It's the Nintendo Switch Teardown!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- Nintendo’s newest console/handheld hybrid, the Switch, has eyes popping over its many configurations. It’s a console for your TV-no, wait-it’s a handheld gaming system. NO, WAIT! It’s BOTH! Whatever it is, we got one and we’re going to take it apart for science.
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this looks so much more repairable than previous nintendo handhelds
Or pretty much any other mobile device...
mrbandishbhoir having the triwing screwdriver was the only hard thing about it
All their non-folding handhelds are pretty damn easy to repair.
mrbandishbhoir I remember replacing the case on mine. Not hard at all.
For sure. The whole DS line was a pain in the ass.
wow the dock is literally nothing
Yeah it's a fucking ripoff for $90
RJT the dock is basically a $90 HDMI cable and adapter. It's a rip off.
just a motherboard in some plastic
Literally is not made of matter. It's nothing.
RJT but it charges the switch and converts it on the screen. You need that for those reasons.
Beautiful! Nice job!
iFixit Video Just say when! Let's repair all the things.
dude i broke my screen where can i buy replacement parts?
JerryRigEverything I just came from your video to this one! Kinda neat to see you here!
JerryRigEverything hi🙂🙂
*Crap, I forgot how to put it back together*
''memória de elefante''
Just play the video backwards
Also, LOL the 90$ dock is 90% plastic with a little board for the 50cents of USB/HDMI plugs!
Damn, Nintendo making a killing selling this for 200x markup price
I thought it was $70 (unless u live in another country) and USB-C are generally a bit expensive
The Wii was barely profitable, I think they made $15 on each unit. And on the Wii U they sold a console at a loss for the first time, but not by much I think around $10-20. I'd be surprised given all that you get in the base set if they're making a ton of money on the Switch. This is the kind of tech you find in premium ultrabooks and tablets. Precision engineering and expensive materials. Nintendo has always tried to make money on the consoles, but they make their real money from software and merchandising.
+Nepu-Tech USA That piece of plastic contains a usb-C-hub. typical market price between $30-$60. take $45 as average The dock contain also a 39w usb-c power adapter: price $30. + decent HDMI cable $10. Total so far: $85 Then there is $5 left for what you call a piece off plastic. If you would have informed yourself you would have noticed that there is much more inside. Conclusion: $90 is in line with the typical market prices. Oops, somebody made a fool of himself.that's a LOL worthy, right!
Nepu-Tech USA USB-C docks are generally on the expensive side.
You're forgetting R&D costs money. Not to mention advertising, etc. Nintendo is a business, not a charity.
Why sell something for 50c if people will pay $90?
seems easy to repair
I wanna see you do it.
Leonardo Baez easier than the DS Lite I put a clear case on my DS Lite and trying to put that ribbon cable through the case was really annoying
joycons might be fiddly though
What do you expect from hardware worth 100$.
Leonardo Baez or hack. Lol
Wait... so there aren't actually any balls inside the joycon? I WANT MY MONEY BACK!
This looks shockingly easy to repair, I'm pleasantly surprised.
To do teardown next:
- Left Joy-con
- Pro controller
- Joy-Con grip
- Joy-Con charger grip
- Joy-Con strap grip
Joel Robert Justiawan left joycon is the same shit
The grip and strap are just pieces of plaatic, and the charging grip is just a piece of plastic with a battery in it. I would, however, like to see a teardown of a pro controller since they apparently have hidden messages written inside of them.
Richard Castanon It's a big thanks for being a big game fan.
Tyranitoons I just wonder what cause it to glitch, loss signal as the antenna gets blocked by just a pinch.
I have a Switch and tested out the JoyCon connectivity, and they worked perfectly fine. I don't, however, have an Internet router in that room. I'm pretty sure that's what's causing the problem.
Except for the battery it seems like there's no glue holding it together. Straight up 10/10
I was really looking forward to seeing the "HD Rumble".
They work similarly to the Taptic Engine found in recent iPhone models, both used an linear actuator motor to provide rumble needed.
Yes... I guess it is a different system, or its way smaller, since i didn't noticed anything resembling those rumble motors. Maybe that white "box" in there ?
Same
Shawn King same :I
Yeah, I wonder where the ice cubes are?
No voice over for this one?
A commentary Could have been interesting.
Moi 2926 Go to Spawnwave for commentary
Also it went by way too fast to understand.
*interesting
(Are you a dutchy?)
nollix calm down, I just prefer the usual method with the score at the end, that's all.
This way this is also cool, but I just prefer the other way.
Kyranio sorry for my English, I'm french.
