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Soundwave on 04 August 2016
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Conina said:
Soundwave said:

Yet more people carry around iPads and Microsoft Surface and Samsung tablets that sell several times more than 3DS or Vita in the last 5 years. 

The 3DS/Vita sold maybe 10-11 million combined last year, tablets sold almost 250 million. 

Handheld enthusiasts may grumble about but I think the actual real general public has no problem with tablet sized/weight devices. 

Most 10'' tablets also weight less than 500 gram and most 7 - 8'' tablets weight less than 400 gram. Also the weight distribution of a tablet and a handheld are quite different.

My ancient iPad 1 3G with 730 gram felt a lot lighter than the 600 gram Shield handheld w, that felt like a brick.

Well the only tablet with a Tegra X1 processor in it is a Google Pixel C. That's 517 grams. 

A Wii U GamePad is 491 grams, I'm able to use that quite comfortably with no fuss. 

I guess 500-550 grams might be possible here. 

EDIT: Yeah Google Pixel C has a massive 9340 MaH battery too. 517 grams with a Tegra X1 processor. Not too bad. The display is 10.2 inches too, Nintendo won't need a display that large so they can save some weight there. 

A lot of people carry these tablets around with an additional case/keyboard too which adds several hundred grams of weight to them to boot.