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[TVexperto]

Unfortunately, after only a week of daily use it's already gathering a healthy collection of little scratches in the bottom left hand corner, as you can see in the photo.

More: http://www.glixel.com/news/youre-going-to-want-a-screen-protector-for-your-nintendo-switch-w470245

Buy a screen protector

Feels like early adopters are beta testers

SCREENGATE 2017

 

[Iriscomeback]

Well that sucks :-\

 

[icespide]

at least they aren't actually on the part where the screen is

 

[JimJamJones]

Well, I was going to mostly play out of dock anyways.

This just makes me want to use the dock less.

 

[Chao]

I knew it since I first saw how the dock was built. Get your screen protectors asap

 

[Tan]

3ds all over again? Hopefully someone will come up with a solution

 

[DooMAGE]

someone don't know how to use this thing

 

[Mesoian]

I wonder if there's enough give inside the dock to attach a thin piece of microfiber.

 

[Vashetti]

You would think the inner area of the dock where it slides into would have a thin layer of padding. But it's just regular plastic.

Strange oversight.

 

[EloquentM]

Could this be just their unit? This is something they would test for before and after mass productions, right?

Also screen protector

 

[Plinko]

Could this be just their unit? This is something they would test for before and after mass productions, right?

Also screen protector

They did the exact same thing with the first 3DS run. They don't test.

 

[Leynos]

How in the world did this get through the design phase? You would think that, at the least, the device wouldn't get damaged through normal use.

 

[LewieP]

For everything the Switch gets right, it does seem rather half baked.

Why is it a hard surface touching the screen? Why not have some kind of soft material? Why is the screen even being covered in the first place?

 

[Guymelef]

Every Switch design decission seems like a master plan to make you buy some accesory.

No dpad? Buy a Pro
Docking scratch it? buy a screen portector.
Grips doesn't charge it? Buy the charging grip.

 

[Vandiger]

Beta testers doing their job.

 

[Persona7]

This is fucking stupid.

 

[sleepnaught]

Unbelievable. Looks like I won't be docking this thing until a get a screen protector.

 

[thiscoldblack]

Switch Ambassador.

Joke aside, this is terrible in part from Nintendo. It's the 3DS all over again.

 

[Servbot24]

This seems like such a blatantly obvious issue that Nintendo should have seen coming. So obvious that I just assumed the interior was soft and didn't even worry about it this whole time.

 

[DooMAGE]

For everything the Switch gets right, it does seem rather half baked.

Why is it a hard surface touching the screen? Why not have some kind of soft material? Why is the screen even being covered in the first place?

the gap is big enough to not damage the screen, someone is doing it wrong.

 

[KingV]

Is the screen plastic and not glass? If so strange decision.

If it is glass, I suspect something else is scratching the screen.

 

[Takao]

Nintendo handhelds need to stop cutting themselves. First 3DS and now this. Emo was like a decade ago.

 

[SamNW]

Anyone have a screen protector recommendation? Is one better than the others?

 

[ChaosZeroX]

Well, I guess I'm waiting for a system revision from Ninty.

 

[dex3108]

That dock costs 90$.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

Careful use will prevent this, but I knew it would be an issue for some. I worry about my kids, so I'm going to put some microfiber on the inside of the dock.

 

[TheBaldEmperor]

Maybe if you're jerking it out of there like a crazy person or slamming it in there. Treat it like a $300 piece of equipment and you should be ok, no?

 

[SinCityAssassin]

I'll just shove it in all the time

 

[ckaneo]

That's not the screen though. How would a protector help?

 

[x-Lundz-x]

someone don't know how to use this thing

No, some reviewers made mention of this as well. Seems to me this is a design flaw.

 

[wildfire]

Every Switch design decission seems like a master plan to make you buy some accesory.

No dpad? Buy a Pro
Docking scratch it? buy a screen portector.
Grips doesn't charge it? Buy the charging grip.

Now it's confirmed Nintendo is also forming better unprecedented partnerships with retailers.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

please tell me this is because someone is doing it wrong

 

[Mechazawa]

wow sliding a screen into a thin enclosure that can ocassionally rub up against hard plastic has the potential to produce scratches however could nintendo's master engineers have foreseen this

 

[muteki]

the gap is big enough to not damage the screen, someone is doing it wrong.

What is there to "do wrong" in this case?

 

[The Last One]

the gap is big enough to not damage the screen, someone is doing it wrong.

someone don't know how to use this thing

Could you prove this?

 

[RoadHazard]

That's some damn shitty glass if plastic can scratch it that easily.

 

[spindashing]

Disgusting.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MR725H2/?tag=neogaf0e-20

That's the one I should be buying, right? As far as screen protectors goes, that is.

 

[EloquentM]

They did the exact same thing with the first 3DS run. They don't test.

That's unfortunate ={

 

[phanphare]

already have a screen protector ordered

was worried about this

 

[QuiteWhittle]

Every Switch design decission seems like a master plan to make you buy some accesory.

No dpad? Buy a Pro
Docking scratch it? buy a screen portector.
Grips doesn't charge it? Buy the charging grip.

I really doubt this is anything other than negligence.

 

[Persona7]

That's some damn shitty glass if plastic can scratch it that easily.

The screen is not glass, apparently.

 

[gbpackers25]

They did the exact same thing with the first 3DS run. They don't test.

3ds all over again? Hopefully someone will come up with a solution

Switch Ambassador.

Joke aside, this is terrible in part from Nintendo. It's the 3DS all over again.

I missed the 3DS launch so I never knew about this. How did the screen scratch on those? Wouldn't the clamshell design prevent scratching?

 

[DirgeExtinction]

the gap is big enough to not damage the screen, someone is doing it wrong.

The only way they can be doing it wrong would be inserting the tablet at a slight angle. Even then, you'd have to straighten it to correctly dock it.

 

[Koppai]

Yeah I was worried as soon as I put it in the dock last night.

 

[SomedayTheFire]

I refuse to believe that their glass screen was scratched by plastic lol, especially as that's like the one part of the dock where there is protection

 

[Bread]

That's not the screen though. How would a protector help?

Yeah isn't that the bezel?

 

[GOOCHY]

You'd think there'd be a rubber strip on the inside of each edge of the dock so that it isn't hard plastic coming in contact with the screen.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

i'm gonna finish zelda and sell my switch asap if this is true :/

edit: might as well make my money back for eventual fix

ehh that website is sus. wondering if there are other reports to this

 

[MegaPanda]

Wow. Definitely need to get a glass protector then. Plastic shouldn't be scratching the screen

 

[Diablohead]

lack of soft padding in the dock will do that and it should be expected, it's a shame nintendo didn't do better.