Switch 2 Teardown: Joy-Cons Still Need Work, If You Catch Our Drift
Eight years later, the Switch is finally getting a real hardware upgrade. Better screen, better chip, better almost everything.But what about when you’re trying to fix the thing? Our teardown has us asking: After all this time, is this really the best Nintendo could do? Don’t get me wrong. The Switch 2 is a massive hardware upgrade to the original Switch. I need to know how long I can keep a $450 device running before I rush out to spend my hard earned money.
So let’s get this thing open and take a peek inside.
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Nintendo Switch 2 Durability Test! - Can the Joycons Survive?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft4iUfy7RwA
Chapters
00:00 Can Nintendo Do Better?
01:01 Disassembling the New Joy-Cons
01:34 Inside the Joy-Con 2 and a Closer Look at the Battery
01:44 Tricky Entry Point on the Joy-Con 2
02:03 The Drift Dilemma Returns
03:15 How to Remove a Failing Joystick
04:06 New Optical Sensors Explained
04:18 Magnetic Tricks: Joy-Con Latching Mechanism
04:31 Console Disassembly: Hidden Entry Point
05:11 First Look Inside the Switch 2
05:53 Battery Glue Nightmare
07:04 Cooling, Audio, and the Modular Headphone Jack
07:45 Nvidia SoC and Mainboard Reveal
08:44 Removing the 7.9” LCD Panel
09:33 Disconnecting the Joy-Con 2 Connector
09:43 Switch 2 Repairability Score & Verdict
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