonder what's size of the chip?

Meanwhile enjoying the enthusiasm of a J-looking pipe confirming an L looking Foxconn leak plus A2=Pascal. /jk

This thread should be fun.

Edited to highlight that I was joking.

 

[faint.]

Very clean looking kit. Reminds me of the compact OG PS4 (I haven't seen a teardown of the Slim yet).