The Steam Deck starts at $400, and you’ll have to wait months for a replacement if you kill yours.
The Steam Deck is essentially a compact Linux computer that (more or less) fits in your hands.
Valve has fiddled with its own gaming hardware over the years, but neither the Steam Boxes, nor the Steam Controller, nor the Index VR headset have garnered the same praise as the Steam Deck.
Whereas the interior of the average smartphone is little more than metal spaghetti, the Steam Deck has modding potential.