Let's look at each part of the body from the first PS Vita. Front, including an organic OLED display, the whole has been unified in clear, feel the feeling of luxury. However, part of the black color, like PSP, fingerprints and oil contamination is conspicuous. PS Vita In particular, for convenience are equipped with touch screen, fingerprints and dust are still so anxious, etc. You will want to wipe it off with a cleaning cloth. Also, by screen has become greater, greater reflected on the background. Balance of image quality and you could say that, as one user, I'd want to consider as well as anti-glare protective sheet has been processed.
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However, as a point different from the PSP, the front body does not have a large step and grooves, making has become almost a straight. Besides the analog stick direction keys and buttons, left and right, seems like a sheet ease tension. PSP and left and right had been gently slope here has a different, a different visual impression.
In front is equipped with two analog sticks the arrow keys, left and right, a ○ / × / △ / □ buttons, speaker, shining logo part, PS button below the left analog stick, right next to the outside of the analog stick left and right select button placement, the Start button under the analog stick. □ around on the diagonal △ button and camera button is also inside.
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Looking at the side of a characteristic, on the side of the left and right like a switch is not terminal or anything. Consideration has been like a gulp grip makes good contact with the palm of his hand. L / R button is the rounded buttons along the line of oval enclosure design.
In addition, there is a SIM card slot (L button side) the left edge of the rear only 3G version, in the slot for inserting into the slot and put the SIM card, the plastic tray that contains the.
At the top of the body from left to right side of the L button, button up / down power button, PS Vita card slot, terminal accessories, and volume are arranged. Terminals and accessories PS Vita card slots are equipped with a lid by the material of the soft, respectively, have a role to prevent, such as out of PS Vita game card and pin protection (processing is like the same as the Memory Stick DUO slot for PSP) . In addition, the left and right side of the terminal was accessory USB unit was also on the side of the PSP, even the screw holes for fixing.
The bottom is in the center of multi-use terminal (audio input / output USB power input body data communication / shared, I/O serial), right next to the headphone jack / Microphone (stereo mini jack) audio input are equipped with memory card slots.
That led to the rear to the front straight for impressive, and turn from side-to-back perspective, the sides have a curve to fit the body is flat. Has a shape has a roundness to the touch panel toward the rear. Rear Touch Pad course is flat, polished clearing process also has been applied.
And actually see his hand, feeling a sense of condensation and harder than the PSP. UMD slot or not and also, feel the clear front panel design and flat, there is a sense of rigidity to the whole.
As follows, but be amazed with the impact on the big screen for the first time and see the PS Vita, compared with the size and feel of his hand and see, and not only the size of the entire PSP screen size, and see the numbers has become.
Size of the PS Vita: 182.0 × 83.5 × 18.6mm (approx. depth × height × width)
Size of PSP-3000: 169.4 × 71.4 × 18.6mm (approx. width × height × depth)
Approximately 13mm, 12mm more about that in (height) width in vertical width, and so, nor think, the thickness has not changed compared to a numeric value.
Weight, As compared with the PSP-3000
· PS Vita (3G version) 279g
· PSP-3000 189g
Have increased by about 90g. However, as a reason not say instantly, and became heavy large, where by the impact of the height of the fit with the body when is large. Without any switch the left and right sides as described above, may have been stuck with the palm. In addition, the left and right sides of the rear is equipped with depression can put a finger, finger to support the body here has been to fit well. We are now able to hold and high sense of enclosure rigidity, very easy to hold.
PlayStation Vita Hardware Review part 2 - PS Vita analog stick is very tactile and responsive
