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Repairing the Steam Deck LCD Gets Much More Expensive as Official Battery Reaches $180
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this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2026
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It appears the price went up because it's popular
A popular device now old enough that the original batteries are starting to fail from age and use. It happens all the time, nothing about the Steam Deck is special for this, it happens with everything.