The Steam Deck OLED version was announced yesterday and whilst it’s available in most other countries, Valve still doesn’t seem to want to release it in Australia.
The regular LCD Steam Deck has been available to pre-order at Aussie retailers for about a year now at decent prices, and now the OLED Steam Deck is available to pre-order as well at decent prices.
Both and Dick Smith have the OLED Steam Deck available for pre-order with shipping to take place in December.
WHERE TO PRE-ORDER THE STEAM DECK OLED IN AUSTRALIA
- Steam Deck OLED 512GB version – $1,179 AUD at Dick Smith or
- or Kogan
- Steam Deck OLED 1TB Limited Edition Translucent version
Obviously, you’ll need to look into warranties for both of these retailers but given you’re buying locally from well-known retailers, you should be fairly safe at least within the 12 month period.
The Steam Deck OLED has a larger 7.4-inch HDR OLED display with 1000 nits of peak brightness. The refresh rate has been updated to 90hz and the latency of the touch screen has also been improved.
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The device has a larger 50whr battery (up from 40 whr) and combined with a more efficient APU, you can expect a 30-50% better battery life which Valve says is good for 3-12 hours of gaming depending on what you’re playing. Despite the device having a larger screen and a larger battery, the total weight has been reduced by 30 grams or 5% which should make a big difference in comfort.
There’s a new Wi-FI 6E module which will make for much faster downloads and a new Bluetooth 5.3 model which supports new audio codes.
In terms of actual actual game performance this isn’t a huge improvement across the board for games, which isn’t the biggest issue given Steam Deck always had great performance for its processor, but still might lag behind newer consoles such as the ASUS ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion GO.
