Vita will use a lithium ion battery. The battery life for Vita when gaming is 3-5 hours. Watching video will deplete your Vita's battery life in 4 hours. Using it to listen to music will allow Vita's battery to last 9 hours (if you listen to music while in standby mode). It will take you 2 hours and 40 minutes to charge Vita from a completely depleted state to 100% battery life.

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So its about the same as the 3DS. To be honest, I was expecting it to be worse. And 3-5 hours isn't actually that bad, after my experience with the 3DS. Good new, bad news, or just news?

 

The comment section is pretty funny. Why is it that every article I have seen about the Vita and 3DS end up in fanboy flame wars?

 

Sorry if this has been mentioned, but it didn't show up in a search and I thought it would be interesting to share.

Figures, but it looks like it won't take long to charge. Third parties made extended battery packs for 3DS so I'm sure they'll make one for Vita as well.

Yeah I was pretty sure Sony already had all of that covered.

Your right well I just keep my charger plugged in 24/7

I have a really good extended battery for the PSP 3000--and I mean it's really good. I think maybe Sony released it, and it's like double the usual battery life (if making it bulge out the backside a bit).

 

I got an extended battery for the 3DS (one which you screw onto the bottom), but after I did that, my shoulder buttons were softer/looser/less responsive and I don't see how I messed with that. Also, 'cause the battery indicator on the 3DS didn't really know how to work with the battery, so it could say it was low, when, with the battery, you had like 5 hours left. Oh, and also it messed up the 3DS somehow if you let the battery run dry.

 

I say leave the 3DS battery alone unless Nintendo releases something good for it, and if Sony themselves release some kind of special battery for the PS Vita, it's probably really good.

 

And with school, I can't play for very much/long anyway, so I don't whine too much about short battery life anymore.

lol.

 

That is all.

(double post)

(triple post)

lol.

That is all.

 

Nice double post there.

Nice double post there.

 

You mean triple Hope he they didn't do it on purpose

Eh I'm not really impressed. Most smartphones have 3-5 hours while playing games. I was expecting a dedicated gaming device to have more.

You mean triple Hope he they didn't do it on purpose

 

No, he they didn't.

 

No, he they didn't.

 

*Counting* I was going down he page to fast so I counted one more by mistake.........

This is worse then the 3DS.

 

Laptop battery's are getting better while video game consoles' are getting worse.

This is worse then the 3DS.

 

Laptop battery's are getting better while video game consoles' are getting worse.

 

You know PSV has triple features or psp/gba and ds that's properly why there battery isn't as good.