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XBox One controller uses AA batteries

W

whitehawk

Banned
This is a bummer. While there isn't a bump on the back of the controller anymore, it's still using AA batteries for some reason.

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Wired.com said:
The controller still takes AA batteries, but the humplike compartment is gone. So are the screwholes.
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http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/05/xbox-one-photos/?viewall=true
 
C

CookTrain

Member
Seems a very divisive issue... some people loathe AAs, some people love them. Having a spare set always on charge is a really nice thing.
 
C

commedieu

Banned
Eh.. out of all the terrible news, I think this is the best? Easy to replace...unless they are MS only AA batteries?
 
S

sangreal

Member
this is a good thing

don't worry, I'm sure they will happily sell a rechargeable pack for $30 if you demand 1st party rechargeables
 
O

Orayn

Member
Stick with your guns, I guess. At least the battery compartment is flush with the back of the controller this time around.
 
K

Killthee

helped a brotha out on multiple separate occasions!
What? I thought they said internal battery during the conference.... : (
 
GHG

GHG

Member
If you want to use rechargeable batteries you have to buy a license every time you recharge them.
 
M

Madness

Member
Haven't used AA batteries in a long time. Seems ridiculous, at least have an internal lithium ion rechargeable battery inside.
 
F

Fehyd

Banned
keit4 said:
Better than an internal battery.
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I honestly think I've lost controllers through wear and tear before I've noticed a significantly lessened battery life.

Its an extra painful dynamic in 360 controllers that is unnecessary, and really should've been removed.
 
G

gutter_trash

Banned
I had a controller that I left dead AA batteries in them for too long.... the controller was dead dead with the alkalyn shit melted inside. The

I was using the Deluxe controller for over a year and half and forgot about my standard controller.

AA batteries for controllers = shiiit
 
E

Eusis

Member
Blearth said:
Terrible.

Who the fuck uses batteries anymore?
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I imagine you meant AAs, because taken straight that is the most ludicrous statement I've seen in a long time.

... and I'd wager many appliances and TV remotes still depend on them, but they're not high end electronics or at least play a smaller role relative to something like the console controller.
 
A

Abandond

Member
I cannot remember the last time I have personally used a battery.

Like the past two years I've had the same pack of AA & AAA which I've given to family for their remote controls, lol.
 
R

Rodney McKay

Member
Fantastic.

Eneloops have stayed charged longer than any built in/official rechargable battery pack that I've ever used AND keep their charge longer.

I'm still using the pack I about 3-4 years ago after giving up on Microsoft's awful rechargable packs. Those damn things would start to die after a year or less.
 
C

CaptainTiptop

Member
...Still? :/

That kind of sucks. At least they've gotten rid of the battery compartment lump on the back of the 360 controller, though.
 
P

Persona7

Banned
Leonsito said:
Great news, eneloops beat the crap out of Xbox rechargeable batteries.
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I think the batteries inside 360 packs are basically eneloops? I broke one open before and it was two sanyo branded batteries soldered to a board. You just can't replace them.
 
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