Upgraded Switch model announced: Same price, battery life of 4.5 to 9 hours - Launches in August (Americas, Japan) and September (Others)

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Barkley on 17 July 2019

There it is, and apparently they updated the nand memory so hopefully it will be 64gb or more.

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KLXVER on 17 July 2019

Just better battery life? No need for me to upgrade then.

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JRPGfan on 17 July 2019

Why wasnt this used for the Switch Lite? seriously....

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Barkley on 17 July 2019

JRPGfan said:
Why wasnt this used for the Switch Lite? seriously....

I'm pretty sure it was. The Switch Lite just has a smaller battery.

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JRPGfan on 17 July 2019

Barkley said:

JRPGfan said:
Why wasnt this used for the Switch Lite? seriously....

I'm pretty sure it was. The Switch Lite just has a smaller battery.

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JRPGfan said:
Why wasnt this used for the Switch Lite? seriously....

What do you mean?

The chipset is the same for both SKUs, but a bigger console can house a bigger battery. Same reason why the XL model of the 3DS had longer battery life than the standard size of the 3DS.

Oh I assumed both where useing same size battery....

Its just odd that the normal Switch version will have better battery life, than a unit thats main and only purpose is to be used as a handheld.

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FloatingWaffles on 17 July 2019

God damn, that's a massive difference in battery life.

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Mr.GameCrazy on 17 July 2019

Both the enhanced version of the original Switch and the Switch Lite use the Mariko version of the Tegra X1 chip, right? Anyway, that's a significant increase in battery life for the enhanced version of the former. :)

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Shiken on 17 July 2019

And with that, I believe even more so that there will be no actual Switch Proanf we will likely see a BC Switch 2 in 2022.

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OTBWY on 17 July 2019

Ah so it is a Switch Pro. I'm so happy that this Switch Pro is launching too, I kinda want more life out of my Switch when playing undocked, so the Switch Pro is excellent. 4.5 to 9 hours on this new Switch Pro is excellent. Can't wait for the Switch Pro to launch, here we go Switch Pro!

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