The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the battery inside the Nintendo Switch will be supplied by ATL. This is the same firm that provided replacement batteries for customers who ran into issues with their Samsung Galaxy Note 7’s where some batteries exploded. If this rumour is to be true then it’s good news as the battery in the Nintendo Switch should be more than reliable.
Thanks to NeoGaf member, Tripon, you can read the Nintendo related portion of the article below:
The people said it is unlikely that Samsung would stop buying batteries from Amperex, which is known as ATL, at least for now, because of the supplier’s lead in technology and production capacity.
ATL has close ties with Apple Inc. in battery research and development, people familiar with the matter said. Nintendo Co. will also use ATL batteries for its new hand-held hybrid console Switch, according to people familiar with the matter. Nintendo’s new game console will go on sale in March.
A Nintendo spokesman declined to comment about battery suppliers. Apple wasn’t immediately available for comment.
Here we go… here comes all the hate based on just a rumour…
Why “hate”? Read the article again.
What hate? This is good news; it means the console won’t accidentally switch into Bomb Mode.
No, but if it did, it might add some realism to Super Bomberman R if you’re playing that when it goes off.
Hahaha I just imagined that.
“Wow, this game is so realistic”
“When you blow up in the game, you blow up for real…” *shudders*
The Switch will be very popular in the Middle East….
Uuuuuhhh yeah, no thanks. I’ve grown rather fond of my fingers and I’d prefer to keep my Switch in one piece thank you. keep your hand-sized WMD to yourselves thank you:/
Guess I should have read the whole thing before posting, welp that was a good joke wasted…. dammit I was saving that one for a good samsung battery joke too:{
I made sure to make the article ‘good news’ related… :P
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True it is that most of the cattle here are flawed with simple logic, but I assure you that many dormant soldiers such as myself lay in wait for Nintendo’s floodgates of destruction to open. The XBOT nations will be expunged with great force.
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You do know the company that’s (Rumoured) making the batteries are infamous for making the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Batteries… so you should be a little worried as the Switch will be used for pretty demanding games compared to what the Note 7 does.
It’s perfect my friend.
The same guys who made the batteries that exploded in Note 7 phones providing batteries for the Switch is ‘Good news’?
Read the article please.
Well this is good news right there. I guess you can replace the battery. c:
READ THE DAMN ARTICLE. THIS IS GOOD NEWS
Well if my Switch burns a hole in my pocket, I’ll be blaming you
Good thing I won’t be holding the Switch near my ear!
Jesus mate read the article, it’s the company that REPLACED the bad batteries, not the ones that provided them. This company hasn’t released exploding batteries, if anything they’re more stable because they made extra precaution for it to handle power WITHOUT EXPLODING!
Damn, you Nintendorks really do get pissed off easily.
I thought Liberals got pissy this fast but wow… you guys broke the record of taking a whining fit over a JOKE.
Spreading misinformation is half the reason Wii u failed.
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When the Galaxy Note 7 issues started, Samsung stated that the problem was NOT the battery itself. It was a design flaw in the Note 7 assembly, where an cable, if badly assembled in the motherboard, would create pressure in the battery when the phone where sealed all together. That’s why the batteries where heating and exploding. The battery maker had nothing to do with this. This article simply does not make any sense.
From the tear down of the Switch it looks like the battery is in it’s own compartment and the cable is easily removed from the motherboard via the connector, so I don’t see it being a problem with the Switch.
You guys do realize the same manufacture makes all of the batteries found in Iphones right?
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