Hardware My switch also bent.

[The Catboy]

I know. I could've took a pic and I know people wont %100 believe me because I didnt, but I made a thread because I heard it was happening to others. When it happened to me I never heard of it happening to anyone else. I just thought maybe I f*cked up something and should take care of the switch more. Also wasnt able to take a pic because my first reaction after seeing it bent was to bend it back in place and leave it alone for a while.

Chances are it might bend again. So it does, I am actually rather interested in seeing a picture of it.

 

[Pippin666]

Fraeking bullshit, no device can become hot enough to bend plastic in sleep mode. You sir are a bullshitter.

Pip'

 

[TheCyberQuake]

Fraeking bullshit, no device can become hot enough to bend plastic in sleep mode. You sir are a bullshitter.

Pip'

This. I can believe that it will bend from extended use in the dock as it does get hotter in the dock due to the clock going up and the console being mostly concealed other than the vents. But having it bend while in sleep mode on a bed is total bs.

 

[KevinLSX]

This. I can believe that it will bend from extended use in the dock as it does get hotter in the dock due to the clock going up and the console being mostly concealed other than the vents. But having it bend while in sleep mode on a bed is total bs.

Thats when I found it bent. It was on my bed and I went to go put it back in the dock. I dont know what did it or when exactly it happened.
What do you guys think? I just sat and watched it bend while it was on my bed? I never said thats where it happened. I just assumed it happened while it was on my bed, since I didnt notice it until then.

Also let this thread die. I have no pics.
If it happens again I will take a picture

 

[jpx86]

Fraeking bullshit, no device can become hot enough to bend plastic in sleep mode. You sir are a bullshitter.

Pip'

This. I can believe that it will bend from extended use in the dock as it does get hotter in the dock due to the clock going up and the console being mostly concealed other than the vents. But having it bend while in sleep mode on a bed is total bs.

The problem didn't happen to you, therefore it could never happen to anyone else?

 

[Pippin666]

The problem didn't happen to you, therefore it could never happen to anyone else?

The problem with the guy's fake story is that he says it bend while on sleep mode ! Even in dock mode the 50 degre it can get is NOT enough to bend/mold plastic.

Pip'

 

[linuxares]

Bent? In Sleep mode? In your bed?
Are you sure none of your bed clothes got burn marks now?

Seriously, the device most likely have overheating protection and would turn itself off.

 

[Benja81]

He probably just first noticed the bending after picking it up off the bed, and jumped to conclusions. Likely if it was bent, it happened in docked mode.

How long will it be before the first 'cooling' dock comes out w/ fans built-in?

 

[KevinLSX]

Here are current pictures of the switch. Not as bent as it was but still kinda is. It still works

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[TheCyberQuake]

The problem didn't happen to you, therefore it could never happen to anyone else?

We never said the bent switch problem isn't real. We said the bogus story of it bending while in sleep mode on a bed isn't real.

 

[KevinLSX]

We never said the bent switch problem isn't real. We said the bogus story of it bending while in sleep mode on a bed isn't real.

And it probably didnt happen like that. I was just saying thats when I found out

 

[Viri]

And this is why you never buy any consoles at launch. They're the most expensive in its life span, the least games, and most prone to defects.

 

[s157]

I can see the bend. It's pretty slight, but it's still there. Hell, it's slightly less bent than the first two pictures of the link in the first post of the other bent switch thread. And you say it used to be worse than that?

Those pictures alone could have probably sufficed as evidence your switch bent. A worse bend probably would have drawn asinine suspicions of you bending it yourself just for attention.

 

[Clydefrosch]

and you sure noone in your family sat on it by accident?

 

[sarkwalvein]

If it was so easy to unbend barehandely I am more inclined to believe that people is bending it by very emotional usage during fights on Zelda on portable mode.
I mean, heat is not a believable reason, it won't bend at 50°C maximum temperature previously measured, it won't even at 100°C and that will burn your hands to hell, hard not to notice.
Physical stress applied to it seems like a way more reasonable explanation, and if this was the case people can start complaining now about the metals used on it being as weak as those used on the bendable iPhone 6. But the heat explanation is not believable.

PS: Also, not sure what it will be useful for, but thanks for your serial number! /s (perhaps I am paranoid but I would blur those things out of a photo)

 

[ov3rkill]

Now, it has curved display. Cool feature!

 

[s157]

If it was so easy to unbend barehandely I am more inclined to believe that people is bending it by very emotional usage during fights on Zelda on portable mode.
I mean, heat is not a believable reason, it won't bend at 50°C maximum temperature previously measured, it won't even at 100°C and that will burn your hands to hell, hard not to notice.
Physical stress applied to it seems like a way more reasonable explanation, and if this was the case people can start complaining now about the metals used on it being as weak as those used on the bendable iPhone 6. But the heat explanation is not believable.

PS: Also, not sure what it will be useful for, but thanks for your serial number! /s (perhaps I am paranoid but I would blur those things out of a photo)

In that case, does that just mean the Switch bends easily? I don't know as I never tried to forcefully bend it nor will I ever attempt to do so. Those bent switch's in the other thread could have actually sneezed while holding their switch with a particularly strong grip or something along those lines.

 

[sarkwalvein]

In that case, does that just mean the Switch bends easily? I don't know as I never tried to forcefully bend it nor will I ever attempt to do so. Those bent switch's in the other thread could have actually sneezed while holding their switch with a particularly strong grip or something along those lines.

I don't really want to try using force to bend mine, but if you happen to be adventurous let me know of the results.

PS: But I see myself doing it if I ever get too infuriated by a boss fight, you know, some times you get too much into the game.

 

[DiscostewSM]

Mine bends a little to the left.....

....wait......oh, we're talking about the Switch? Ok.

 

[sarkwalvein]

Mine bends a little to the left.....

....wait......oh, we're talking about the Switch? Ok.

TMI