Review: The AYANEO 2S is my new favourite handheld

Post by rasz » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 3:01 AM UTC

theshrike79 wrote: post #13

lapetitejort wrote: post #9

Companies iterating so quickly on their products might be their biggest weakness. Since its release, the Steam Deck hasn't been improved by releasing the Steam Upper Decker, but by a constant stream of software improvements, both to the OS, and also Proton. I know my device won't be handicapped by a replacement in six months.

Valve has been really good at providing parts for fixing or even upgrading the deck from the very beginning. They even replaced the bad first edition fans for everyone who wanted - or you could order a new one and swap it yourself with picture by picture instructions. Swapping the sticks to hall effect is like a two beer job. The battery is replaceable - and maybe upgradable in the future etc. The Asus ROG Ally is mo…

Post by AlfeG » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 4:22 AM UTC

mptest wrote: post #30

kwanbix wrote: post #20

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Totally agree. Love Xiaomi products, for example, but they realease so many phones per year that it feels like they never have time to polish them. They might release like 30 different phones in a year!

How on EARTH do you make money with 30 different phone versions? Do apple/google/samsung TOGETHER even put out 30 phones a year? That seems absolutely not profitable but what do I know I guess!

Post by theshrike79 » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 7:33 AM UTC

kwanbix wrote: post #20

lapetitejort wrote: post #9

Companies iterating so quickly on their products might be their biggest weakness. Since its release, the Steam Deck hasn't been improved by releasing the Steam Upper Decker, but by a constant stream of software improvements, both to the OS, and also Proton. I know my device won't be handicapped by a replacement in six months.

Totally agree. Love Xiaomi products, for example, but they realease so many phones per year that it feels like they never have time to polish them. They might release like 30 different phones in a year!

    The regulators have suggested that phone vendors provide at least five years of security updates and three years of OS updates to their devices. Moreover, the said security and operating system updates should reach users “at the latest two months after the public release.”

Post by kwanbix » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 10:19 AM UTC

stevefan1999 wrote: post #32

mptest wrote: post #30

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How on EARTH do you make money with 30 different phone versions? Do apple/google/samsung TOGETHER even put out 30 phones a year? That seems absolutely not profitable but what do I know I guess!

By segmenting the markets to target different audiences. Same goes for GPU markets.

Post by dayvid » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 12:58 PM UTC

Zathu wrote: post #27

dayvid wrote: post #18

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I have a Steam Deck and a Switch and barely use my Steam Deck. You basically have to be tethered to an outlet which defeats the point if you already have a gaming laptop or console. It also takes up too much space if I travel. This also compounds with the fact that you can even get a Switch OLED for $90 used fairly easy. It's a great device, but just too big and power hunger for me to use regularly. These will improv…

$90 used Switch OLED? Is that a typo?