CrazyGamer2017 said:
Sure, too bad the part I care about is the part where I use the system to play at home on my TV... Also and going slightly off topic here but to answer your statement, the Switch is definitely not the most powerful mobile device ever. The Ipad goes way beyond, not only it has (the Ipad) a screen of way higher definition (Retina) but it has a battery that lasts up to like 12 hours or so. So I'm going to assume you meant the most powerful portable system (among dedicated gaming systems, like the Vita, the PSP, the 3DS etc) NOT including other mobile devices. |
The iPad also does not have a fan so the CPU and GPU do throttle after a few minutes of heavy use (like gaming; where you will notice frame rates will drop as the iPad becomes hotter), that retina display is excellent for reading content (but in terms of PPI it is not that much higher than what is in Switch, as I will explain below) but few games actually run at the native resoultuion of those diplays (if you have ever gamed on a retina iPad like I have, you should expect a good deal of jaggies because the games run at a far lower resolution than what the display offers), and the iPad costs more. In addition, the Switch is 233 PPI which is very close to what Apple considers to be retina on its iPads (266 PPI for the 9.7 inch iPad), the difference is that the vast majority of games run at the native resolution of the Switch's screen. Also, the battery number you state is only for things like web browing at medium brightness settings, the moment you run a game on the iPad you will get a battery life that is lower than that of the Switch (source: http://bgr.com/2017/02/28/nintendo-switch-battery-life-comparison/). Again, for the price, there is nothing on par with the Switch in the handhed catagory. Even the much more expensive iPad Pro, despite having more powerful hardware, will throttle because it does not have sufficient cooling, making it less than ideal to use as a games console.
