th4tguy
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Your warrant starts over from the repair date. You get a system repaired at the end of your warranty year and it resets giving you another year.
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Is anyone else's Switch... bent?
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phant0m
Member
Same. But sometimes I think people treat their things poorly or just like to make drama.
. Will need to look more when I get home.
IMACOMPUTA
Member
Could the bend be responsible for the scratching? For the record mine is not bent and not scratched.
apieceofstrange
Member
Thread made me paranoid so I just checked mine. Launch unit with 50+ hours of Zelda according to my Switch, and I've primarily been playing docked. Luckily no bend in my unit. My dock is slightly bent though.
eighty(one)
Member
I cannot tell if it were bent from the get go; or if it became like that. I treat my products pristinely and have used it less in handheld, because I don't want hand oils to ruin the joycon finish or weaken the rails.
So I use the pro controller.
Though I traditionally love handheld gaming and Switch as a portable.
I have a glass screen protector on it as well.
I have noticed, when Zelda is playing and I have undocked it, the Switch is quite warm.
It's bent upward ever so slightly only on the right side, is this heat related?
And to the people thinking this is people being hard with their system:
Fuck you.
I keep it docked, in the Zelda SE case and won't let others play it - because again OCD, they may loosen an analog stick or rough it up.
So I use the pro controller.
Though I traditionally love handheld gaming and Switch as a portable.
I have a glass screen protector on it as well.
I have noticed, when Zelda is playing and I have undocked it, the Switch is quite warm.
It's bent upward ever so slightly only on the right side, is this heat related?
And to the people thinking this is people being hard with their system:
Fuck you.
I keep it docked, in the Zelda SE case and won't let others play it - because again OCD, they may loosen an analog stick or rough it up.
Muffin Awesome
Member
Looks more like t is bending more around the exhaust fan, it is more drastic on the right side where there is less surface area. To my eyes at least.
///PATRIOT
Banned
Being familiar with the plastication process, I can say with 100% certainty that this came out of the box. With these being bent, 1 of 2 things occurred.
1) The mixture during the fill process was off, causing issues during the cooling process. This causes integrity issues like thin zones, brittle areas etc. The casing seems to be fine, however, so outside of a few cases I do not think this would be the case.
2) The cooling process itself. If the manufacturer hastens the cooling process, and does not allow for the casing to set before ejection, the productiwill most likely warp. During my time in the plastication industry there were Q&A tests for these type of things. So I'm guessing these meet the manufactures, and Nintendo's, specifications for retail.
EDIT: To add, I'm sure the Switch casing was given a hardener during the fill process. So while it probably takes around 700 degrees initially to melt, it will take much more than that to break down once bonded together after cooling. Likely scenario is that the case would burn (wouldn't melt) due to the additive. I highly doubt the Switch get's that hot. So the dock some how molding it as the player is playing is very highly unlikely. I would go as far as to say impossible. 100% straight out of the box. If the plastic was that pliable while warm, I'm sure there would be finger indention's in the back of the Switch.
1) The mixture during the fill process was off, causing issues during the cooling process. This causes integrity issues like thin zones, brittle areas etc. The casing seems to be fine, however, so outside of a few cases I do not think this would be the case.
2) The cooling process itself. If the manufacturer hastens the cooling process, and does not allow for the casing to set before ejection, the productiwill most likely warp. During my time in the plastication industry there were Q&A tests for these type of things. So I'm guessing these meet the manufactures, and Nintendo's, specifications for retail.
EDIT: To add, I'm sure the Switch casing was given a hardener during the fill process. So while it probably takes around 700 degrees initially to melt, it will take much more than that to break down once bonded together after cooling. Likely scenario is that the case would burn (wouldn't melt) due to the additive. I highly doubt the Switch get's that hot. So the dock some how molding it as the player is playing is very highly unlikely. I would go as far as to say impossible. 100% straight out of the box. If the plastic was that pliable while warm, I'm sure there would be finger indention's in the back of the Switch.
Dont forget about the HDMI outputs being unusable on several launch PS4's
Not to say that a slightly warped switch is okay, but why are people so sure that it didn't start that way? Did they measure it out as soon as it came out of the box and notice that it was straight?
I don't think people did that. My money's on they came slightly bent and just nobody noticed because who looks for that?
