Soleron said:
Azelover said:
Soleron said:
flashpoint_1230 said:
Ugh. 4 hours seems far too short, even if it was at maximum brightness. That means that a non-Wi-fi, normal brightness, non-3D gaming session might last 7 hours. Add 3D into that, and I'd estimate about 5.5 hours. Not bad, but it's only comparable to my 6-year old DS Phat, which has a 6 hour battery life.
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It's a new console. Like the DS, they were prepared to sacrifice battery life for performance down to the 6 hour level. Sony were prepared to go to the 4 hour level with the PSP1. I'm betting on a repeat, followed by a 3DS Lite which is coming no matter what Iwata says now, with more battery life.
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The 3DS is already "Lite" which is why it came late.
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In two years, the CPU and GPU could be die shrunk to 20nm from the current 45nm. It will use less than a quarter of the power they do now. Combined with improvements in battery and display technology i'd be surprised if they couldn't add two hours to the lifespan.
They may not be able to reduce it in size but they will certainly be able to improve the battery life.
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And maybe a better 3D display which you can view from different angles might I add.
OT: I am good with the battery life it has now so no problem for me
