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Based on the description on their site, the controller includes a built-in battery: "8.39 Wh Li-ion battery​, 35+ hours of gameplay... "

That was disappointing for me. Specially condidering the Steam Frame's controllers make use of AA batteries: "​One replaceable AA battery per controller, ​ 40hr battery life​"

AA Batteries might not be as convenient to use, but being able to replace them is a great advantage. All my Xbox360 controllers still work fine, but none of my PS3' Dualshock 3s.

The official docking station could be used to recharge (rechargables) AA batteries so the functionality could remain the same.

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[-] balsoft@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago

Some laptops used to have that. They would have two batteries, one internal one and one hot-swappable external one.

[-] cholesterol@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Ahem, my x250 Thinkpad is still chugging along with its two batteries .

[-] balsoft@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, if memory serves, the last ThinkPad to do it was the T480, which was in 2018. Maybe there's some P-series that did it afterwards too. Hello from an X2100!

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