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Noxia · 14 Nov 2023 at 16:06

TNA said:
I am just going to grab a 64gb refurb for £249 and enjoy that until SteamDeck 2 0 I think.

Hopefully I can catch it when they release some before it sells out.

Plus, if you decide you don't like it, it's not really going to cost you much as you'll get quite a lot back if you sell it and you'll have saved yourself an OLED upgrade.

Guest2 · 14 Nov 2023 at 16:55

Noxia said:
Oh didn't realise it wasn't even out until Jan, that's killed my enthusiasm lol.

Its out on 16th nov for order. 1 -2 weeks dispatch I thought.

Is it not out until Jan?

Noxia · 14 Nov 2023 at 16:59

Guest2 said:
Its out on 16th nov for order. 1 -2 weeks dispatch I thought.

Is it not out until Jan?

I think I misunderstood your post, either it doesn't make sense, I misunderstood, or both

Should a be a betting man, I would say the OLED 512GB is sold out in 3-5 minutes and OLED 1TB sold out in 5-10 minutes. Well, sold out as in delivery 1-2 weeks instead of January 2024.

Edit: Ok I think I got it now, it was me

You are defining the definition of sold out in terms of timescales

TNA · 14 Nov 2023 at 16:59

Noxia said:
Plus, if you decide you don't like it, it's not really going to cost you much as you'll get quite a lot back if you sell it and you'll have saved yourself an OLED upgrade.

I had one for a week on release. 2nd person to get it on this thread so i know I will like it. Just couldn't say no to £500 profit back then.

Noxia · 14 Nov 2023 at 17:01

TNA said:
I had one for a week on release. 2nd person to get it on this thread so i know I will like it. Just couldn't say no to £500 profit back then.

SCALPER!

Also nobody cares about second place.

TNA · 14 Nov 2023 at 17:29

Noxia said:
SCALPER!

Also nobody cares about second place.

I do. Got me £500 profit.

Guest2 · 14 Nov 2023 at 17:41

Noxia said:
Edit: Ok I think I got it now, it was me You are defining the definition of sold out in terms of timescales

Yeh, that. Sorry, I read it back and didnt make sense to me either at first

Noxia · 14 Nov 2023 at 17:57

TNA said:
I do. Got me £500 profit.

Fair play, I couldn't do it, I'd be too embarrassed

You wasted it all though beta testing games and monitors.
Not withstanding that I also had that monitor for a bit

2StepSteve · 14 Nov 2023 at 23:12

OLED models will be shipped 1-3 days after ordering.

https://x.com/lawrenceyang/status/1724491995081810124?s=20

Guest2 · 15 Nov 2023 at 08:09

The skalp has started

Steam Deck OLED 1TB Handheld Console - LIMITED EDITION | eBay

Introducing the Steam Deck OLED, a limited edition handheld console from Valve. This handheld system is compatible with STEAMOS and is region free.

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Valve Steam Deck OLED 1TB Handheld Console Black/Red - LIMITED EDITION | eBay

1280 x 800 HDR OLED display. Steam Deck OLED 1TB. Steam profile bundle. Enjoy Your New Steam Deck :D. Limited Edition carrying case with removable printed liner. Original Case.

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Valve Steam Deck OLED 1TB Handheld Console - LIMITED EDITION | eBay

This limited edition version of the steam deck is only sold by valve in the US and Canada in very low quantities. It has a 1280 x 800 7.4" HDR OLED display with premium anti-glare etched glass, an updated 6nm APU with greater overclocking potential, Wi-Fi 6E connectivity, and a 50 Whr battery.

www.ebay.com

carrot1401 · 15 Nov 2023 at 08:10

Guest2 said:
The skalp has started

So we're now skalping for things that don't exist yet. Stop the world I want to get off.

Wilko_Dog · 15 Nov 2023 at 08:26

What's the list pricing for those limited edition models? Can't believe they're on the bay before release date. Really wish people just stopped buying from them so they didn't have a business, but that'll never happen

Guest2 · 15 Nov 2023 at 08:45

Wilko_Dog said:
What's the list pricing for those limited edition models? Can't believe they're on the bay before release date. Really wish people just stopped buying from them so they didn't have a business, but that'll never happen

There are bids on one of the items too, the limited edition version. I would have guessed it would ship worldwide, which then it might have been acceptable because its at least providing a service for those who cannot buy it (like us in UK) but no, its shipping to US only?!

Might aswell pester them if they're going to skalp

Hi,
How much is shipping to the UK please?
Also, do you know how much import duty is?

Thanks

Josh · 15 Nov 2023 at 09:06

All this talk of scalping from users with MM access make me curious.

:cry:

Guest2 · 15 Nov 2023 at 09:46

Josh said:
All this talk of scalping from users with MM access make me curious.

Most of my stuff I dump on fleabay with a 99p start price, whether its worth £1 or £1000.

chrcoluk · 15 Nov 2023 at 13:23

CGrieves said:
Am I the only one that has no interest in OLED? Every emissive display I've ever owned has suffered some form of burn in. For a device like this it's transmissive all the way for me.

I am not super crazy about it, so you not alone.

But OLED tech is one of those things that when you like it, you like it a lot.

My only OLED device is my phone, and I feel it doesnt look much better than my IPS phone.

chrcoluk · 15 Nov 2023 at 13:24

gadget73 said:
in the FAQ they do say they don't expect the long wait times that gen 1 experienced but like you i still think it will be sold out in minutes i also expect canada and usa to get the major portion of any stock availability

so i'd give it 10 minutes max before people go onto the queue system for delivery after christmas.

If there is a queue system, they havent had one for a while.

Raiden85 · 15 Nov 2023 at 17:53

Finally someone has shown doing an SSD transplant from the LCD Deck to the OLED one. Once swapped over it booted up like nothing has changed, was confident it would work but its great to see it as I don't to spend many hours setting things up again.

Transplant at 21:23.

wunkley · 15 Nov 2023 at 19:08

Raiden85 said:
Finally someone has shown doing an SSD transplant from the LCD Deck to the OLED one. Once swapped over it booted up like nothing has changed, was confident it would work but its great to see it as I don't to spend many hours setting things up again.

Transplant at 21:23.

Thanks for this, this was the main worry I was having as my Steam Deck is heavily modded with all sorts of ***** going on. The main thing putting me off thoughts of upgrading was this and having to set up everything again. I posted a few days ago saying I had no interest in upgrading and now I have the urge. What a dick I am.

However, what I plan to do is a bit different, not a swap of physical drives. My current internal SSD is the 256GB, so I obviously don't want to put this in a new OLED version, I want to use the bigger 512GB drive it comes with. I currently backup my current Steam Deck 'image' using Clonezilla to an external hard drive, so I'm thinking update my current Deck to the latest 3.5 beta OS, back it up as usual, and then just do a 'restore' of this image to the new OLED model's drive.

Thing is I've never tested that my backups work, I've never had the cause to restore from it, so don't know if it actually works with the current LCD version let alone if it will work with the new version. Thoughts?

kamz · 15 Nov 2023 at 20:02

Thats perfect, i just sold two to cex hoping to upgrade to the oled versions and kept my old drives

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