New Standard Nintendo Switch Revision Offers Significantly Improved Battery Life

Appears cosmetically identical to the current model.

A new revision of the standard Switch SKU is being shown on Nintendo's Japanese website and its American counterpart. Not to be confused with the Nintendo Switch Lite, this hardware variation would appear to rejig some of the consoles innards for better battery performance.

Available in mid-August (or September in the UK according to a Nintendo UK representative speaking to Eurogamer), it doesn't appear to change the outward appearance of the current console in any way, but according to Nintendo's website the battery gets a fairly hefty increase from an average of 2.5 to 6.5 hours with the current model to 4.5 to 9 hours with this version:

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