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The new console will boast 256GB of memory – a considerable improvement on the earlier Switches (the first one only had 32GB), and which can be improved upon even further with microSD cards.
The only downside was the battery. The new console takes three hours to charge and lasts between 2.5-6.5 hours, depending on what games it's playing. That's not a lot of charge at all – certainly less than the upgraded Switch OLED with its whopping 4.5-9 hours of battery life.
Then again, processing power doesn't come cheap, and the Switch 2's awesome power comes thanks to a custom bit of kit from gaming giant NVIDIA. While no further details have been released in terms of what that means, the software is capable of playing massive games like Cyberpunk 2077, Hogwarts Legacy and even the new Hazelight game Split Fiction without breaking a sweat.
This is a bigger beast than its predecessor, though it still weighs in at around the same, at about 500g. It feels great to hold, and comes in a lovely matte black colour. The Switch 2 has a much bigger 7.2-inch screen (compared to 6.2 inches), that displays games in 1080p, and (bonus) it's thinner than its predecessor, coming in at 1.4cm width. Oh yeah – and there's no OLED screen, as with the later Switch models. This is just LED for now, which essentially means slightly less crisp visuals.
There is also a dock. While it looks roughly the same as earlier models, it's also bigger, and rightly so – when the Switch 2 is docked, it will be capable of outputting videos at a 4K resolution, and playing games at up to 120FPS. That's no joke – it's certainly much better than any of the current models, and explains why the new dock contains a fan to help the switch cool down faster.
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