What the "short battery life" proves for the 3DS

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greenmedic88 said:

Galaki said:

greenmedic88 said:

I suppose you can always turn the 3D slider all the way down

I think someone mentioned that you have to turn the 3D off in the system settings to actually turn it off and that will boost battery life greatly. By using only the slider, it somehow still suck up battery.

I am sure most (if not all) reviewers turned the 3D 'off' by the slider rather than system settings.

Well, I'll run my own tests (which are ultimately the only tests that matter), but I have a hard time believing that I'll only get 2-3 hours out of a single charge with 3D active.

It is a bit of a pain that this is even an issue (one that could have easily been avoided with a larger battery pack) as I never even bothered to "test" battery life on the DS; it seemed to last forever as someone who only plays portable games sporadically.

People are forgetting that's with wifi enabled... not just 3D -_-' also IGN has been the only one to report "as low as 2.5 hours" just about every other source I've seen said 3.5 to 7 where 3.5 is with wifi on and 7 is wifi/3D off and brightness low.

Also to compare:

 Battery Life
Nintendo DSi: The lowest brightness (9-14 hrs), low brightness (8-12 hours), medium brightness (6-9 hours), high brightness (4-6 hours), highest brightness(3-4 hours)
Nintendo DS Lite: The lowest brightness (15-19 hrs), low brightness (10-15 hours), high brightness (7-11 hours), highest brightness(5-8 hours)

http://kotaku.com/#!5057883/lets-compare-the-ds-lite-and-the-dsi

3 - 6 hours for the PSP with wifi disabled and 2 - 2.5 with it enabled 

http://www.gamesnsounds4u.com/bv01239.gif

This is all for some perspective since people seem to be making a big deal out of it