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To be fair, this is not an Apple level device. 2.5 hr battery life is hilariously bad.

What is the battery life of Apple's gaming device?

I get what you're saying, but the iPhone is one of the world's most popular and most profitable gaming device by a long shot.

Definitely not the most popular; there are many multiples more people gaming on Android devices than on Apple devices.

More people on Android and far more Android market share, but much more profitable on iOS despite the smaller user-base.

There are far more willing and paying customers on Apple products.

https://www.dotcominfoway.com/blog/apple-leads-android-with-...

My iPhone definitely does not last more than 2.5 hours when doing an intensive game.

How many Windows games can you run on it?

How long does the iPhone battery last when playing games with high level 3D graphics?

Good mobile battery life with 'intense' graphics is an unsolved problem, Apple is not immune here.

That's for newer AAA games. Games with simpler or more optimized graphics, especially those running in emulators, tend to do really really well.

I ended up buying one of those Anker laptop USB PD chargers, and they can recharge the Deck twice over, so I could actually spend nearly 8 hours fully utilizing the Deck's power without being tethered at all.

At least you have plenty of options to conserve battery. capping framerate at 30 or 40 fps, FSR, configurable TDP limits, underclocking the GPU.

From 1.5h to ~6h depending on the game. I'd love to see a bigger battery in the next version, though.

Just attaching any off-the-shelf USB-C powerbank is perfectly viable right now.

It's not like you do your 2 hour gaming sessions while moving around all the time. If you're sitting down, a thin wire to a decent size power bank isn't going to interrupt your gaming.

What does battery life have to do with Apple's walled garden?

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