Okay I've decided to make this thread to keep the discussion from derailing the NIS Switch thread. I present to you the information as completely as I can discern:
A month ago some guy whose IP was apparently confirmed to originate from Foxconn posted in Chinese about the Switch production. This rumor can be found on Reddit (with some apparently inaccurate translations, more on that later.)
Now at the official Switch presentation we got some technical details which turned out to vindicate large and significant portions of this leak. In the words of z0m3le, who brought this to our attention...
There are some lucky guesses in there if the supposed leaker is indeed full of shit. Now, why do we care? Because Foxconn guy also made some other rather explosive claims:
Well that sounds rather good! But what is the case against this leak, and how do supporters rebut the arguments?
Okay well I have to say that a 4G Switch sounds like total bullshit but aside from that there's enough here that people won't stop talking about it.
So, discuss away.
A month ago some guy whose IP was apparently confirmed to originate from Foxconn posted in Chinese about the Switch production. This rumor can be found on Reddit (with some apparently inaccurate translations, more on that later.)
Now at the official Switch presentation we got some technical details which turned out to vindicate large and significant portions of this leak. In the words of z0m3le, who brought this to our attention...
-leaks that the shoulder buttons on the joycons are called SL and SR. Which is confirmed and can be seen in pictures and video of the device.
-leak also says that the device will be bundled with an "orange" and blue joycon, which was confirmed friday with the neon bundle. (his assumption was that it was a splatoon bundle)
-leak also says the battery capacity is 4310mah, which is pretty much impossible to guess, and was confirmed friday.
-leak confirmed 4GB
-leak confirmed 1600mhz ram
-leak confirmed no fan in dock
-leak confirmed USB-C and all ports of the dock correctly (including those hidden by the back panel)
-leaked the very complex joycons.
There are some lucky guesses in there if the supposed leaker is indeed full of shit. Now, why do we care? Because Foxconn guy also made some other rather explosive claims:
Says the CPU is clocked at 1.78ghz and assumes it is A73 (it could also be A72, but wouldn't be A57 because power draw would be too high) (this also makes sense because the 20nm A57 4 core @ 1ghz consumes the same power as A72 at 1.7ghz.
Says the GPU is 921mhz instead of Eurogamer's 768ghz.
Nate was saying pascal, and it looks like it is 16nm SoC.
I'd say this rumor is far more believable than the Eurogamer one simply because of all the above confirmed info. There is simply no way this person didn't see the device at foxconn and the location he originally posted from was foxconn, so it is all but accepted at this point.
Well that sounds rather good! But what is the case against this leak, and how do supporters rebut the arguments?
No, I can read Chinese original post. The resolution is the signal's resolution sent to the TV, not the screen on the device. And the translator mixed leak and speculation.We know the clocks in the leak are bullshit along with the screen resolution, so as Emily Rogers would say, saying the leak is confirmed is stretching it a tiny bit.
My point is, other things might finally come true, like 4g edition.It also claims a inaccurate things like 1080p screen and a 4g version, neither of which panned out. Not to mention the crazy stuff about a high spec switch with > PS4 Pro performance.
Okay well I have to say that a 4G Switch sounds like total bullshit but aside from that there's enough here that people won't stop talking about it.
So, discuss away.