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Does this battery make my PSP look fat?

Posted Jul 18, 2007 at 5:43PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Accessories, News, Batteries, PSP Slim & Lite Tags: psp accessories, Sony

Five 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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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!

# yup — Guest 2007-07-18 19:04

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...

# um — Guest 2007-07-18 19:05

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.

# asd — Guest 2007-07-18 19:11

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...

# ... — Guest 2007-07-18 19:12

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

# @SHINKUU — Guest 2007-07-18 19:13

@SHINKUU

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

# pack in? — Guest 2007-07-18 19:13

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

# asd — Guest 2007-07-18 19:13

"compared to the old PSP with old PSP."

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

# crap — Guest 2007-07-18 19:14

damn wtf this *****

# fdf — Guest 2007-07-18 19:16

rofl another $10 "accessory" roflfrofdsjlf stupid sony

# Battery — Guest 2007-07-18 19:23

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.

# backplate — Guest 2007-07-18 19:27

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.

# Get your facts straight — Guest 2007-07-18 19:52

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

# i agree with you! — Guest 2007-07-18 19:57

Thats what they said at the Sony conference.

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# lol — Guest 2007-07-18 21:41

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 >.

# PSP HDD — Guest 2007-07-18 21:50

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.

# 5 hours? — Guest 2007-07-18 22:11

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.

# wow im stunned — Guest 2007-07-18 23:10

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!?

# . — Guest 2007-07-18 23:44

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

# LIES — Guest 2007-07-18 23:48

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.

# You can Do it!!!!!! — Guest 2007-07-19 00:00

Kick SONY in Their HARRY BALLS!

# DUH — Guest 2007-07-19 00:17

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

# WOuldn't make it just as fat? — Guest 2007-07-19 00:37

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

# Haha — Guest 2007-07-19 00:40

lol

# ... — Guest 2007-07-19 01:36

I get 5+ hours on my PSP as long as I am playing UMD games at stock speed.

# lol — Guest 2007-07-19 03:41

post of the year right there... priceless!!

# wow2 — Guest 2007-07-19 04:02

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.

# asdfa — Guest 2007-07-19 04:13

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# ... — Guest 2007-07-19 06:30

that is if the old battery is supported...

Old psp uses 1800mAh, new uses 12mAh so it could be dangerous...

# i pwned you — Guest 2007-07-19 07:07

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# blah blah — Guest 2007-07-19 07:30

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

# Bad idea — Gryff33 2007-07-19 08:18

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.

# dfgdfg — Guest 2007-07-19 08:26

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# LOL — Guest 2007-07-19 08:54

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

# ... — Guest 2007-07-19 09:04

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

# -_- — Guest 2007-07-19 11:58

Old School Here Baby.

No way I'm going to buy this

# "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." — Guest 2007-07-19 13:44

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

# sXe — Guest 2007-07-19 13:47

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

# asd — Guest 2007-07-19 17:33

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...?

# bd — Guest 2007-07-19 17:40

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# look to south park — Guest 2007-07-19 17:44

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.

# dfasd — Guest 2007-07-19 18:11

where did u get this info from?

# SxE — Guest 2007-07-19 19:30

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

# HB — Guest 2007-07-19 19:31

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.

# 23 — Guest 2007-07-19 21:58

lol ... u fool , you got no idea and its not 12mAH its 1200.

# i — Guest 2007-07-20 01:08

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.

# concept — Guest 2007-07-20 03:08

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?

I say...

--> SCRAP the UMD, sell all games (and movies) on pro duo's (a 2 GB MS pro duo costs sony about $12 to make) and have at least two pro duo ports

--> The 333 MHz processor is perfectly fine (for the moment) as it has yet to be pushed to the limit by any game—instead, bang it's RAM up to at least 128 MB (old psp has 32, new slim has 64)

--> With the extra space from ripping out the UMD drive, create a new, larger battery (preferably the long, high-density type used in laptops which can just slide and clip in), and slam a HDD in there (with the option to copy games and movies to it)

--> The idea of having a video-out to a TV/Monitor is something they should have done in the first place, BUT… doing it wirelessly would be … AMAZING- come on!! - instant wireless controller for a console you can take anywhere!! (preferably with a “screen-off” mode so can still use the psp without wasting battery life)

--> what the heck,.. slap an internal cybershot camera on the back, give it blue tooth capability and combine it with mobile technology to make it the “Sony Ericsson PSP”, when all is said and done the web browser could easily be made fully functional (ie with applications to stream music, video and skype etc) and even simple PDA functions

“Wont the battery be dead in no time?” I hear you say... =D

kk- listen up… the screen is, by far, the biggest drain on the battery… sooo… anyone heard of OLED’s ? or better yet.. PHOLED’s ? !!stick it in wiki!! Wikipedia will let you know the basics… but here’s the bottom line- because no backlight is needed-the screen can be 400% brighter than LCD with less than 10% the power consumption!! Sound good?! Tell me about it- unfortunately all the kinks haven’t been worked out just yet.

