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TL;DR
- Nintendo is reportedly evaluating a future Switch 2 model featuring a 1,920 x 1080 FHD rigid OLED panel supplied by Samsung Display.
- If greenlit, development will begin at the end of this year, targeting mass production for late 2027 or early 2028 to extend the console’s lifecycle.
- The upgrade is not guaranteed due to a stark price gap between LCD and OLED panels, compounded by skyrocketing semiconductor and memory costs.
Nintendo recently announced that a Switch 2 with a replaceable battery is coming this autumn, but it seems the company has other variants in mind for the future. Nintendo is reportedly also evaluating the launch of a new OLED variant for the Switch 2, which would bump the screen resolution to FHD (1,920 x 1,080) from the first-generation Switch OLED’s HD.
A new report from ZDNet Korea (via Jukan05 on X) indicates that Nintendo is considering using rigid OLED panels for this upcoming Switch 2 version. Samsung Display, which supplied the panels for the first-generation Switch OLED, is reportedly angling to secure the contract for the new model as well.