So you and your daughter can enjoy the best aspect of the game:
Reading that article, I really donāt see how Nintendo is to blame at all. Itās almost like they were determined to write a āboth sidesā article about this āproblemā.
They make a big deal of the 0.5 mm thing, butā¦I mean, thatās the scale that these kinds of things work on.
Right. I think itās just easy to take shots at Nintendo and get away with it and that helps get more clicks. Thereās no both sides to this that I can see. Third parties that are not building licensed products are always going to have these sorts of issues. Their whole MO is to make stuff thatās cheaper than Nintendo official items. Thatās their business model, and apparently they need to hire better engineers, maybe from Reddit?
The original Reddit post ends with this, tooā¦
TLDR: Itās unlikely Switches are bricked because of it not being PD compliant. Bricking results from a fried M92T36M PD chip (which manages docking and power). Without this the Switch can no longer charge. Docks lacking dedicated PD chips and/or cheap uncertifiable USB-C dock connectors can result in overvoltage and thus frying this PD Chip.
The only worrying bit to me is a bit at the end about using USB A -> USB C cables, because it sounds like there are some charger / cable combinations that might possibly cause problems, but probably wonāt? I assume that just using high quality cables will avoid that though?
Edit: actually it seems like the A->C issue isnāt Switch-specific at all, so just use high quality / certified cables and itās probably fine.
I find it hard to imagine a USB A to C cable could draw enough power for it to be a problem.
I read some comments on the article and a lot of people are pointing at USB C as a bad standard thatās being wiggled around a lot by a lot of manufacturers. Iām not savvy enough to know if theyāre right, but it does seem like C has been more troubled than things that came before it.
According to his articleās one practical advice (the no-visible seam test), the Official Nintendoās USB-C cable I have in hand is poorly made, while the one that was provided with DaveLongās favourite M30 passes the test.
I share this impression: USB C is complicated and you can get by only half-understanding it right up until the point where you canāt, and then it breaks something.
But as long as you can make it work for āmostā uses and customers cheaply, there will be companies that do just that bare minimum.
The new Raspberry Pi 4 also has issues with USB C and those are people who are trying to do it right; itās not surprising that itās a mess in the wild world of cables and adapters at large.
I had a type C cable burn up my phoneās charging port. The phone got really hot, yet it did not charge at all. It was plugged in about 10 minutes. Itās a good thing it happened while I was awake and not as I was going to sleep.
Sent pictures to google and they sent me a new Pixel.
This Ben spreadsheet is current as of Feb 2019 for cables.
(haha the Pixel OEM cable is merely rated ā1ā or ok i guess)
Looking at spreadsheet further, if you wanted a spare cable/charger you may be better off buying the Nektek rated 3 for $30, because it comes with built in cable. Those top rated C-C cables are $20 by themselvesā¦
Iām sure they know what theyāre talking about, but are the cables bundled in different SKUs from the same manufacturer that different? Weird.
I have 2 Google USB C chargers/ bundled cables, and 2 usb A-to-C cables from Anker, and they all seem fine.
I have had weird issues with the MacBook USB C charger/cable, which appears to charge the MacBook, and my phone, but not some other little USB C accessories I have.
The updated Switch model is on sale here (not the Lite). 9 hour battery life!
Unless you want to play games, in which case itās more like 6. Still, twice that of the older model.
Wait, so thereās a Switch v2 now and a Switch Lite coming in the fall? I need a switch in time for the fall, I gave mine away for someone to Pokemon. Is the screen/battery/etc the same for the lite?
Supposedly the battery is slightly better, but nothing like the v2 improvement. The screen is a bit smaller, but I havenāt seen anything to suggest the panel quality is materially different. Personally I would go for the v2 unless you really need the money.
The lite is much ligher; if you only use it in handheld mode and donāt mind a smaller screen I would save your money.
Argh now I have to decide between weight and larger screen! Yes, I almost always do handheld.
The Lite has less features, is smaller, and (will be) cheaper. The āv2ā is just a hardware refresh which will have better battery life but generally has feature parity. If youāre getting a new ānormalā switch youād want the v2 refresh but I donāt know how you can tell if you will get one.
There was this long running thing with 3DSes where some of them were made with IPS panels and some had TN panels depending on what factory they came from. There was basically no way to know what was in the package without opening them up or weighing the box.
Personally I will always take battery life over weight and/or money saving, but thatās just me.
Supposedly the box art is slightly different, and presumably thereās a different SKU code. If you google it Iām sure thereās guides for telling them apart.
I think the new one has a red background on the front of the box and the old one is white. There is also a serial number change.