2 points

I owned a white original model PSP and that thing never looked clean after the first week no matter what I did.

Honestly people who go all white on everything kinda terrify me…

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55 points

White: ✋

Transparent: 👈

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transparent custom shells already exist. the problem is, that transparent plastics tend to be more brittle than solid colors

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9 points

Ive done a shell swap on my steam deck and while Its worth it and it looks amazing it was a PROCESS because you have to unglue the screen and the touch pads (if you want to swap those too) you basically disassemble the entire device

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Yeah, I’d love to do it myself, but once I saw that you have to unglue the screen I decided that I have enough projects going on right now. lol

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Did this too. Can confirm, it was quite the process.

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Yup. Was SUPER tedious and time consuming. Worth it tho.

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4 points

There’s actually an official transparent case Steam Deck too. They had the limited edition OLED when it first came out.

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35 points

white plastics have a history of becomig yellow

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It’s called a patina, and it’s an intended side-effect of repeated use that increases performance.

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ah, just like how cam out is a feature of phillips screws that improves the spinning performance of the driver

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11 points

Ngl a 90s PC beige steam deck would be amazing to run emudeck on

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10 points

That might be an appealing retro aesthetic to have!

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1 point

Ngl I was convinced for a good while it’s mostly a result of smoking near them.

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I mean that will do it too, but it will be sticky and stain your skin and also smell awful

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Man, I couldn’t get one over the fear of it getting yellowed but it looks cleannn, love the grey buttons

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If you already own a steamdeck they sell replacement shells. Be forewarned though installation is absolutely insane and takes a loooot of time. I’ve had white installed on mine for about a year and have had no issues with it yellowing.

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The back half of the shell is easy though, I swapped mine with a transluscent purple backplate a few months back. _

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I thought this wasn’t really a thing anymore with modern white plastic, no? It’ll still get more visibly dirty though.

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Fuck, I just bought my OLED model a week ago.

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The white looks, cool but I think it will look dirty a bit faster. Also, the white boarder may be a bit distracting

I always prefer the dark colors around screens.

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23 points

Yeah - my first thought was literally “that will look dirty quick”

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It’ll be yellow in few months.

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21 points

You can still shell swap or vinyl wrap your OLED, replace joysticks and buttons, etc. It’s cooler to customize it in that way imo

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36 points

The notion of getting a special edition white one, then swapping the shell to a custom black is funny.

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6 points

Idk where you live, but a number of countries give you a 14 day cool-off period where you can return purchases for any reason.

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Eternally thankful this isn’t a rerun of the translucent black edition. I too got my first OLED delivered last week.

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