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Old 02-17-2005, 06:23 AM   #24
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Originally Posted by Kane Knight
The other problem is that the battery life most people are reporting is based on fresh batteries, brand new or relatively so. With LION batteries, there's a tendency for battery power to get shorter over time. Now when you only get about 2 hours of WIFI time, and you factor in wear and tear (The industry standard calculations are always for 80%), it's suddenly close to 90 minutes.

That's not to say the same won't be an issue with the DS, but with a longer battery life, you have less need for charging and a smaller drop in noticable power loss. When all you're getting is a couple hours, though, it's noticable.

On the other hand, WIFI takes up more battery power than normal.

By the bye, there are apparently some games where the disc spins fulltime. I suspected as much. Battery life for any such game is @ 3 hours.

IGN left Ridge Racers on replay mode (Minimal disc spinning and no wi-fi) and it lasted 3 and 1/4 hours
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