Nintendo evaluating Switch 2 OLED with FHD screen — mass production eyed for late 2027

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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.