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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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No changes spec-wise except for battery-life. New packaging to differentiate.

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Same price as old regular model. Releases end of August.

Comparison (old model on top, new model on the bottom)

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Wintermute

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so there is, the refresh of the current switch with the new ram/soc therefore better battery.
 
Kiraly

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New model with longer battery lifeClick here for details
About 4.5-9.0 hours
  • Depending on the software you play, the duration will change.
    For example, "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" takes about 5.5 hours.
  • It is a standard time. Depending on usage, it may be shortened.
Current model
About 2.5-6.5 hours
  • Depending on the software you play, the duration will change.
    For example, "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" takes about 3 hours.
  • It is a standard time. Depending on usage, it may be shortened.


Huge increase
 
Jahranimo

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Kiraly said:
New model with longer battery lifeClick here for details
About 4.5-9.0 hours
  • Depending on the software you play, the duration will change.
    For example, "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" takes about 5.5 hours.
  • It is a standard time. Depending on usage, it may be shortened.
Current model
About 2.5-6.5 hours
  • Depending on the software you play, the duration will change.
    For example, "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" takes about 3 hours.
  • It is a standard time. Depending on usage, it may be shortened.


Huge increase
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Holy shit
 
RockmanBN

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Kiraly said:
New model with longer battery lifeClick here for details
About 4.5-9.0 hours
  • Depending on the software you play, the duration will change.
    For example, "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" takes about 5.5 hours.
  • It is a standard time. Depending on usage, it may be shortened.
Current model
About 2.5-6.5 hours
  • Depending on the software you play, the duration will change.
    For example, "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" takes about 3 hours.
  • It is a standard time. Depending on usage, it may be shortened.


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Seems like ones that were a heavy burden on the battery are getting almost double the time. Nice.
 
Strings

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Surprisingly good battery upgrade. Can't say I'm interested until a hypothetical Pro, but cool for new people jumping in for their first one.
 
Watershed

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That's a nice battery upgrade. I assume this and the Switch Lite both run on the new Mariko chip as well.
 
Rand a. Thor

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Yep there it is. No new design just new internals. But this is what I waited for, so O am definitely grabbing it. Shame about the lack of new colors.
 
Resetti

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I was just thinking the announcement of this should be imminent with the new Joy-Con colors being announced and boom... there it is lol
 
Jahranimo

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This is what I would consider a worthy upgrade. All I care about is better battery life.

May get this when I can afford it next year and keep the launch one for obvious reasons.
 

Jraphics Horse

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It's kind of weird there is so much battery life on BotW compared to Switch Lite, which is reported to have 82% of the battery capacity as the original Switch. Implies an even bigger battery than the original, but we'll see.
 
MarcelRguez

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Not gonna lie, I was hoping for some performance improvements, namely in games running at dynamic resolution. Still, I might upgrade in the future regardless, since my launch unit is showing its age a bit.
 
Zedark

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Great battery bump. It was expected that they would move to a much more economical SoC like they did with the Lite, and combined with the original battery size that gives a significant boost in battery life.
 
Dest

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Time to upgrade. Sell the old one or turn it into an emulation machine. That's the question.
 
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