New Nintendo Switch production to begin in June, will be 4K when docked ~ USA Latest Games

Ars' Kyle Orland tries out the Nintendo Switch in its portable mode.

Nintendo's next Switch hardware revision has long been rumored, but details on what to expect from a possible "Switch Pro" finally began firming up on Wednesday, thanks to an apparent leak from its screen supplier.

Bloomberg Japan has the scoop, and it points to Samsung as the source of Switch's next panel type: a 7" OLED panel, currently estimated at 720p resolution. That Samsung OLED production line will begin cranking in June, according to Bloomberg's unnamed sources familiar with "internal matters." Meanwhile, other Nintendo hardware assemblers will begin receiving the panels "around July."

For sizing comparisons, the current standard Nintendo Switch uses a 6.2" 720p LED panel, while 2019's Nintendo Switch Lite shrunk its LED panel to 5.5" (but is also 720p in resolution).

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