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luiaots on 04 February 2011

Does anybody know if it uses the same charger as the DSi? if it does then i am thinking about buying one of these guys.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/usb-gadgets/ceca/



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cliffhanger on 04 February 2011

How many brightness settings are there?



manuel on 04 February 2011
luiaots said:

Does anybody know if it uses the same charger as the DSi? if it does then i am thinking about buying one of these guys.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/usb-gadgets/ceca/


I think I read somewhere that it uses the same plug as the DSi, so I guess you're lucky.



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manuel on 05 February 2011

Not great, but good enough for me. I mostly play at home anyway.



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luiaots on 05 February 2011
manuel said:
luiaots said:

Does anybody know if it uses the same charger as the DSi? if it does then i am thinking about buying one of these guys.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/usb-gadgets/ceca/


I think I read somewhere that it uses the same plug as the DSi, so I guess you're lucky.

if true that is awesome!!  anyone complaining about battery life should get one if these XD. It might also work for the ngp since it works for the psp.



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manuel on 05 February 2011

Yes, external chargers can be quite helpful. Sanyo/Panasonic have good ones, too.



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jonager on 05 February 2011

now all of a sudden when it comes to nintendo short battery life doesn't matter? i still remember the bad time psp had about that



SnesTea on 05 February 2011

I get 20 hours out of my DS lite with the brightness on lowest.

I expect to get at least 10 hours out of 3DS with the brightness on lowest and 3D off.



puffy on 05 February 2011

The main drain is the 3D screen as 3D cuts brightness in half and therefore you need double the backlight power to give a good amount of light.



 

Soleron on 05 February 2011
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.

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.

The 3DS is already "Lite" which is why it came late.

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.