You May Not Be Able To Change The Switch’s Battery
Rechargeable batteries have become standard in most of today’s expensive portable electronics. The convenience comes with a big flaw however: the fact that every time you charge them, the charge holds for a slightly lesser time. It takes a while, but eventually internal batteries become so weak that they can’t keep a device powered longer than 30 minutes, and unlike conventional batteries, it’s not as easy to pop them out and replace them. Especially when the manufacturer doesn’t provide a way. So it’s with concern that we point out this recent FCC filing that suggests Nintendo’s Switch console doesn’t have a battery door on its detatchable portable screen. In fact, it explicitly says “the user can’t remove the battery” on page four. This would be new territory for Nintendo; the Wii U’s tablet controller and all models of the 3DS have swappable batteries. The inability to change a battery is a common complaint about many of today’s smartphones, but in their case that “feature” is part of the ongoing effort