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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by bluescrn on Monday July 06, 2026 @12:44PM (#48807170)
5 years later, after a battery swap, the model with a replaceable battery has a longer battery life than the one stuck with a degraded battery.
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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by AshamedCaptain on Monday July 06, 2026 @02:19PM (#48808444)
More like just 1 year later even if you just store it unused, considering typical battery degradation.
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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by Ferret7446 on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @02:59AM (#48814502)
The ones with "non replaceable" batteries still has a longer battery life after a battery swap, it just requires a screwdriver and a couple of brain cells.
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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by port11 on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @06:58AM (#48816078)
Oh, sorry we made batteries replaceable for people with only one brain cell.
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Re:Nintendo announces new product revisions in Europe with r... by bluescrn on Thursday July 09, 2026 @01:44PM (#48849756)
No, it requires adhesive-removing chemicals, IPA as a bare minimum, dental floss, plastic prying tools, and some idea of battery safety (so you don't turn it into a fireball by trying to extract it aggressively with a screwdriver).

Genuinely struggled to extract a Switch 1 battery from it's adhesive, and I'm usually perfectly comfortable disassembling+reassembling that sort of thing.

The use of adhesives, in excessive quantity/strength, on fragile/dangerous batteries is the problem, not the screwdriver or brain cells.

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