{"id":3853,"date":"2026-07-16T02:20:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T02:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=3853"},"modified":"2026-07-16T02:20:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T02:20:01","slug":"valve-ifixit-will-keep-selling-steam-deck-lcd-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=3853","title":{"rendered":"Valve says iFixit will keep selling Steam Deck batteries after all"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Valve has been incredibly friendly to customers who need repairs \u2014 which is why it was so surprising to hear <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SteamDeck\/comments\/1uvl4fg\/comment\/oxc5d1j\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1\">that Valve was already discontinuing the battery<\/a> for the Steam Deck LCD handheld. It would have meant you could no longer just buy a battery from iFixit and install it yourself. Why would Valve stop stocking the most important replacement part just as people are starting to need it?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Here is Valve\u2019s answer to <em>The Verge<\/em>, as of 5PM ET: \u201cWe just confirmed with iFixit that they plan to have batteries back in stock by next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201ciFixit will be getting the same OEM parts sourced through Valve\u2019s partners that they always have,\u201d spokesperson Kaci Aitchison Boyle tells me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The Reddit story wasn\u2019t necessarily false. Earlier today, iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens confirmed to <em>The Verge<\/em> that it had indeed heard that Valve would no longer make replacement batteries or screens for the original Steam Deck LCD.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">But by afternoon, Valve and iFixit had already managed to change that. \u201cThey have hooked us up with a supplier, we\u2019re working on it,\u201d Wiens now tells me. And if Valve does decide to sunset the part in the future, iFixit says it\u2019ll be ready to take up the torch by using an aftermarket supplier instead. \u201cI want people to know we are going to find a way to get batteries for these things,\u201d says Wiens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Wiens says Valve has \u201cbeen a really great partner.\u201d He suspects that Valve and its suppliers simply bet wrong on how many replacement parts they needed to produce.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cIf you get the forecast wrong, you run out, or you go wrong in the other direction and spend way too much money on parts sitting around doing nobody any good.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">I keep hoping we\u2019ll see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/9\/22\/24251327\/iphone-16-teardown-repair-battery-adhesive\">electrically removable adhesive<\/a> in handhelds; iFixit\u2019s CEO tells me shock-to-release glues are \u201coften too expensive to include in the original device,\u201d but are possible aftermarket if you\u2019re willing to spend \u201ca couple bucks extra.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Perhaps by the time you need an aftermarket battery from a different supplier, it\u2019ll be even better than the original.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/966106\/valve-ifixit-will-keep-selling-steam-deck-lcd-battery\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valve has been incredibly friendly to customers who need repairs \u2014 which is why it was so surprising to hear that Valve was already discontinuing the battery for the Steam Deck LCD handheld. It would have meant you could no longer just buy a battery from iFixit and install it yourself. 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