Great, the thumbstick is a separate module. I hope they start popping up on eBay... I've owned a Switch for a whopping 8 hours, and my brother already managed to smash the right Joy-Con on the ground 😒
Perhaps you can purchase a new brother on ebay as well
i would love to see you actually put this thing back together
+1 for the music
Love it! Tight, concise, and very clear. Thanks for not padding the video with useless fluff.
2:07
Bluetooth!That needs an upgrade
Why should a low-power-profile technology need an update? You can find that in the Wii and WiiU, too.
Question: Is this really worth 300 dollars or is Nintendo charging an Apple Tax?
no in my opinion it really isn't
XanthinZarda It looks lika apple tax unless you count some of the exclusive games and are a fan.
What do you mean by worth? The price of the components? The Price to pay to enjoy the games on a handheld hybrid console?
The components aren't worth 300 Dollars.
The price is a bit high in my opinion, but it is worth the joy of playing the new Zelda, and cannot wait for some more awesome games to come out!
XanthinZarda For the powerful GPU it houses, I think it's more than a fair price, especially when compared to expensive latest gen phones.
XanthinZarda It is. The modular build increases manufacturing costs by quite a bit. After seeing the internals, I'm surprised it's only $300
I want to know what they write the repairability on because it looks like it is really easy to repair when necessary
Neat designs, replacable battery, sd card, i like the heatsink configuration too, copper pipes, fan and the large metal plate
I hope someone makes a version of the display with glass in the future. Probably would be an aftermarket part but would be totally worth it.
The dock is actually worth $80.Just go on Google right now and look up usb-c docks.You'll be amazed at how expensive they are,in addition to the dock you're also getting HDMI output and 2 usb 2.0 ports and a usb 3.0 port all for $80 compared to the other dock prices.Even if it is 90% plastic it still is worth $80.
I'm adding a felt lining to my dock. I do not want to risk scratching my screen
Just add a screen protector to the Switch itself. Easier and protects from more than just scratches like fingerprint marks, dust, etc.
미셜비 Then the screen protector will be scratched. I'm doing both
That seems tedious. Just get a screen protector. The Officially Licensed one from HORI is $9.99 on Amazon.
AM Productions Get a screen protector.
Yep. No point in doing anything else.
This was a lot more interesting than another "Yes, it DOES BLEND!"
Why people are saying this uses 2gb of ram when even in the video they point out 4 proves that people don't watch videos. They just troll comment sections.
teardown review?
Genghis Khan or Osama Bin Laden? They probably did not have enough time to do a full tear down review seeing as how the switch just came out today. I doubt Nintendo sent them one early otherwise they would have likely had a full tear down review.
James Ilko I wasn't asking why there wasn't one, I was wondering if there would be one. Whilst I do appreciate your answer, I am well capable of assuming that knowledge.
Genghis Khan or Osama Bin Laden? No.
It's crazy that I paid 547$ for my switch to see another ripped apart is nuts. While watching this I'm hugging mine b/c I'll never let anything happen to it! ❤️
Awesome.
This definitely looks super easy to open just to clean dust, replace thermal paste, etc.
I'm a bit suspicious about the dock since there's a lot of unused space.
Maybe Nintendo will later release a "Pro" version of the dock that can boost CPU and GPU so that they can go for 1080p 60 fps for all Switch games? Then they'd just need to do a firmware update on the system and software.
dock is just a hunk of plastic should have a hard drive in it for transfer of data back and forth if your switch's built in storage gets filled up and you need to make room for some new downloads for example.
This would kill the mobile part of the system, because you couldn't play games on the go when it is on the hard drive + it can break the hard drive when you remove the switch out of the dock when a game is currently loaded from the harddrive.
Next iteration would be a passively cooled more powerful but efficient processor and a bigger battery. That fan takes a lot of space.
Quick, replace the basic thermal paste with better stuff!
Meowstic It doesn't get hot enough at under 800MHZ.
Liquid Metal?
this looks so modular and easy to repair, that's good
This video ripped my soul apart seeing this... 😷😭
Happy to see lots of pin connectors, instead of hard soldered
I have not followed the Switch very closely but i was sure the dock had extra "power". At least a better GPU to help with big screens. But it looks like it is only a HDMI adapter.
That was never brought up by Nintendo. At no point did they say the dock contained anything that would provide the console with a push. Everything points to this console being a hand held that you can output to the television.
That does not mean i didn't think it was so. :)
I guess i presumed it had to have a way to reach the same performance level as the PS4 and Xbox One. But it seems they never intended that and probably never said it would compete with those.
Anyway, i never follow consoles very close as the PC is clearly the cheapest way "to game". The only console i ever considered buying was the Wii.
Macovei Vlad It does! If i dis not have one docked games would be 720p but no the're 1080p (except Zelda)!
it gives the switch more power so It can help the switch perform better and charge as far as I know.
