I think it is reasonable to assume that either Sony or 3rd plart developers or both will release a smaller form factor battery that has the same amount of power output as the orginal psp. Yes, no maybe?

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Sony should not have said that the battery life was longer, if you have to buy ANOTHER battery to have a longer life. There's a 3rd party battery that doubles the current PSP battery life, but it clamps over the entire back of the unit:

http://www.pspfanboy.com/2007/04/30/third-party-battery-promises-15-hours-of-play-at-a-cost/


Would it be right for Sony to advertise that the current PSP has a 15 hour battery life then? No, of course not. That's why it's not acceptable for them to claim the PSP Slim has a longer battery life when it doesn't out of the box.

While the old-battery-in-PSP-Slim is not quite as bad as this:

http://www.pspfanboy.com/2007/01/05/this-is-how-not-to-extend-battery-life/

It will still make the Slim lopsided.... no thanks.

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Your Hyundai will run faster with a Ferrari engine and a hole cut in the hood.

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the backplate should come together with the console for free. That's what I want to hear.

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yeah that'd be nice to have snake79....but this is Sony we're talking about. If they're not including the TV-Out cable, what are the odds they would've included this?

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woah this is stupid, why make the battery life last less that the old one, something is up! Again Sony is thinking we're dumb and will buy it without knowing the handheld inside out, ha i guess they are going to get a rude awakening

P.S : IM STIL GETIN' A SLIM!

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@ kingofwale bedammit was on topic or at least thats the impresion i got meaning yeah the psp slim works better with the old battery sticking out just like a hyundai would work better with a furrari engine popping out of the hood but then who would want to do either of those just for better performance when it makes the whole package ugly and lopsided or someother such thing as that btw i need a new psp and now that i know there is a slim coming out i just might delay getting a new one till then. but ...we'll see

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@kingofwale: His post WAS on-topic. Time to learn about analogies, perhaps?

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I guess that it wont take too much time before a third party producer release a thin format battery with amazing durability. I actualy own a 2500ma for the first one, with no extra size...it fits perfectly....and my friend ordered in hongkong a 3200ma, same size as original. So if they release those 1800, 2200, 2500, or even 3200, in original psp format, i guess they will at least release a 1800, 2200 or even 2500, in slim format, faster than we think. They should be fool if they would not, it could be a gold mine.

Imagine, my 2500, allow me a 7-8 hours playback video, and almost 9h gaming...What could it be on the new psp....10-11 video, and 12h gaming ??? A BLAST

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You can get extended battery life from third (and first?) parties now without having to bulge out your system. That, and I get to keep my homebrew. Pass.

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It's true, Sony reps again flapping their traps and making fools of themselves. Between Kaz denying everything (like the revamped PSP) and Koller just not knowing jack shit about the PSP... They shouldn't have claimed 8-10hr battery life for the PSP Slim when you can't do that without using an 1800mAh out of the original PSP. Quite stupid.

That said, coolness. I have a 2200mAh and original 1800mAh. My new PSP Slim will have its battery needs well covered as soon as they make the new hatch available (launch?). I'm more enthused about the new PSP every time I think about it. I just hope the newness is sufficiently new to stir up some unit and software sales so we don't get more 'coming for everything BUT PSP' announcements.

No news of this kind would be complete without the requisite whining, of course. Right? Sony should really have included video cables. Because, you know, Nintendo included a Super Gameboy TV out with their Gameboy, a component video cable with their Wii and of course Sega and NEC included the optional TV out modules with THEIR handhelds, right? C'mon, Sony! Give us an 80GB HDD internal PSP with 20hr battery life for $49.99!

Don't get me worng, Sony sucks. They just don't suck for the reasons some people think they do.

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Hmmz those extra capacity batteries are often selected ones, so if you sell 10-100k of them it's not a problem if you want to sell millions of them you'll need another market where you can get ride of the remaining batteries.

And those extra large capacities often come without warranty.

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I never had a problem with the battery life of the original PSP... I guess I don't use it for 6~8 hours every single day. Plus I am always near an outlet.

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Nice one BeDammit. The rest of us got your joke and it makes a good point. kingofwales needs to lighten up. Attacking commenters for having a sense of humor is the perfect way to drive people away.

I'm hoping that at least some of the battery saving features are software related and could be available in the next firmware, which would mean better battery life for all... assuming you run the official Sony firmware or can wait until we have an OE/IE/M33 version of it.

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Does Sony even want us to buy this thing?!

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I'm worried, with the new battery cover to cover up the thicker battery, there'll be a small hump on the back just like on the current PSPs but not on the other side. Are they making a new battery cover or all new backplate to install over the bigger battery? Will it be easy to install?

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If someone can find the old psp manual and look it up you should see the amount of battery life.

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Correction: If someone can find the old psp manual and look it up you should see the same amount of battery life stated in the slim psp manual.

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Doesn't make it any less lame :(

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This is possibly the dumbest thing I've ever seen. Nintendo redesigns console, improves every aspect of it.

Sony redesigns console, improves almost nothing, claims longer battery life when it's actually the same unless you want to uglify your PSP?

Wtf.

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