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What battery capacity do you expect for the Switch 2?

less than 16 Wh 0 0%
 
16 Wh (same as Switch 1) 1 7.69%
 
17 - 20 Wh 0 0%
 
21 - 25 Wh 1 7.69%
 
26 - 30 Wh 4 30.77%
 
31 - 35 Wh 3 23.08%
 
36 - 40 Wh (~Steam Deck LCD / ROG Ally) 3 23.08%
 
41 - 45 Wh 1 7.69%
 
46 - 50 Wh (~Steam Deck OLED / Legion Go) 0 0%
 
more than 50 Wh 0 0%
 
Total:13

The Switch 2 gets bigger than the Switch 1 and probably also needs a battery with higher capacity.

What ist your estimate (in Watt hours) for the Switch 2 to meet Nintendo's battery life goals?

For reference, here are the battery capacities of other handhelds:

Handheld / Tablet / Controller Battery
(mAh)
Battery
(Wh)
GBA SP 600 2.3
DSi 840 3
DS 850 3.1
DS Lite 850 3.1
PSP Go 930 3.4
DSI XL 1050 3.9
PSP 2000 / 3000 1200 4.3
2DS 1300 5
3DS 1300 5
New 2DS XL 1300 5
New 3DS 1400 5.2
Wii U controller (low-capacity battery) 1500 5.5
Gameboy Color (2 batteries included) 2 x AA 6
Gameboy Pocket (2 batteries included) 2 x AA 6
GBA (2 batteries included) 2 x AA 6
3DS XL 1750 6.5
New 3DS XL 1750 6.5
PSP 1000 1800 6.5
PS Vita 2200 8.2
PS Vita Slim 2210 8.2
Wii U controller (high-capacity battery) 2550 9.5
Gameboy "Classic" (4 batteries included) 4 x AA 12
Switch 1 Lite 3570 13.6
Switch 1 LCD 4310 16
Switch 1 OLED 4310 16
PS Portal 4370 17
GPD Win 6900 26
Nvidia Shield Handheld 7350 29
GPD Win 2 2 x 4900 37
MSI Claw 40
ROG Ally 40
Steam Deck LCD 40
GPD Win 3 46
GPD Win 4 46
Lenovo Legion Go 50
Steam Deck OLED 50
MSI Claw 8 AI+ 80
ROG Ally X 80



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It better be silicon carbon battery, then 6000+...

Last edited by tak13 - on 18 January 2025

15 minutes. (edit: The motherboard already supposedly leaked, no? Do we not know battery capacity off this leak alone? Or is there a bit more to it than this? I’m not super informed on gaming hardware spec details…)



The motherboard doesn't show us, how much space is left in the case for the battery.

The battery connectors also gives no indication to the voltage. Switch 1 ran with 3.7 V, but I expect that Switch 2 needs 7 - 8 Volts, similar to a Steam Deck.

Last edited by Conina - on 21 January 2025

The problem with the battery is that those tend to get quite heavy the more Wh of electric energy they can hold. It's the main reason why the Switch is substantially lighter than Steam Deck, ROG Ally an so on. As such, I only expect a moderate increase to roughly 25Wh, maybe 30Wh, so similar to the OG GPD Win or Nvidia Shield, as otherwise the handheld would get too heavy for children to use over prolonged times without straining something.



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Bofferbrauer2 said:

As such, I only expect a moderate increase to roughly 25Wh, maybe 30Wh, so similar to the OG GPD Win or Nvidia Shield, as otherwise the handheld would get too heavy for children to use over prolonged times without straining something.

Yeah, that's my estimate, too.

Keeping it at 16 - 20 Wh probably won't be enough, especially if the majority of rumours (8nm-SoC) are true.

Little kids with small hands will probably have to wait for the "Switch 2 lite" anyways due to the big SW2-Joycons... the normal Switch 2 seems to address teenagers and adults. Due to the huge Switch 1 library and probably a lot of cross-gen games, little kids will have to play their "Switch 1 lite" until then with a great selection of games.

The first revision in one or two years will probably "Switch 2 lite" with a die-shrink to 5 nm or 4 nm and a smaller battery to get the weight down.

Followed by a new revision of the standard model with the same 5nm/4nm SoC, which keeps the battery size and uses it for a longer battery life.

Last edited by Conina - on 22 January 2025