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I own a Steam Deck too and I can't see a Full HD display being necessary at this form factor/display size. 1280x800 is a bit small, yes, but I really want someone to try 1600x1000 which I theoretically consider the sweet spot if you have slightly beefier graphics to support it. Also FreeSync or something similar would be cool imo.
16GB is just enough. According to a guy who modded his Deck to have 32GB RAM it only reduced stutters in AAA games, but at least 24 GB would be a nice have to be future proof. Keep in mind that the 16GB also hold video memory and games are getting hungrier for VRAM.
RGB lights anywhere are just an unnecessary gimmick. This is but a personal opinion and comes down to preference and taste.
That's really not that much different from 1080p.
1280x800 is totally sufficient on my Steam Deck, and I would very much rather have some better battery life and quieter fans on a handheld than more pixels.
The only things this has that I wish my Steam Deck had are:
The joystick layout seems worse, the bezel doesn't seem any better, and the trackpads seem uncomfortably low (I use them a lot on point & click adventure games). It's also unclear if Steam OS is compatible (though I imagine it or something like Bazzite would get there soon). And for $800, I don't think the negatives outweigh the positives here.