Macovei Vlad ... that was a rumour for months before it came out and would have been a good idea! but the switch just overclocks when docked
there's nothing in the fucking dock. charging £80 did it!?
jzilla1234 Probably a tactic for an improved dock later on? Only reason I can see (other than overpricing stuff for the sake of it).
I think the dock comes with the console
Have you looked at the pricing for USB-C docks? Those are honestly quite expensive. This pricing is not exactly crazy when you compare it to similar items.
First Video Game Nintendo without a Nintendo logo on the board.
I find this teardown video satisfying. Love it.
Kind of impressed ingenral how this is better than what we had 4 years ago (ps3 released 2013/14) but it is also now in an incredibly micro form and portable.
The PS3 was released in 2006.
But yeah, the Switch is a great console. It's a polished experience.
Seems like an easy accessible unit. Screen repairs shouldn't be too difficult, because you know people are going to break their screens
That circuit board had better have some premium metals in it to justify why the dock is 90% plastic and still like $80.
Nintendo looks to profit by high mark-ups on their accessories more than premium-quality. Still, I'm not hugely disappointed in the Switch. This is basically what I expected from the start. Hopefully the next model will be even better as well as better priced.
Soooo, there's NOT Ice cubes in the controllers...?
False advertising, Nintendo.
It's a beautiful piece of kit
The battery is like 70% of the controller. Figured that space would be the "3D" rumble
Wow. Now i respect Nintendo even more. Looks like you don't really need anything except Phillips screwdriver to disassemble the switch. Ps4 BD-ROM replasement was a nightmare for me.
Looking forward to getting more games in lineup, then i think i would buy one.
Thanks iFixit!
best unboxing ever :D
Etc show did a pretty good tear down lol
you forgot to remove the storage module its a 99.1% Teardown its held on with strong tape
And It does have a fan. really small black one.
dock : 65$
feature
1. fucking empty plastick case
2. no colling sytem
3. just only recognizing USB, HDMI
The bumper switch on a repair i'm doing isn't soldered on, at all. It has made repairing this thing a living fucking nightmare because it means I'll be soldering it on, assuming I can even get the damn thing into position in the first place.
seems easy to repair, but dayum that is a lot of ribbon connectors with those fiddley little connectors. great for fixing, hell on the factory workers! they could have shaved loads of money off, but would have sacrificed repairability.
Battery seems easy enough to replace, i hope i won't need to do that any time soon but still good to know
interesting so it has a cardridge reader seperated, maybe some hackers will find a way to make a flashed one that tricks the console to think its original one so u can play pirated games
Or you could get a job.
Unless the cartridge has some smartcart circutry, you can basically read the flash 1:1 and put them on a flashcard.
Doesn't matter if it's encrypted. Unless the encryption is wired to the chip.
I reckon the white square on the Joycon is the HD Rumble motor? It would have been nice to get a close up of the most interesting part of the Joycon controller instead of the battery.
Pretty cool to see that the Joycons are basically like 80% battery.
Where is the HD Rumble part on the Joycon???
The fun part is always putting it all back together
All I want now is someone to replace the battery with a larger capacity tablet battery.
I love the fact that all batteries at "snap on" types instead of soldered on
At the start of the video "Console" nope, "Handheld" suits better.
Saw someone ask this too so I will also ask: What's the song used in this video? It has a cool mysterious puzzle solving catchy feel.
I can't believe they're trying to sell the dock separately for $90. it's LITERALLY a hunk of plastic. I can't wait until third parties make their own.
Don't be scared! Remove that LCD!
Dock: Plastic piece one, plastic piece two, plastic piece 3. Your total comes to $80 please.
That dont look like $400 to me. More like $150.
It is 300, not 400.
Prexto Rex More like a potatoe
They gotta make some money somehow
Interesting! Let's do a analytical exercise. First it's $300. Second let's compare it with similar products on he market and use their price as reference
1: The dock:$45 USB-C hub, $10 decent HDMI cable, $30 for 39w power adapter, $5 for the dock itself: Tot:90$
2, Controller: Let's take a xbox one controller $50 (although this controller is less complex and much longer on the market)
So far we have total of $140, $160 remaining for the tablet itself: This is more difficult, there is not really a product on the market to compare with. Performance wise we have to go for a tablet that easily cost $600 or more. Ok it has a smaller screen + lower resolution. Let's take an average of $340. Total: $160+$340=$500
Conclusion: You get the typical game console discount of $200. That you happily will compensate every time you buy game.
You are payingh the software, developers, packaging, research, servers...
Think in software and don't think only in hardware
Great video.
I have two switch. The "good" ones manufactured before Middle of 2018.
