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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by bluescrn on Monday July 06, 2026 @12:26PM (#48806879)
The Switch 1 is almost 10 years old. Batteries don't have that much longevity.

And it was unnecessarily hard (actually dangerous due to fire risk) to replace it with a 3rd-party battery replacement due to excessive amounts of strong adhesive holding the battery in place.

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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by com2kid on Monday July 06, 2026 @01:09PM (#48807552)
My 8 year old switch is happy.

The switch doesn't fast charge at absurd rates and generally has good thermals.

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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by ariwilson on Monday July 06, 2026 @12:43PM (#48807139)
My launch Switch 1 battery is still working. Capacity is probably 80% or less but it still works fine.
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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by lesostep on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @05:50AM (#48815608)
I'll be the third one with anecdata: somehow my switch lite battery is still okay. I recently found a good repair shop and thought about replacing it, but after paying attention concluded that it's almost the same as new
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