Repair portal iFixit conducted a detailed teardown analysis of the Meta Quest 3S, which included 3D scans and microscope images of individual components. And although the name of the product suggests similarity to the Quest 3, which is at least 200 euros more expensive, the conclusion is obvious: from a technical point of view, the 3S is simply an update of the Quest 2, which is no longer available.
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This is especially evident with LCD panels; iFixit compared them to the Quest 2. It is also a construction with RGB strips for individual pixels, with Fresnel lenses in front. The Quest 2 and Quest 3S have a resolution of 1832 × 1920 pixels per eye. As already noted in our testing, this makes the pixel grid more visible than on the Quest 3, which displays 2064 × 2208 pixels per eye. Dame According to teardown However, Meta purchases panels from multiple manufacturers, so pixel arrangement may vary slightly.
Faster SoC, Bigger Battery
Among other things, the arrangement of speakers in the temples of the glasses was inspired by Quest 3. The processor, Snapdragon XR2 Gen2, is the same in both existing Meta headsets, so applications should run at similar speeds. Compared to the Quest 2, the battery has been increased to 4324 mAh, the Quest 3 has 5060 mAh. The radio connection is also the same on both devices with WiFi 6E and Bluetooth LE 5.2.
IFixit also considers the changes positive as components of the faulty Quest 2 display and optics can be used as replacement parts for the Quest 3S. The company hasn’t yet assigned one of its usual numeric values ​​from 0 to 10 to repairs for the Quest 3S.
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