Hardware Holes on the Switch?

[TotalInsanity4]

What part of ''old'' didnt you understand?
And switch powerful? Yeaaa....no. At least not according to what theyve shown so far.

Dude it's about 7 inches wide and less than half an inch thick. Size vs performance its pretty dang far up there

 

[ItsKipz]

What part of ''old'' didnt you understand?
And switch powerful? Yeaaa....no. At least not according to what theyve shown so far.

lol

 

[TheCyberQuake]

they are for cooling

It is for cooling. Based on the fact it's using a custom NVIDIA Tegra chip, I know for a fact they get fairly hot for a mobile processor. My Shield Portable also uses a Tegra chip and has a dedicated fan with large cooling vents as well. So putting the fact that both have a similar processor and that my shield portable has a dedicated fan with large vent holes as well, it basically guarantees that those are for cooling.

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What part of ''old'' didnt you understand?
And switch powerful? Yeaaa....no. At least not according to what theyve shown so far.

It's obviously not going to be as powerful as the current gen consoles, because you have to take into account size. The XBOne and PS4 are both substaintially larger. Along with that they are tethered to both a power supply and a TV, while the switch is battery powered and portable. You simply can't get a current gen console's power in that form factor.

 

[SamTheSaminator]

Perhaps not, but I have never seen a "for future use" port on any device ever actually used for anything. (Well, officially)

What about the NFC reader on the U? Amiibo weren't released at this point.

 

[V0ltr0n]

Behind those holes are the world's tinites fans.

 

[thorasgar]

Behind those holes are the world's tinites fans.

Not exactly a "port" but I have already conceded that there are times they are used, but in general they reparely are on most electronics.

 

[TheCyberQuake]

What about the NFC reader on the U? Amiibo weren't released at this point.

They were probably planning the use of amiibo in some form or another while the Wii U was in development.

 

[SamTheSaminator]

They were probably planning the use of amiibo in some form or another while the Wii U was in development.

I suppose so, toys-to-life was around then.

 

[ArChYoAtis]

Be happy that there are screws to open switch up and clean it

 

[Futurdreamz]

Be happy that there are screws to open switch up and clean it

All you need is a can of compressed air and swish it around.

 

[Veho]

Is it known what are those absolutely massive holes on the top of the tablet for?
These cannot be for cooling alone that would be odd AF....

https://gbatemp.net/threads/switch-console-breakdown.461646/

 

[Bladexdsl]

told you it had to breathe

 

[sarkwalvein]

Serious cooling there. It looks more akin to a notebook than a handheld device.

 

[Deleted member 408979]

those holes are used to suck your soul inside the switch,so you keep paying for online play and useless dlc!

 

[thorasgar]

You know there is going to be "That Guy" that thinks they are spare stylus holders.

 

[DinohScene]

You know there is going to be "That Guy" that thinks they are spare stylus holders.

It's not really that guy, it'll be the majority of the parents that get the switch for their kids.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

You know there is going to be "That Guy" that thinks they are spare stylus holders.

There's heat spreader fins immediately inside that will help prevent stuff from getting lodged in there

 

[thorasgar]

There's heat spreader fins immediately inside that will help prevent stuff from getting lodged in there

That will get damaged when trying to cram a stylus in there.

 

[fatsquirrel]

https://gbatemp.net/threads/switch-console-breakdown.461646/

You dont know how happy I am to see this
Thank you for the heads up!!!

 

[Bladexdsl]

You know there is going to be "That Guy" that thinks they are spare stylus holders.

the switch doesn't come with one