The sad thing, is that this will NEVER happen, Sony (SCE) love screwing us over, making us pay for every possible peripheral, not utilizing their own technology to its fullest potential- and then having the cheek to get annoyed at homebrew hackers who do!! If I had the time and money to do homebrew- I would, its perfectly legal- and if anything, as PSP owners, its our right!

You know…I heard that the 16 GB and 32 GB MS ProDuo have already been made… and that sony are just waiting for right time so they can milk as much money out of us as possible… but I’m not sure- anyone know if its true?

# Problem — Guest 2007-07-20 06:53

Discs cost about nothing, even UMDs, but mem sticks cost money--most sticks cost as much or more than the average game (hence why DS games are so small--large flash isn't cheap).

And LEDs aren't used in portable gaming consoles because they look like hell, and these OLEDs don't sound different. Less battery usage isn't as important as a display that doesn't look like one of those scrolling bank signs--OLEDs are meant to replace lightbulbs, not LCD screens.

# barakku- do your home work — Guest 2007-07-20 07:49

"OLEDs are meant to replace lightbulbs, not LCD screens"

DUDE!!

OLED's are already used by the military for GPS and Thermal monitoring displays, more commercially and were already being used in november 2006 for the 1.5 inch display of the Zen V, a siemen's mobile phone display and the displays of Sony's own NW-E50x and NW-40x mp3 players.

you've got the completely wrong idea about OLED's- they are NOT LED's...

seriously- you have to know what you're talking about before you shoot your mouth off. see below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHOLED

http://www.universaldisplay.com/passive.htm

http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/07/flexible-oled-display-prototype-demonstrated

but if you're in a hurry and REALLY wanna see where it's at:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6889

the above link is a direct article about SONY's exhibition of OLED, and their example of an 11 inch monitor (with a thickness of 3mm !! and a screen resolution of 1024x600 !!) and a 27 inch monitor (9mm thick and 1920x1080 resolution) both have a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio, greater than 100% NTSC color reproduction and a peak brightness of 600cd/m2 and a white peak at 200cd/m2.

These WILL replace LCD and I'm willing to bet my LIFE that the next design of PSP, if and when it gets developed WILL have an type of OLED- most likely PHOLED

this site (and video from CNET should "enlighten" you!! =p

http://www.oled-display.net/how-works-the-oled-technology

# Barakku-- do your homework.. — Guest 2007-07-20 07:51

"OLEDs are meant to replace lightbulbs, not LCD screens"

DUDE!!

OLED's are already used by the military for GPS and Thermal monitoring displays, more commercially and were already being used in november 2006 for the 1.5 inch display of the Zen V and the displays of Sony's own NW-E50x and NW-40x mp3 players.

you've got the completely wrong idea about OLED's- they are NOT LED's...

seriously- you have to know what you're talking about before you shoot your mouth off. see below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHOLED

http://www.universaldisplay.com/passive.htm

http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/07/flexible-oled-display-prototype-demonstrated/

but if you're in a hurry and REALLY wanna see where it's at:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6889

the above link is a direct article about SONY's exhibition of OLED, and their example of an 11 inch monitor (with a thickness of 3mm !! and a screen resolution of 1024x600 !!) and a 27 inch monitor (9mm thick and 1920x1080 resolution) both have a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio, greater than 100% NTSC color reproduction and a peak brightness of 600cd/m2 and a white peak at 200cd/m2.

These WILL replace LCD and I'm willing to bet my LIFE that the next design of PSP, if and when it gets developed WILL have an type of OLED- most likely PHOLED

this site (and video from CNET) should "enlighten" you!! =p

http://www.oled-display.net/how-works-the-oled-technology

# PHOLEDS dont last long enough — Guest 2007-07-31 20:09

1. mem sticks cost a fortune to make (compared to umds)

2. PHOLEDS have crappy life expectancy

C. TV out kindve defeats the whole portability idea behind the playstaion portable

IV. skype wouldnt make sense since you didnt say anything about adding a microphone

0101. a harddrive would make it too big

i agree with you on bluetooth, internal cam, more RAM, better battery, and some sort of cell phone ability (like skype), you know, as long as its got a microphone included :)

# psp — Guest 2007-08-07 07:23

does psp slim play the same games as the regular psp?

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