{"id":1189596,"date":"2023-10-06T11:40:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T15:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1189596"},"modified":"2023-10-06T11:40:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T15:40:21","slug":"valves-leaked-steam-deck-model-1030-probably-isnt-a-full-version-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1189596","title":{"rendered":"Valve\u2019s leaked Steam Deck \u201cModel 1030\u201d probably isn\u2019t a full \u201cVersion 2.0\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/steam-deck-800x449-1.jpg\" alt=\"Steam Deck on a porch\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/steam-deck-scaled.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1437\" data-width=\"2560\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> The Steam Deck, doing some outdoor modeling. (credit: Sam Machkovech)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Portable PC gamers who have been <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/civis\/threads\/anticipating-a-steam-deck-2.1495007\/\">anticipating a new Steam Deck with improved hardware<\/a> got a glimmer of hope recently thanks to the regulatory approval of an upcoming &#8220;Model 1030&#8221; edition of the hardware. But all indications suggest this new model will not be a more powerful &#8220;Steam Deck 2.0&#8221; that offers better pixel-pushing processors to support the latest high-end games.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Valve sleuth Brad Lynch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sadlyitsbradley\/status\/1699836012900544823\">noticed<\/a> a South Korean certification under the Valve Corporation for a &#8220;specific low-power wireless device&#8221; in a new piece of hardware identified only by a model number: 1030. With no additional details, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/new-mystery-valve-hardware-device-certified-in-south-korea\/\">speculation<\/a> about what might be coming ran the gamut from a new standalone VR headset to a revamp of <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2014\/01\/steam-controller-impressions-a-case-of-love-and-hate-at-first-sight\/\">the defunct Steam Controller<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This week, though, Lynch dug up <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SadlyItsBradley\/status\/1709643696302346305\">the FCC approval details<\/a> (dated August 13) for that same revision, which notes explicitly that it is for &#8220;Valve Steam Deck\/ Model: 1030.&#8221; The registration was made somewhat stealthily through Valve partner Quectel, which will apparently now be supplying wireless antennas for the Steam Deck hardware.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1973923#p3\">Read 7 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1973923&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1973923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Valve\u2019s leaked Steam Deck \u201cModel 1030\u201d probably isn\u2019t a full \u201cVersion 2.0\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ The Steam Deck, doing some outdoor modeling. (credit: Sam Machkovech) Portable PC gamers who have been anticipating a new Steam Deck with improved hardware got a glimmer of hope recently thanks to the regulatory approval of an upcoming &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1189596\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1189597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,110],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-1189596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ars-technica","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-ars-technica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1189596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1189597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1189596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1189596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1189596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}