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Those of you lucky enough to have already bagged yourself the new OLED Switch ♕will want to leav♍e the protective layer on the screen right where it is, forever.
Last week was an incredibly busy one, and not just for video game releases. It also ushered in the arrival of a new console. Well, a new version of a pre-existing console. The Nintendo Switch OLED model is here and despite it not being the 4K-ready version people were hoping for, you'll be hard pushed to find a single bad word said about it thus far.
Those with an OLED Switch have been sharing their desire to go back and play games they've already finished to see how much better they look. That's not just due to the model's bigger and better screen, but also because the screen is made of glass rather than plastic. While that is undoubtedly a good thing, it does come with one very obvious pitfall.
Should you drop your Switch, which happens, the screen is more likely to crack or even shatter. That's why the OLED model includes a protective layer of film called anti-scattering adhesive film. That layer is there to stop the glass from breaking off in big, potentially dangerous pieces should the screen break, and also protects it from getting scratched.
While it might be tempting to do so, especially now you know it's there, you should not remove this layer of film whatever you do. Nintendo warns against that in the OLED model's manual, as has been highlighted by The Verge. Doing so could result in your screen shattering into shards of glass should you happen to drop it, and it will also scratch far more easily without that layer.
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To clarify, this isn't the same sort of thing you get on an iPhone screen that peels off easily. You probably won't even notice that the OLED Switch has that added layer and you'll need to go out of your way to remove it. Nintendo also clarified to The Verge that OLED owners should be able to place their own screen protector over the anti-scattering adheisve film should they want to further protect it from being damaged.