I don't think people did that. My money's on they came slightly bent and just nobody noticed because who looks for that?
I'd say it's probably durable enough to withstand it.
Link: http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1350246
It almost has to be out-of-the-box.This thing doesn't get nearly hot enough to start making the plastic and metal in the shell malleable. If it got hot enough to do that the battery would almost certainly blow.
As long as it doesn't affect my gameplay experience I'm fine with a slight, barely noticeable bent that probably (hopefully) will not get worse over time.
I wonder if i should ruler test mine.
Hahahah, I haven't noticed anything wrong with mine so my first thought was "Dooooon't bother checking it!!!"
I'm trying to tell you guys that it's a non issue. It's just purely cosmetic (although depending on the severity, it may contribute to the scratched screens) . Look at any piece of plastic and it will have some type if warping, flashing, expanding etc. As long as they function, Nintendo and the manufacture will pass it (and company will) through their Q&A process. The only thing that is not acceptable is a failed integrity test.
Flashing can be manually removed, and I'm sure they have plenty of people for just that. Warping and expanding product, their machines and dies, I'm sure, compensate for these variations in the molding process. Although there is a limit as to what is acceptable.
I can guarantee that this is a byproduct of trying to meet demand. Fast cooling times, possibly improper filling process, and not letting the product set in a proper environment can cause problems. In this case, I'm sure they are cutting corners on the cooling process to meet demand.
Flashing can be manually removed, and I'm sure they have plenty of people for just that. Warping and expanding product, their machines and dies, I'm sure, compensate for these variations in the molding process. Although there is a limit as to what is acceptable.
I can guarantee that this is a byproduct of trying to meet demand. Fast cooling times, possibly improper filling process, and not letting the product set in a proper environment can cause problems. In this case, I'm sure they are cutting corners on the cooling process to meet demand.
visiblemode
Member
I'd like to see if there is a correlation between this and scratches from docking the unit.
SMOK3Y
Generous Member
Ya it was designed that way
I would also. Personally I believe those who have slightly bent ones have always had said bend they've just only noticed. I really doubt this thing is getting that hot that it's bending without any pressure. Personally my switch gets warm in the dock but nowhere near bend levels of warm.
combo of slightly bent Switch units and also varying amounts of bend on Docks probably leads to different probabilities of scratches.
my switch got scratched the dock for what its worth
Phife Dawg
Member
No bendo and I play docked too will keep an eye but I guess it's not related to docked play and those that are bent came that way.
Interesting note, my left joycon is also a little wobbly when I'm playing in handheld mode. Not like going to fall off wobbly, just noticeably looser than the right one. I've got a neon, fwiw.
It doesn't really bother me that much, but at first I thought it was a defect. Now that I see more people mention it, it just seems like that's how it is.
It doesn't really bother me that much, but at first I thought it was a defect. Now that I see more people mention it, it just seems like that's how it is.
SinCityAssassin
Member
Seems like a first wave manufacturing quirk from launch molds. People find a slight offangle in an out of the box Switch while others seem to find them perfectly straight.
PandaShake
Member
LCD panel lottery, bent dock lottery, left joy con, and now bent frame. I'm picking mine up this fall for mario, but I hope I haven't used up all my rng luck in gacha games.
You know you just jinxed yourself to have all of those issues, right?
I bought 2 on launch day and thankfully have had none of those issues.
What type of bendable tech is this?
That's not the case for mine. Have never charged it outside of the dock. I can't see how they could possibly warp it.
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
So... the system is effectively melting?
Edit: my Switch is perfectly straight and all four of my joy-cons are rock solid. Dock is very slightly bent, but it's never made a mark on my screen.
DarkConfidant
Member
My gray unit has both JoyCons wiggling! I thought it was normal (and just shitty design).
JaseMath
Member
Will it? Industrial design isn't the issue here whereas the DS Fat was an eyesore to everyone. The Switch has, by and large, gotten plenty of kudos for how substantial it looks (and feels).
When you spend $300 on something it's not unreasonable to expect it to be built correctly
CambriaRising
Member
Not when you're in love with Nintendo.
Right but is it built 'incorrectly' if it seems perfect to the naked eye and functions as intended?
I mean what is the actual negative impact of this other than bothering people who take the time to test their console with a ruler after reading a thread about it on a message board?