The Oculus Quest 2 is nearing its first anniversary in the market soon, but a recent leak suggests it might get an updated model. A new list of products has been discovered on a French retailer’s website, suggesting a possible release of a 128GB model.
The French publication Gamer Gen was the first to notice that a 128GB model of the Oculus Quest 2 was listed on the retailers LDLC and Top Achat websites. Citing a follow-up interview with Agate, the same report found that the unannounced product was designed to replace the 64GB virtual reality headset that was allegedly sold out.
After further clarification, the report found that listing the 128GB Oculus Quest 2 was not a bug or an accidental leak. Gamer Gen said the retailers were adhering to a confidentiality agreement with Oculus that allegedly prevented them from only releasing the product until July 6th.
Still, it appears that the 128GB Oculus Quest 2 list surpasses Facebook as the company hasn’t made an official announcement yet. This should explain why the retailers still removed the product from their website, but people can view a cached version of the offer through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive.
The product was also listed with 6GB RAM and a resolution of 1832 x 1920, so that no significant changes in the technical specifications are to be expected. The retailer has also released the 128GB Oculus Quest 2 priced at € 349.96 (about $ 412).
As of this writing, Facebook is silent about the existence of the 128GB Oculus Quest 2. But it’s worth noting that a previous leak on Imgur showed two images of what appeared to be a packaging box with details consistent with the unannounced product.
When Facebook’s own VR company launched the Oculus Quest 2 last October, the headset only came with two storage options, 64 GB and 256 GB. It’s not uncommon for tech companies to release a product with such a gap in available memory, but it often creates problems across the board, especially when launching newer apps with larger file sizes. In addition, the stated storage capacity does not always represent the actual available storage space, as the operating system and other pre-installed programs also use part of this storage space.
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