The thing that irks me about these new model releases is I don’t want to upgrade for a minor improvement and then a year later a new model with slightly better improvements drops and I have to spend another $300+ for it. I’d rather Valve to offer the ability to open a return request and upgrade for the price of the modules and they upgrade your old model Deck with new parts you selected. It also keeps older model Steam Decks in circulation and keeps them relevant and prevents waste.
It was the screen and the huge bezels that bothered me most with the deck. I was hoping for a 7.7" upgrade at some point in time, but no, the deck is apparently a disposable device according to Valve. Wasn’t the deck advertised as modular and upgradeable? Their insane sudden price drop makes selling and buying OLED also problematic. I’m pissed, created a ticket at their support and will pester them with chatgpt generated reasoning until I get at minimum an honest apology (or a discount 😉 ).