Wednesday, December 11th 2024
Refurbished Steam Deck OLED Joins Original Valve Handheld With $130 Lower Price vs New
Refurbished Steam Decks have been a more affordable way to get into the handheld gaming PC space for a while now, but Valve just announced that it has now added the OLED version of the Steam Deck to its official refurbished device line-up. Now, you can get your hands on a Steam Deck OLED for as little as $439 for the 512 GB variant or $519 for the 1 TB version—a healthy $110 and $130 cheaper compared to new units, respectively.
Valve claims the refurbished Steam Deck units—generally customer returns—are functionally identical to new stock units, and it says that there is a strict inspection and testing process for all returned Steam Decks that go into the refurbished program. The only material difference between factory new and refurbished units are "cosmetic defects to be small blemishes or scratches (on the plastic casing, not the screen) generally caused from normal handling of the unit," and these will obviously vary from device to device. In case anything goes wrong, Valve offers the same warranty and support for the refurbished units as it does for its factory new Steam Decks. Unfortunately, the refurbished Steam Deck OLEDs are only available in Canada, the EU, the UK, and the US. Other regions are stuck with regular MSRP Steam Decks or third-party refurbished or used handheld consoles.
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Valve claims the refurbished Steam Deck units—generally customer returns—are functionally identical to new stock units, and it says that there is a strict inspection and testing process for all returned Steam Decks that go into the refurbished program. The only material difference between factory new and refurbished units are "cosmetic defects to be small blemishes or scratches (on the plastic casing, not the screen) generally caused from normal handling of the unit," and these will obviously vary from device to device. In case anything goes wrong, Valve offers the same warranty and support for the refurbished units as it does for its factory new Steam Decks. Unfortunately, the refurbished Steam Deck OLEDs are only available in Canada, the EU, the UK, and the US. Other regions are stuck with regular MSRP Steam Decks or third-party refurbished or used handheld consoles.
16 Comments on Refurbished Steam Deck OLED Joins Original Valve Handheld With $130 Lower Price vs New
store.steampowered.com/sale/steamdeckrefurbishedAww you beat me to it by just a few secs! Hahaha
20 years ago I was also assembling mobile phone and other electronics for a while. We had automatic testing units for those smart phones.
I was unlucky with two refurbished lenovo laptops in past ~15 months. It depends heavily on the mindset of the person repairing the device and on the company policy.
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I want to see what a refurbished power supply is. Those brick power supplies sometimes dies very regularly for certain devices. I experienced that in my previous company.
I think they should write, you may get an used and tested (just if the device powers on) power supply or a new one according to availability. I really want to see how they refurbish a power supply.
Similarly, on refunding a game that was past the 14-day return period but played less than 2 hours: 'please explain why you still want the refund because its outside our normal allowed period/conditions'. A brief explanation, worded honestly: 'The game just isn't good, bores the shit out of me and I can't bring myself to get back to it' resulted in a full refund no less than 24 hours later.
If Valve says they refurbish devices, I have pretty good faith the refurb I get won't be a broken POS.
the oled model has been out over a year now and still not had a sale yet, so i am expecting maybe 50 off a retail new unit with the winter sale...
so $499 for a new unit or save 60 more for a used unit. i mean just get a new unit, because at end of day you don't know how much battery charge cycles the refurb has gone through. if they give refurb new batteries though... then yes i'd be all in for a refurb unit
Still I agree, brand new feels a lot better, but if you consider the fact a battery can never cost more than 60,-, a refurb is really quite a good deal at that kind of discount. Because then you've got one battery that you can hammer until its dead, and still have the money to get a fresh one afterwards.
Do they really operate like that or is it just for the camera?