It says right in the op that playing zelda gets about 3 hrs. You really think mario, splatoon, mario kart, or any other non indie game is gonna get better battey life? Sure VC and some indie games will get 4 hrs. Outside that good luck getting anything better than the change time.
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Switch charging time is 3 hours, non-removable battery
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ArkkAngel007
Member
My concern is if the batteries will have the obnoxious power bleed that the Gamepad does.
My N3DS seems to die in about the same time...and you can play while its charging.
Battery tech has not advanced at the same rate as specs have. I have a gaming laptop for example that has all the bells and whistles and gets maaaaybe 3 hours on a good day. Games are demanding on batteries. This is a fact of life.
yeah it sucks...but of all of the "blunders" so far, this was the expected, no?
Battery tech has not advanced at the same rate as specs have. I have a gaming laptop for example that has all the bells and whistles and gets maaaaybe 3 hours on a good day. Games are demanding on batteries. This is a fact of life.
yeah it sucks...but of all of the "blunders" so far, this was the expected, no?
The Hermit
Member
It's pretty obvious there will be a revision on this system.
Everyone buying now are beta testers
Everyone buying now are beta testers
Any USB-c charger cable should allow you to do that.
Justice_Bolt
Member
I'm confused...Did i miss an announcement? Lol
Doesn't change how batteries work. Pretty much every battery-based electronic will drain from continuous use. Nintendo is doing what a majority of electronics companies do, yet somehow they're the scum of the Earth because they aren't engineering wizards?
What's weird? It's a fairly sizable battery to charge and the system drains it fairly quickly due to the substantial graphics output.
Your phone battery will have half its initial battery life after a while. Lithium batteries are terrible, and it's sad there isn't an inexpensive alternative to them in today's time.
Kacho
Member
Phew! Thanks!
I mean if that's the case it's just idiotic. There's not even any real cost saving measure since you're using USB-C. It's just shortsighted and fucking lazy.
If this thing has a "2-6 hour battery life" and you're charging it, that means they managed to design a device which literally would drain while charging...Which seems..........absolutely unfathomable. It would be the second largest tech engineering design disaster behind the Galaxy Note 7.
Palette Swap
Member
Holy shit, the hits just keep coming.
I mentioned in another thread how everything could easily be fixed. This isn't one of these things.
I mentioned in another thread how everything could easily be fixed. This isn't one of these things.
TheAngryMonkey
Member
All of those batteries are smaller than the Switch battery
Dr. Buni
Member
So if you don't live in a place where there is a "Nintendo Service Center", you are fucked. Nice.
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JeremyEtcetera
Unconfirmed Member
Nintendo themselves says 3 hours for Zelda. I highly doubt that isn't based on ideal conditions. But please, keep defending shit battery life and shit charge time.
Seems fine.
I don't know what people were really expecting.
For having a full powered console, being able to take it mobile is a bonus, not really the main use. At least in my mind.
In an ideal world we would be able to take it mobile and play all day, but thats not the world we live in.
Hell I am lucky if I can get my PS4 controller to last more than 3 hours. And with my cell phone I always bring my charger cause I know without it, with real use, I am going to be left in the lurch very easily.
The charge time, I don't see a concern with, that time can be spent... playing... at home.
It's best not to view it as a handheld, and just a console that you can take mobile and play for a bit. Probably shouldn't spent 3+ hours at the park with it with no power plugged in.
I dunno.
I don't know what people were really expecting.
For having a full powered console, being able to take it mobile is a bonus, not really the main use. At least in my mind.
In an ideal world we would be able to take it mobile and play all day, but thats not the world we live in.
Hell I am lucky if I can get my PS4 controller to last more than 3 hours. And with my cell phone I always bring my charger cause I know without it, with real use, I am going to be left in the lurch very easily.
The charge time, I don't see a concern with, that time can be spent... playing... at home.
It's best not to view it as a handheld, and just a console that you can take mobile and play for a bit. Probably shouldn't spent 3+ hours at the park with it with no power plugged in.
I dunno.
That's pretty much what early adopting any hardware is.
FalsettoVibe
Member
Insane.....well they are saying it's more console than portable.
It will come eventually. I'm counting on Japan.
TheAngryMonkey
Member
There is no need to say people are defending Nintendo on this one. 3 hour charge time on a 4300mah battery is decent. People pointing out the charge time on phones....gotta compare the mah rating of the batteries.
Nameless
Member
I think people are looking at this in context with all the other questionable Switch decisions and the fact you could replace your DS batteries.
I posted the link.
Which part is weird? The non-removable battery or the charging time?
As one person pointed out, this is most likely from 1% to 100% charging because of how batteries charge.
Reference:
Toadthemushroom
Member
The iPad Pro 12" has a 10,307 mAh battery and takes different amounts of times depending on which power adapter you use:
thecouncil
Banned
this is maybe the worst day of my life.
It's clearly the user's fault.
Not sure how you see the switch as a home console. It's clearly a handheld with tv output.
PeterLegend
Member
Don't worry boys, Nyko will make a 3rd party accessory to extend battery life.
The downside is it might explode in the process...
The downside is it might explode in the process...
The main problem is they're marketing this thing as being portable but literally every bit of design we've seen says this is a very terrible idea. I say this as someone who spunked down a preorder on the master edition of Zelda and a Switch this morning.
No one is saying it needs to have the battery life of an early 2000s Nokia phone, but as I said before, their charge times seem to imply that this thing could literally be draining while you try and charge it.
No! There must be nintendo hate by people who have no clue about technology at all!
Come on people. Nintendo put in the best battery they could for the price they aimed at. It's actually a pretty good battery for a tablet style device.
The charging time. But you're right, charge it up to 90% and don't let it drop under 20% and it should charge faster.
Darryl M R
Member
I'm so confused on why this was the final decision. The worst of being a handheld and a console
OricWindstar
Member
You've got a pretty great life.
Milly Osworth
Member
Im numb to bad Switch news now. My body was not ready.
SRTtoZ
Member
lol
The hits just keep coming.
This is how batteries work. What exactly is hard to understand about the decision? There really wasn't one.
Better than the Switch's battery life
The council is doomed!
Going by the games, these aren't games designed for mobile and mobile power. Obviously they are gonna demand a lot from the battery.
Better battery life would be awesome, don't get me wrong, but I think all this was to be expected. Battery life is shit in general and something like this I expected to be, pretty much right what it is.
I'll wait for more information, but I'd guess that it could play and charge just fine, but again with the power it must demand to process these games... I dunno seems right in line.
Maybe you all have fantastic mobile devices, but all of mine, if I do anything at all taxing with them, battery and charging goes to shit. Just the nature of the beast.
Can demand amazing things from hardware, but if you expected this to have amazing battery life and be super mobile and a pure mobile device... well I dunno.
To me its always seemed clear, you play this at home, but hey if you wanna go on the train for an hour or to the park, you can do that for a bit.
Not TAKE IT ON THE 8 HOUR TRAIN RIDE!!! GONNA BE FINE!