Link’s Sheikah Slate review: Zelda’s new world has a magic phablet, but no #netflix

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The Sheikah Slate is not your run-of-the-mill gadget. Bestowed upon hero of light Link in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the Slate is severely limited in its feature set and unable to do basic modern-day tasks, like browsing Netflix or accessing a global communications network linked together by satellites. It does, however, pack some pretty unique specs and comes capable of performing feats of alien magic.

The Slate’s screen appears to smack dab in the middle of phablet territory, not quite a 7-inch tablet and too bulky to compete with the standard iPhone. The display seems powered by some mystical liquid-crystal technology developed likely by the Zoras, a race of ancient humanoid…

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