Playing The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, I got about 3.5 hours of battery life from the Switch Lite, running it from 100% to the lower power warning, which starts appearing at 15% battery life. With the screen brightness turned to around 50% (and auto-brightness turned off), I found that those numbers are more or less accurate. This put me in a pretty good position to test the Switch and Switch Lite side-by-side, at least in terms of battery life.Īccording to Nintendo's own comparison, the HAC-001(-01) Switch should last approximately 4.5 – 9 hours depending on the game, while the Switch Lite should last around 3.5 – 7 hours. Shortly before the Switch Lite launched, I swapped out my launch day Switch for the HAC-001(-01), which boasts a longer battery life than the original Switch. In any case, the big question when it comes to the Switch vs.
