Posted Jul 18, 2007 at 10:43PM by Isaac C. Listed in: PSP Tags: Sony
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PSP Slim battery - Image 1Five hours of gaming not enough for you? Looks like there is a way for the new Playstation Portable slim to gain double its play time, giving you about 10 hours of play.

Apparently, the new PSP slim will be compatible with the batteries of the old version so gamers who want to play all night long ("You can do it! You can do it all night long!") will be able to put their old batteries into their new units, doubling its play time.

Slim units will then be able to do it run as long as the original fat unit. The downside? The PSP slim won't be, well, slim. Slimmer unit, smaller battery. If you put in the old battery, it's gonna stick out.

Well worry not, for Sony will be releasing a new backplate for you modest PSP gamers out there who don't want to show their curves.


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   by oh boy (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » moron

First!

And what a moron!!!

"From an optimistic 10 hours performance of the original PSP, the slim version will only get a measly 5 hours."

Where did you get that statement? Sony keep claiming that PSP Slim requires less power so the slim battery will have the same play hours if compared to an old PSP with old battery. Using old battery with the new PSP will let you play the new PSP Slim play with longer hours compared to the old PSP with old PSP.

Next time before posting, get your facts straight!


   Re: DVD_Sandwich (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » yup

Yup, you're right. Sony said that the new battery with the new psp will have equal play time as the old battery in the old psp.
However, you can use the old battery for even better battery life. Hmm...

   Re: SHINKUU (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » um

And what a moron you are, as well. I won't state why, because its too obvious.

And no, it has nothing to do with you being first.

   Re: oh boy (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » @SHINKUU

@SHINKUU

and what moron you are for insulting someone for no reasons at all?

   Re: asd (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » asd

"compared to the old PSP with old PSP."

moron becuase of Typo? Its happens to me a lot when i get confused comparing things.

   Re: FreePlay (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » LIES

If Sony says that the new battery will have the same play time, they're lying. 5-10 hours? Not bloody likely.

Don't believe me? Check out the user's guide for the new PSP. It was posted online along with a bunch of other documents when the PSP-2001 received its FCC approval.

http://freeplay.unaligned.org/psp2_manual.pdf
http://freeplay.unaligned.org/psp2_manual_SafetyAndSupport.pdf

Estimated battery duration
Game Approximately 3 - 6 hours*1
Video playback Approximately 3 - 5 hours*2
*1 Based on tests conducted using the supplied battery pack, with the system
in single player mode, with headphones with remote control in use, and
with wireless LAN not in use.
*2 Based on tests conducted using variables of system speakers versus
headphones, volume level and screen brightness level.

   Re: Mister Common Sense - 2007-07-19
 » WHA???

Are people actually interested in that new homebrew banning excuse psp?

DON'T BUY IT!!!!!

   Re: blah (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » blah blah

@FreePlay, 3-6 hours is all I get on my (old style, obviously) PSP.

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   Re: WOW!!! (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » LOL

WTF!!! THE ONLY REASON THEY MADE THE NEW PSP WITH BETTER "STUFF" IS TO HAVE AN EXCUSE FOR PEOPLE TO BUY IT AND NOT BE ABLE TO USE HOMEBREW

   Re: doodad (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » ...

i wonder how much time it will last with the old psp's extended battery...

   Re: Benji (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » HB

To the people saying "Don't buy it, there won't be any homebrew!" Well sure, at first. It's not like they're never going to crack it. There's not a way that Sony can completely shut everyone out, it seems.

   Re: ??? (Unregistered) - 2007-08-07
 » psp

does psp slim play the same games as the regular psp?
   by asd (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » asd

Slimmer PSP slimer battery, make sense. But wont Slim use less power, and how will it cut the battery life in half The old battery is 1800mAh and the new battery is 1200mAh...

   by A person who knows how to read. (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » ...

Who wrote this article?

PSP Fanboy says it differently.

New PSP with new battery = 5 hours
Old PSP with old battery = 5 hours
New PSP with old battery = 10 hours


   Re: atalavera (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » i agree with you!

Thats what they said at the Sony conference.

   Re: Incromatical (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » ...

that is if the old battery is supported...
Old psp uses 1800mAh, new uses 12mAh so it could be dangerous...

   Re: scenex (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » sXe

1800 is the capacity of the battery it does not have anything to do with the output power of the battery, its fine to put a bigger capacity battery in if it has the same output power like these 2 PSP batteries have..

and its 1200 mAh lol

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   Re: bla (Unregistered) - 2007-07-20
 » 23

lol ... u fool , you got no idea and its not 12mAH its 1200.
   by vitz3 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » pack in?

They might as well pack it in with the system. Cause I don't buy crap like a *****ing plastic plate.


