The unique Nintendo Swap got here out in 2017 and has since turn out to be the third best-selling console of all time (behind the PS2 and Nintendo DS). The unique mannequin had a 6.2” LCD and as a mid-generation refresh, Nintendo launched the Swap OLED with a 7.0” OLED show. Whereas it’s in no rush to take action, Nintendo is sort of able to launch the second era mannequin and it is going to be even bigger.
Nintendo Swap 2 (speculative renders)
CAD renders of the Nintendo Swap 2 present that it’ll have an 8.4” show (most certainly OLED) and that it is going to be greater in all dimensions. That’s a notable soar in show measurement with 44% extra floor space. That is assuming Nintendo sticks with the 16:9 side, which it appears that it’ll. However will it enhance the display decision from 720p to 1080p? Rumors say “yes”.
The desk under exhibits the anticipated dimensions of the Swap 2 and people of the primary era fashions:
Nintendo Swap 2
Nintendo Swap OLED
Nintendo Swap
Display screen measurement
8.4″
7.0″
6.2″
Dimensions
271 x 116.4 x 31.4mm
241 x 102 x 14mm
239 x 102 x 14mm
Pleasure-Cons
40.8 x 116.4 x 31.4mm
35.9 x 102 x 28.4mm
The Pleasure-Cons shall be detachable, although with an improved attachment technique (which you’ll be able to see within the picture above). Nonetheless, they’re taller, wider and thicker than the first-gen Cons, which ought to enhance ergonomics (the unique Cons had been all the time a bit small for grownup palms). That stated, the controls are the identical and with the identical format too.
By the seems of it, the Swap 2 has a USB-C port on the underside with alignment holes for the dock. Curiously, related holes seem on high too. It’s not clear what that’s about.
Anyway, there are additionally vent holes on high, so the chipset shall be actively cooled. A latest leak means that the console shall be powered by the Nvidia Tegra T239. That’s a chip from 2023 with a Cortex-X1, three Cortex-A78 and 4 Cortex-A55 cores and an Ampere GPU with 1,536 CUDA cores. Observe that this T239 specifically has been shrunk to a 5nm node.
For comparability, the unique Swap used a Tegra X1/X1+ on a 20nm/16nm node and had solely 4 Cortex-A57 cores and a Maxwell GPU with 256 CUDA cores.
We’re undecided what to make of the reported 31.4mm thickness – that shall be greater than double the thickness of the unique Swap. It might be a mistake or Nintendo might have put an enormous battery inside.
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