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Nintendo Switch has a 6.2" 1280x720 touch screen, and other hardware specs

Switch is no longer a mystery. Here's the goss on Nintendo's new hardware.

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Nintendo still did not discuss Switch's innards during its launch details reveal event, but it did tell us a little bit about the hardware in general.

The Switch has a 6.2" multi-touch screen which displays up to 1280x720 resolution. Around the edge of the Switch screen you'll find a brightness sensor and a pair of speakers.

Around the edge of the Switch is the power and volume buttons, the headphone jack and game card slot, and the docking rail. As a reminder, the Switch is a hybrid system which docks for use with screens, but unplugged and in portable mode it has a battery life of three to six and a half hours.

The console has 32GB internal storage, but you can expand this with a microSDXC card up to 265GB. You'll definitely want one of those to install Skyrim, we imagine.

Update: Expandable memory support goes as high as 2TB, and you're gonna need it.

The Switch launches March 3 for $299. You can find everything we know about it in our coverage of today's Switch reveal event.

Switch is the first new console from Nintendo since the Wii U, and has a lot to prove. There are plenty of good feelings today, though.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.
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