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As many of you know, I have shouted from the mountains about my use of the Vita as my primary smartphone over the last 5 years. I have absolutly loved this device beyond any other piece of tech I have ever owned. During my time with the Vita, I have dabbled in smartphones, having 1 iPhone, and 3 Xperia's during its life. Non of these have come close to bringing the joy of the Vita, and no new and upcoming phones look like they will offer anything worth while either. Unfourtunately, as of Monday April 18, 2017 I no longer have the oppertunity to run wild with the Vita, as firmware 3.65 has killed Skype for good. No more Phone calls means no more Vita on the go. I have carried the Vita exclusivly since January 2015, and it has been great, but I can not justify carrying multiple devices in my day to day business, so now I have to say goodbye to the Vita. 

It is heart breaking that 5 years ago I was able to play AAA quality games on the go, with streaming music from Music Unlimited, and recieve phone calls without missing a beat. Now in 2017, I have to carry around a nearly usless device, with no appealing software, and a significantly worse OS. I sincerely hope that this terrible period in mobile tech is short lived, and either Sony, Nintendo, or Microsoft bring out a device in the vein of the Vita.

I know this effects very few if anyone else in the world, but I just had to put it out their. Vita is dead, and the mobile market to me, is in the worst spot it has been in, in my 29 years on this planet. Not only is the Vita dead, but their is absolutly nothing on the market the succeeds it. The Switch is damn close, if they could shrink it down just a sliver, and offer a 4G model with call and text, I would drop whatever they wanted to ask for it. For now I picked up an AT&T Cingular Flip, as I want nothing to do with Android or iOS, and I will not support Google device with the Sony name slapped on them any longer.



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10/03/2010 

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BasilZero said:
Dat first sentence though, says a lot.

Ikr. I had to facepalm and stop reading before my brain would explode.



                  

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Vita as a phone? What?

And here I was laughing at the dude I saw calling with a tablet



monocle_layton said:
Vita as a phone? What?

And here I was laughing at the dude I saw calling with a tablet

My Verizon Ellipsis 8 HD tablet makes phone calls. Even if you call my actual phone, the tablet rings, too. I thought I was being cool!



playing AAA games on the vita? tell me where i buy that one.



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Sad to hear, you didn't consider modding your vita to allow you use of 3rd part apps, you would have had to keep it on version 3.60 like I did with mine, now with full mame support it has turned the vita from one of the best handhelds to easily the best emulation machine in a portable capacity.



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It blows me away that people think using the Vita as a phone is a joke. Over the years I have heard every argument, and few hold any weight.

I heard the Vita is to big. Now people are carrying around iPhones and Galaxy Phones in Otter boxes that make the devices much bigger than the Vita.

I heard people argue about the battery life. Yet everyone I know has their Smartphone plugged in at their desk, in their car, or on the sofa next to them.

I heard people argued about price. Yet the Vita was $299.99 at launch and you could get 32GB of memory for another $100. The Vita was half the price of any smartphone.

As time went on arguments about the lack of apps grew, and became very compelling, however, that was not the case in 2011. Vita was great at launch, and had many of the most popular apps, reaching beyond the Sony wall and they offered additional apps via PlayStation Mobile to address the calculator, health apps, levels, compass's, and such crowd.

The fact that people think it is acceptable to use a device with a touch screen and no buttons as a phone, and that it should be the end all be all is what I find a joke. It is beyond logic why the gaming community chose to join the crowd of free to play, asset stealing, garbage on android and ios when there was a viable option that offered real games, and much higher quality hardware. It is absolutely sickening that people actually argue against the expansion of handhelds and consoles, claiming that they should stay dedicated. Why would people refuse more value, and more form factor options.

Anyways, I am good. I knew this was inevitable, and I have been ready for this. As I said, I really hope Sony, Microsoft, or Nintendo finally bring a Handheld/Phone hybrid to the market. I will look into a Surface Phone if they offer Xbox Anywhere on them. Otherwise, for now, it is back to the flip phone. Probably be better off being more productive anyways. Been 3 years of Remote Play and PS Now at breaks and lunch. Now I can focus on other things during this break from mobile entertainment.



Stop hate, let others live the life they were given. Everyone has their problems, and no one should have to feel ashamed for the way they were born. Be proud of who you are, encourage others to be proud of themselves. Learn, research, absorb everything around you. Nothing is meaningless, a purpose is placed on everything no matter how you perceive it. Discover how to love, and share that love with everything that you encounter. Help make existence a beautiful thing.

Kevyn B Grams
10/03/2010 

KBG29 on PSN&XBL

Smh some people...

Sorry to hear the console lost a functionality you used, man. The Vita has slowly been losing support of it's apps over the last few years, I'm sure it must be frustrating.



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Jeez... In my days we used our phones for calls and nothing else and we liked it...



F.Scofield said:
playing AAA games on the vita? tell me where i buy that one.

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