I do not intend to buy another video console. The switch is perfect and will suit all my needs that I would like to be able to conserve it and use it the next 15-20 years or even longer ;-)
One I play the most time in dock mode. The other I play the most time only in portable mode.
But in general I do not find plenty of time in playing video games.
So I do not use it.
After a couple of weeks the accumulator is totally empty and it needs time to be able to start. There is no hardware fault.
Question 1 What is the best frequency to charge the accumulator for a switch used the most time in dock mode?
Q2 What is the best frequency to charge the accumulator for a switch used the most time in portable mode?
Q3 How full should the battery be charged before it is going into "hibernation"
Q4 I do not assume that Nintendo planned that uses will play in 10 years with their switch. Do you see a risk of fire if the accumulator is too old and it should be changed after some years?
Q5 Do you have other good hints how to conserve a switch?
Thank you for your time. I guess the answer to this questions might be useful for other users too.
Replacing the battery seems easy enough.. 👍
awesome video, awesome camera quality awesome montage
Kind of elegant and amazing. Not a lot of wasted space in there unlike other modern consoles.
thank you
I strip the console's side screw. Rubber band and even superglue did not work. To remove the superglue after I use a dirll bit (1mm) and turn by hand. now there is just a countersunk hole. IDEAs? Do you think epoxy will be any better?
I felt very unsatisfied when the joy con wasn't fully inserted into the grip
Rip Nintendo switch 2017-2017
Anyone know the name/artist of the music track in this?
You completely forgot to mention that you can remove the memory independent of the motherboard.
Say Hurrah for no more TriWings and easy battery replacement! I can see AliExpress full of clone 5$ batteries in 1 year.
Well the inside of the console looks pretty accurate.
nVidia!!!!
Tegra.
Has anyone tried to run the switch with the battery removed/disconnected? I'd really love to know. Also has anyone tried to get the switch to run just off the motherboard (no battery or screen). Huge thanks :)
Wtf did Nintendo partnered with Nokia? It seems durable af
My eyes hurt from these 0.5s video shots.
*High Pitch Voice*AHHHHHHHHHH
The one thing I was waiting for you didn't do is the side rails
they want $90 for docks
General Shrooms And an AC Adapter, and a HDMI Cable.
The Dock is a hub, and USB hubs go for around 30-50 USD. 40 for dock, 25 for charger, and 10 for decent HDMI cable. 75.
General Shrooms If you compare it to other usb-c hubs then you wouldn't even care that it cost $90
This console is so awesome...i simply love it.
I've probaby never loved a Nintendo console this much since the SNES / Super Famicom..
very informative and good to know parts will be relatively easy to replace
But you guys didn't teardown the right Joy-Con....
And they said you could not replace the battery :( Well thank you for the video!
Wow... The dock seems to be a huge waste of plastic. I'm sure it can be shrunk down quite a bit.
The screen on ours stopped working on handheld mode without provocation (didn't drop it). Console still works docked and sounds/touchscreen still work undocked... just no picture. Backlighting, but just a gray screen. Do you think this could be a software issue that Nintendo could fix remotely or is it only a possible hardware issue? I'd rather try to fix a hardware issue myself before Nintendo taking a month + (to probably send me a new console anyway and lose my save data).
To be fair this tear down is better than Jerry rig everything
only thing/mistake where u guys did the 6.2 measurment for the screen it isnt edge to edge the bezel is far greater/thicker lol...thought id mention that
1:52 a cardridge slot in the Joycon?
Thumbstick
That's the thumb stick with the NFC antenna I believe
Definitely not a cartridge slot. HD rumble perhaps? Does look like a beefy SD card slot though.
No. it's the back of the stick-unit.
I was hoping to see RAMs and external GPU on the dock though.
Why do you need that? This would break the mobility of the nintendo switch, because some games only would work with the dock then. And you get a boost when you play on a TV because the console not have to save battery like in handheld mode.
I would sacrifice mobility than seeing games jitter on this. Would have been a great option if the Switch has more hardware resource on the dock.
Nhoy Barangay It would no longer need the switch,breaking the concept of a hybrid,so the dock would no longer need the switch.So basically they would be selling two different systems.
YES I GOT THE NINTENDO SWITCH, now let's take out all of the parts
Yo-you-you monster ...!!!!
You killed it(🤣)
Hey! i was thinking, if i may change the thermal paste, which one and how much and WHERE should i put in?
And there you have it, the dock is just an "upscaler", no other enhanced graphics of some sort (modular gpu) when docked, unlike what the Nintendo's press release say.
It ups amperage to the unit - means more heat.
I need to get a new backplate for the Nintendo Switch console (you know, the backside of the actual console). Where can I find one?