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New regular Switch model with upgraded battery life announced! Same price, launches end of August (Old model: 2.5-6.5 hours, New model: 4.5-9.0 hours)
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Oh, well. This does make the product more enticing for somebody who hasn't dipped their feet into the pool yet.
Edit: Changed the first part as I think I've said my piece in later posts about why I felt the way I do! Not wanting to derail this thread so will change this so people can focus on more pertinent discussion.
Edit: Changed the first part as I think I've said my piece in later posts about why I felt the way I do! Not wanting to derail this thread so will change this so people can focus on more pertinent discussion.
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That is an impressive improvement in battery life, but I can't help myself from not being a bit disapointed here. Not even about the lack of performance improvement, but I was hoping for an external improvement to the Switch's shell (especially around the vent area, since mine cracked around there very recently).
Might still be in the cards really. Definitely for docked mode (no reason to underclock the new chipset to save power there) and they might just focus on the longer battery-life for purely marketing reasons (with Nintendo generally not talking about the processing power of their consoles).
We'll find out relatively quickly once these things are in the wild I guess.
Great battery upgrade. Not enough to jump on the new model though.
I wonder if given this Nintendo is waiting a full 5-6 years cycle to release Switch Pro/2
I wonder if given this Nintendo is waiting a full 5-6 years cycle to release Switch Pro/2
Seems the new revision will have an even better battery life than the Light. Guess I'll be buying a new Switch! Any word as to when this new model is getting released?
In August apparentlySeems the new revision will have an even better battery life than the Light. Guess I'll be buying a new Switch! Any word as to when this new model is getting released?
The "punishment" of having already enjoyed the Switch for up to two and a half years.
This isn't a fair counter-point in the sense that someone who is now going to get a Switch can now purchase the games that I have enjoyed and have a similar experinece, with a more portable console.
And being realistic, at least for me -- I don't replay games very much after I beat them, with rare exceptions. Those two years can easily be "caught up".
i assume that they use the same battery, but moved the system to a new node to reduce power consumption, so no that wont be possible.
They're not putting a bigger battery. It will probably be the same of the original Switch. The battery life jump comes from new internals.
I mean that's a significant battery increase... But only battery life? That's such a small upgrade but just useful enough to be infuriating. Ah well, hope people enjoy them.
Nintendo of Australia's website has been updated to reflect the new model.
Holy shit though, that is such a substantial upgrade. I am SHOOK
I have a 11 hour flight to San Francisco in october. Think i'll be getting this model to not go crazy on the flight.
Even 150 euro is not covering it though. I've never ran out of battery since I have a power bank almost always with me.
Still waiting for more info, since it's a new chip most likely maybe there is some performance upgrade in docked mode down the line if they unlock some new clocks.
It might be. Nintendo already said no new sku this year other than Lite, so the WSJ/Nikkei (was it both or one of them) of a Pro sku this year was either wrong or referring to this new battery version.
Seems the new revision will have an even better battery life than the Light. Guess I'll be buying a new Switch! Any word as to when this new model is getting released?
That must mean that they're not using the smaller Lite battery in the new revision and are sticking with the battery of the 2017 model.
This sounds like it has nothing to do with the rumored Switch Pro and is just a refresh to the base model.
looks like the box design is new? My launch switch came in a box w/ a white background as opposed to this solid red one. Hopefully that'll be the telltale sign of a new iteration. I still have nightmares of the SP AG 100 vs 101 and the Nintendo 3DS IPS vs TN screens.
We don't know if it is or not, they wouldn't advertise minor clock boosts or a slightly more efficient RAM. We'll have to wait.
It depends on people. In my case, I would have never been able to "catch up" in the following years what I have already played from D1 and I will never regret to have bought the older model, as it happened with the original DS and 3DS XL (when I never upgraded to the New version).
Again, see previous post above - the "punishment" in this sense that I could have a more portable console now.
Someone who picks up the Switch at this point can catch up to me easily and purchase the games that I have and effectively accrue around the same playtime in short order.
lol, naturally.
this is using the new CPU but will have similar performance to the old switch, just with improved battery life. the only reason this exists is nvidia could no longer produce the old SoC.
i SURE hope this puts an end to the non-sensical, endless, year long speculation about switch pro but i know it won't and some people will still remain hopeful.
this is using the new CPU but will have similar performance to the old switch, just with improved battery life. the only reason this exists is nvidia could no longer produce the old SoC.
i SURE hope this puts an end to the non-sensical, endless, year long speculation about switch pro but i know it won't and some people will still remain hopeful.
Huh, will the models not come with the 2 new Joycon colour combos?
Or maybe they will just announce them later.
Or maybe they will just announce them later.
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