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Nintendo Switch

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Nintendo Switch

The hybrid console that goes wherever you go/Everyday Objects

The Nintendo Switch managed the neat trick of being both a home console and a portable, which is to say it is mediocre at both and beloved for it. With detachable Joy-Con controllers and a 6.2-inch touchscreen, it has sold over 140 million units worldwide. It runs The Legend of Zelda and Mario Kart, which turns out to be all you really need.

Measurements

Weight (with Joy-Cons)4 tenths kg
8.8 thousandthsGrocery carts
4 trillionPlatelet weights
2.7 hundredthsMicrowaves
Width2.4 tenths m
442 millionthsOne World Trade Centers
59.4 millionthsCentral Park lengths

With Joy-Cons attached

Height1 tenths m
102 millionCaffeine molecules
1.05Softball circumferences
354 millionGold atoms
Thickness1.4 hundredths m
59.1 billionthsJamaica lengths
1.4 hundredthsMinecraft blocks

13.9 mm

Screen area2.5 hundredths m²
167Pinky fingernails
27.8 billionthsAirport runways
15 millionthsHockey rink areas

6.2-inch 720p LCD touchscreen

Battery capacity57,780 J
13.8Food calories
28.9 quintillionX-ray photons
578 billionFalling snowflakes

4310 mAh at 3.7V = 16.05 Wh

Internal storage34.4 billion bytes
3,440TikTok video files
6,880PowerPoint files

32 GB eMMC

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