cm0002@lemmy.world to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoiFixit is retroactively giving the Nintendo Switch a 4/10 on repairabilitywww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down123
arrow-up1175arrow-down1external-linkiFixit is retroactively giving the Nintendo Switch a 4/10 on repairabilitywww.theverge.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square13linkfedilink
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoThey praise the steam deck, which is good. But they still charging $100 just for it’s replacement battery. Way too expensive.
minus-squareOstrakon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoI dunno, that’s probably not inflating the cost much. It costs like 80 just to get the battery kit retail, and then you gotta figure you have to pay the labor of replacing it.
minus-squareKiller@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoLabor of replacing it? Afaik ifixit doesn’t offer any kind of repair/replacement service. They just sell parts.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoWhat? Middleman or straight from valve, the battery shouldn’t cost nearly 100 bucks.
They praise the steam deck, which is good. But they still charging $100 just for it’s replacement battery. Way too expensive.
I dunno, that’s probably not inflating the cost much. It costs like 80 just to get the battery kit retail, and then you gotta figure you have to pay the labor of replacing it.
Labor of replacing it? Afaik ifixit doesn’t offer any kind of repair/replacement service. They just sell parts.
What?
Middleman or straight from valve, the battery shouldn’t cost nearly 100 bucks.