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Switch charging time is 3 hours, non-removable battery
- Thread starter ggx2ac
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This is pretty bad and an absolute deal breaker :/
Ahahahaha. You're not required to apologize for Nintendo's fuckups.
Darryl M R
Member
Why is there so much bad news. Did no one at Nintendo care?
Back in the early 90s, you'd have to charge your remote control car battery for hours just to get 10 minutes of actual playtime. Nintendo kicking it old school.
Of course, I forgot about that. Thanks for the reminder
As long you dont run it flat, it would be significant faster then 3 hours than. I hope.
Transistor
Banned
Nintendo doesn't really seem to care about the Casual Market anymore. They're strictly catering to Nintendo fans now.
Good lord. If that's the case it makes me want this less and less.
It's sad when we have older consoles that are more future proof than new ones.
Will Nyko save us?
They could sell Power Banks, though that means you have to carry with you a battery tethered to your Switch via USB cable.
gutter_trash
Banned
ugh, I will wait for a revision
There isn't going to come a successor to the 3DS when this is it. You really think Nintendo is going to have 2 handhelds in the market?
cubicle47b
Member
That's a hefty battery.
jts
...hate me...
With this you can use a vast choice of USB portable chargers to play as much as you want. A 20000mAh one would multiply 5-6x the Switch battery life.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
All these lil(or big depends on person to person) things are starting to add up Nd make me not want this thing at all
Or maybe just do it like some cell phones and build a battery into a case?
shira
Member
3ds xl is .336g
I think a lot of people are over reacting. Yes, this has a non removable battery, but so does lots of stuff, the DS, The PSP, Vita, your phone that's really not an issue. Nintendo has already said the thing isn't portable so it never was designed to be off the dock for long, assuming you can play the system while it's charging it's really not that big a deal. The games that are designed around portable play will most likely be lower spec, meaning that a charge should last the full 6 hours.
You're phone isn't inherently designed to play games all the time. The Switch is.
Maybe if Nintendo had delivered a decent console people wouldn't be complaining? I was prepared to buy one last night before the conference if it had been good. They fucked up on every single level you would normally buy a console for.
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
Guys, think.
This is done so you can take a break between gaming sessions. Play for 3 hours, rest for 3 hours.
Nintendo is just looking out for us, that's all.
This is done so you can take a break between gaming sessions. Play for 3 hours, rest for 3 hours.
Nintendo is just looking out for us, that's all.
What?! 3 hours charging time is "insane" now? People really like to exaggerate. 3 hours seems to be right for such a huge battery.
Bear Force One
Banned
I don't think they got a single thing right with this.
No USB-C is a universal standard connection type with an agnostic connection orientation.
Quick/Fast/Rapid(etc)-Charge is a chipset technology.
You may be thinking about Thunderbolt 3, which is a bandwidth and power throughput technology (Which it seems like the Switch will not support, at least initially)
When most of your fans are portable users you don't do this.
Nameless
Member
I feel sorry for those actually looking at this as a portable first or even half of the time. Imagine what the battery life will be a year or three in. Nintendo is in full go fuck yourself mode with this thing, and it seems like with each of these blunders it's their most passionate fans getting screwed hardest.
No it doesn't.
From personal experience just 2 days ago, and Nintendo's own statements, it takes 3.5 hours.
Toadthemushroom
Member
4310 mAh is insane, wasn't expecting that capacity. That's about 3x a N3DS, and almost 2x a Vita.
It's also indicative of the battery drain from the Nvidia hardware -- would have expected longer than 2.5-6 hours (3 hours average playing Zelda with auto brightness on it seems).
But yeah, glad Nintendo hasn't skimped on the hardware. Both the screen and battery -- things that matter -- don't seem cheap at all.
It's also indicative of the battery drain from the Nvidia hardware -- would have expected longer than 2.5-6 hours (3 hours average playing Zelda with auto brightness on it seems).
But yeah, glad Nintendo hasn't skimped on the hardware. Both the screen and battery -- things that matter -- don't seem cheap at all.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10685/the-iphone-7-and-iphone-7-plus-review/5
iPhone 7: 2 hours to charge
iPhone 7 Plus: 3 hours to charge
iPhone 7: 2.2 hours of life in GFXBench
iPhone 7 Plus: 3.16 hours of life in GFXBench
Basically, Nintendo ain't battery magicians.
iPhone 7: 2 hours to charge
iPhone 7 Plus: 3 hours to charge
iPhone 7: 2.2 hours of life in GFXBench
iPhone 7 Plus: 3.16 hours of life in GFXBench
Basically, Nintendo ain't battery magicians.
Chezzymann
Member
Now they don't need to remind you to take a break!
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
That fee is going to be $100, I can feel it.
It is when USB Type-C fast charging exists. My Pixel XL with a 3450mah battery recharges in 1hr 40 minutes from dead. It uses standard USB 3.1 fast charging protocols, that Nintendo and nvidia could have used.
Using a USB 2.0 host is short sighted and probably a limitation of the board nvidia have built.
EDIT: Missed a bit there...
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
We only had the option because they deliberately gave you an undersized battery to begin with, which is something I have never once seen elsewhere in the history of portable electronics.
facetheslayer92
Member
Preach.
jabberwocker
Banned
I'm not trying to be that guy but I'm pretty sure the batteries a little bit bigger than what's on your phone. Discharge time is it bad probably considering the size of the battery or other tablets looking at the iPad it probably takes my iPad for five hours
dancrane212
Member
This system better function with a dead (or removed) battery when plugged into an outlet. Still irks me the 3DS went a step back in that regard and, unlike the DS Lite, needs a battery in the console to function when plugged into a power source.
Toadthemushroom
Member
A 12" retina MacBook has a 5297 mAh battery.
The PS Vita-2000 has a 2210 mAh battery.
The N3DS has a 1400mAh battery.
Not sure what you're getting at?
