Aprisaiden said: Snesboy said: skeezer said: I don't see what the BIG deal is >_<     DS lite has a battery power of 20 hours, give or take. PSP has a battery life of 10 hours playing games, 12 hours playing music (with the screen off) and 3 hours playing movies.   DS has two screens and it's battery power is double that of PSP, kind of sad dontcha think? lol -- do you even own a DS?  20 hours... 20 hours ...  7 - 9 hours is the best you will get out of a DS. My DS lite often runs out of battery in around 5 hours (but its a few year old now )...  As for PSP the battery lasts between 4 and 6 hours... which to put it simply isn't good enough.  In the end imho both PSP and DS need to improve battery life. Recharable built-in batteries are nice, but having recharge my handhelds once and day when im playing games isn' fun ...

My DS is a year old and I get 12 - 15 hrs/charge on the 3rd brightest setting. Maybe you need a new battery.

My PSP-2000 lasts a good 3-4 hours before needing a recharge, and I always play games at max screen brightness. I also never play UMD movies, and I never have the WLAN switch on.

The time varies largely with the game -- older games clock down the CPU of the PSP to 222 or 277 MHz, and newer ones run it at a full 333 MHz, which influences the battery life alot. The PSP-2000 runs a good bit longer than the PSP-1000, on the same battery, in my experience, so losing a bit of time on the PSP-3000 (relative to the 2000), for even better color and contrast isn't a big deal, IMO.

Besides, the PSP-2000 comes with a wimpy 1200 mAh battery (it uses a LOT less power than the PSP-1000, or at least that's my experience). Sony themselves sell a 2200 mAh battery, and you can get batteries for the PSP with up to 3600 mAh.

DMeisterJ said: You could get a bigger battery if you want. The PSP 2k and 3k come with 1200 amh and they have 1800 for sale, and even 2200. Your battery life can be up to ten hours on the PSP 2k with the 2200.

 

 I never even thought of looking for a better replacement battery.  Who makes these?

twesterm said: Dogs Rule said: Don't offices have power outlets? Mine does. Do planes have some? (a slight fear of flying keeps me grounded, so I don't really remember) I've never really had battery problems with mine.   Offices usually do, planes don't as far as I know (though I haven't flown on anything larger than a 757 in years)

 

What? 757s are some of the biggest commercial jets out there, particularly for domestic travel.

 

Anyhow, no, planes don't have outlets on them.

thetonestarr said: twesterm said: Dogs Rule said: Don't offices have power outlets? Mine does. Do planes have some? (a slight fear of flying keeps me grounded, so I don't really remember) I've never really had battery problems with mine.   Offices usually do, planes don't as far as I know (though I haven't flown on anything larger than a 757 in years)   What? 757s are some of the biggest commercial jets out there, particularly for domestic travel.   Anyhow, no, planes don't have outlets on them.

 

Whoops, I was thinking 757's weren't the bigger ones.  I only pay so much attention to the plane type when I fly.  >_>

Snesboy said: skeezer said: I don't see what the BIG deal is >_<     DS lite has a battery power of 20 hours, give or take. PSP has a battery life of 10 hours playing games, 12 hours playing music (with the screen off) and 3 hours playing movies.   DS has two screens and it's battery power is double that of PSP, kind of sad dontcha think?

The Nintendo DS contains a rechargeable lithium-ion battery with a capacity of 850 mAH

The PSP includes an 1800 mAH

 

do some research please

Personally, I think that 20-30 minutes is a small price to pay for a brighter screen, better colors and most importantly: no more streaks.

It's all about the response time.

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Nuff said.

This whole campaign against the PSP's battery life is really petty and pathetic.

So what if the DS gets 10 hours? When is the average person ever going to need a handheld's battery to last for 10 hours straight? Five hours for the PSP is fine. It's not like it's the Gamegear which only lasted 1.5 hours and you had to stay plugged into a wall at every moment you played it.

Do you think it would be selling so well if the battery life were that big of a deal?

321tttrini4everz said: Snesboy said: skeezer said: I don't see what the BIG deal is >_<     DS lite has a battery power of 20 hours, give or take. PSP has a battery life of 10 hours playing games, 12 hours playing music (with the screen off) and 3 hours playing movies.   DS has two screens and it's battery power is double that of PSP, kind of sad dontcha think? The Nintendo DS contains a rechargeable lithium-ion battery with a capacity of 850 mAH The PSP includes an 1800 mAH   do some research please

 

1200mah since the slim.

now if you compare CPU graphic chip

those 3 extra hours aren't much better.