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bapenguin
10-04-2005, 09:56 AM
Sony has released (http://psp.ign.com/articles/655/655563p1.html) a new battery for the PSP that gets an average of 20% more playtime. No word on whether or not this battery is standard on all new PSPs or whether it's simply an accessory.

I really have no problems with the PSP battery life. I've only had it run out on me once, and that was taking it on a week long trip.
emperordahc
10-04-2005, 10:21 AM
So when are they going to get the batteries up high enough to "let" the developers hit the 333mhz CPU speed?

BTW, it's the UMD that's killing the battery, not the CPU speed. I run 333mhz homebrew stuff (w/o a UMD) for 6+ hours straight and I don't have a battery problem.
jacob.armitage
10-04-2005, 10:28 AM
really? i find my PSP wont last me through most work days, i have a "hidden" psp charger sitting under my desk.
mwuahaha.
DCJoeDog
10-04-2005, 10:35 AM
Exactly, my PSP lasts for days without a charge, but then again I play Mercury and it doesn't access the UMD very often. THOSE STAGE ARE HARD!!!

Plus I have my charger.
pacmanfever
10-04-2005, 10:37 AM
20% more? that's like what, one hour? i don't see how is this worth $50. as soon as they can double the battery life, i'll buy one.
MajSheppard
10-04-2005, 10:40 AM
I have no problem with the PSP battery. I don't have one, and I have no problem with that.
Steve_Erhardt
10-04-2005, 10:56 AM
No problems onthe battery front here either. Only ran dead on me twice the whole time I've had it, and both times were after repeated opportunities to charge it that I was too lazy to take advantage of.
KarmaGhost
10-04-2005, 12:12 PM
Battery life isn't what's keeping me from buying a PSP.
Kamalot
10-04-2005, 12:20 PM
Battery life isn't what's keeping me from buying a PSP.
What IS keeping you from buying a PSP?
Zane
10-04-2005, 12:23 PM
What IS keeping you from buying a PSP?

My wife...
emperordahc
10-04-2005, 04:25 PM
What IS keeping you from buying a PSP?My wife...
MY wife is the one that told me to buy MY PSP. :P
(BTW, she has a DS for Nintendogs.)
Metal Jesus
10-04-2005, 06:00 PM
Never had a problem with the battery life in my PSP. The claim of 2~3 hours is simply not true. Either that, or you got a defective unit.
Rommel
10-04-2005, 06:07 PM
Mine has never once gone dead on me. I fail to see how it could. The PSP seems to last for 6 hours. That's a full fourth of the day! Supposing you sleep for 6-8 hours... don't you have anything else to do during the day? And if not, where are you seated for 6+ hours that you cannot plug it in?
Metal Jesus
10-04-2005, 06:19 PM
Mine has never once gone dead on me. I fail to see how it could. The PSP seems to last for 6 hours. That's a full fourth of the day! Supposing you sleep for 6-8 hours... don't you have anything else to do during the day? And if not, where are you seated for 6+ hours that you cannot plug it in?

Agreed.

I have these things called "jobs" and "girlfriend"...guitar practice, Netflix, etc...etc...

There is no way I could play the PSP for 6 hours straight, all day...all every day.
Dracula-X
10-04-2005, 07:29 PM
I haven't had an issue with battery life either, it sports enough juice for my schedule as it is.
Pnikosis
10-05-2005, 12:24 AM
Agreed.
There is no way I could play the PSP for 6 hours straight, all day...all every day.

Every year I travel from Europe to South America (and return), that's a 16 hours flight, if I want a portable entertainment device, I want it to last during almost all the trip, while I'm playing with it, seeing movies and listening music (yes, I love to read, but I love to read while listening music). The PSP just doesn't work for me.
Rommel
10-05-2005, 02:33 AM
Every year I travel from Europe to South America (and return), that's a 16 hours flight, if I want a portable entertainment device, I want it to last during almost all the trip, while I'm playing with it, seeing movies and listening music (yes, I love to read, but I love to read while listening music). The PSP just doesn't work for me.

They don't have power stations on Transatlantic flights? I thought they did. Even still, with only a second battery pack you could clear the trip with the machine no problem - assuming you sleep a bit during that ride.
rainbowblack
10-05-2005, 02:47 AM
more batterly life is always convient, ill buy one when im ready, in fact ill wait for a bonafide 3rd party one. not the ones you see on shelves now that have mixed results, ill be damned if i overpay