   Re: fd (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » fdf

rofl another $10 "accessory" roflfrofdsjlf stupid sony
   by Shadownet (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » crap

damn wtf this *****

   by Trekster (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » Battery

I would imagine that sony as well as other 3rd party developers will prolly release a slimmer battery that has the same sustained power output of the original PSP.


   by my name (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » backplate

Wouldn't the backplate just defeat the whole "slimmer" idea?
if you put in an old style battery, and then add a backplate to hide the added width won't you essentially just be making the psp as wide as the older ones? Possibly a tad smaller, but not noticable.

   by bob (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » Get your facts straight

There's been a massive improvement in battery consumption with the slim PSP.

As mentioned by others:

New PSP with new battery = 5 hours
Old PSP with old battery = 5 hours
New PSP with old battery = 10 hours

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   by >.< (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » lol

lol what will happen with the special editions of psp slim almost all the pictures are on the battery plate ( except the cloud picture) if they want to use the old batteries they will have to get a new battery plate this sux a lot >.

   by DanielS (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » PSP HDD

PSP is already slim enough for me. I say make it fatter and throw a damn HDD in there!!! Who cares about a couple of mm, really.

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   by Acteon (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » 5 hours?

I use a 3600 mAh battery with my PSP, and I get about 8 hours out of it. I've never had 5 hours out of the standard battery (long flights between the States and the UK make for a good testing ground!) so that figure is debatable, "official" or not. Someone will produce a similar battery for the new PSP, but it is nice to know that old batteries aren't useless.

Of course, I'll be keeping my old PSP for homebrew - PSPR gives me more entertaiment than most UMD's.


   Re: doh (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » DUH

homebrew @ 333 i guess? Sony didn't exactly specify HOMEBREW at 333 now did they for the 5hours >

   Re: ... (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » ...

I get 5+ hours on my PSP as long as I am playing UMD games at stock speed.
   by dssucks (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » wow im stunned

New PSP with new battery = 5 hours
Old PSP with old battery = 5 hours
New PSP with old battery = 10 hours
New PSP with an X2 battery=20 hours!?


   Re: Snarg (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » .

Probably closer to 15, but that's still pretty wild.

   Re: wow (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » wow2

New PSP with new battery + 5 hours
Old PSP with old battery + 5 hours
New PSP with old battery + 10 hours
New PSP with an X2 battery+20 hours
New PSP with an X2 battery using LightMP3 + 30 hours lol.
   by you can do it guy (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » You can Do it!!!!!!

Kick SONY in Their HARRY BALLS!


   Re: jkk (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » lol

post of the year right there... priceless!!
   by Apples001 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » WOuldn't make it just as fat?

if we add the "curve hiding backplate" wouldn't it be just as fat as the original psp?

   by Akexisonfire (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » Haha

lol

   by dasfdf (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » asdfa

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 » '

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 » i pwned you

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   by Gryff33 - 2007-07-19
 » Bad idea

Making a smaller PSP at the expense of battery life was stupid in the first place. Low battery life was a complaint about the PSP from the beginning; thinness was not.

   by dfgdfg (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » dfgdfg

QJ SUCK MY *****!!!

   by Cloud ( Brazil ) (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » -_-

Old School Here Baby.
No way I'm going to buy this

   by nwo (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » "Well worry not, for Sony will be releasing a new backplate for you modest PSP gamers out there who don't want to show their curves."

It's still gunna stick out and be uneven when holding it.


   Re: adfads (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » dfasd

where did u get this info from?
   by asd (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » asd

its the same horus as the old PSP since new uses less power. Also is it just me or did this went back to the first page...?

   by ctman (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » bd

optimus prime is hot

   by when in doubt (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » look to south park

remember just before the release of the original psp south park had a show that proclaimed to us that not only are psp's made by God, but also that asians don't have souls? So i say look to south park, and spray your original fat psp gold and walk around NYC saying that you are fighting against hell for God.

   by 33333 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » SxE

i think the psp is to skinny in the first place...xlkjfldslfkja3wkljr

   by jgfdjrd (Unregistered) - 2007-07-20
 » i

i have the spare battery you can buy for the old one that is gigantic even on the old one. It didnt chancge the amount of playing time though. but imagine it on the new one.

   by dreamer (Unregistered) - 2007-07-20
 » concept

Sony made a PSP slim ?!?! i'd like to meet the pleb that got paid money to come up with that...

"PSP is already slim enough for me. I say make it fatter and throw a HDD in there!!! Who cares about a couple of mm, really."

"Making a smaller PSP at the expense of battery life was stupid in the first place. Low battery life was a complaint about the PSP from the beginning; thinness was not."

I agree 100%, plus- nobody seems to realise that the psp was the first console EVER to have a larger capacity memory card than it's actual game!!
*UMD = 1.8 GB*
*Pro Duo = 8 GB (maximum so far), with a theoretical capacity for 32 GB*
so why are sony clinging on to the optical reader?