PlayStation doesn’t want you to see THIS…
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ย. 2024
- Let's tear down the playstation portal and see what's inside! It's not great for repairability...
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Thoughts on the internals of the PlayStation Portal?
They really hate repair shops.
having to remove the screen to open it up is crazy
From the $200 exclusive ear plugs to how hard they make it to get to the battery, you'd think this was an Apple product.
Man, if you need to replace the battery you're kind of in a nightmare situation, unless you are really comfortable doing this type of work.
Great Teardown and you the first one who tried it. Brought mine yesterday and this helps me alot. In Germany we only have 6 month warranty for the battery and 1 year for the sticks (I think ?). Anyway iam thankful and hope stick drift wont happen on long terme use...
When the battery swells with time. Depends on the strength of the adhesive. It can pop off the screen or break the panel.
i was about to say this
Happened to my dads ipod some years ago. 😂
Battery swole so much, it bent the display, partly delaminating.
PSP 1000 PTSD
@@travis8106But the PSP battery I not under the screen ? 🤔
@@gabrilapinno, its on the right side when the screen is at front
It would be cool to see someone modify this, push android and get emulation running on this. Sony missed a huge portable gaming market with this
my thoughts exactly!
Don't think they missed it it's just there first version of it and they just want our money anyways pretty sure they'll make a version 2 like they always do
That’s the video I’m waiting on by someone, ps portal upgraded or jsilbroke lol basically for someone to modify it so it’s more mobile
@@BLACKEDOUTVIKreally hope so imagine this but you don’t have to have a PS5 and can be used without wifi
Still no Bluetooth peripheral 🤦
You actually raised a very good question about the "accessible" battery...
Here in Europe starting 2027 all portable devices will have MANDATORY replaceable batteries, and just like you said, this is a device that will be around for another 5/6 years, I can already imagine the headaches for these big companies - smartphones, gaming consoles, etc... It will be hell.
By the way, how did it end up with the right controller ribbon?
And concluding, this really shows that this device is definitely not user-friendly and I can already see the amount of technicians running through this video just for potential future repairs/mods...
Yeah, I've heard that and it's already forcing some companies to change. I know that's why Apple changed to USB-C, even if they'll never admit to it. This will definitely need a redesign for that because it is not accessible at all. Same will go for the next generation Switch. It will be a bit of a crazy transition for the companies, but hopefully it won't be terrible. (Granted, I live in the US, and I don't even know if most or any of the changes will affect us here)
The odds of this device, much less this specific revision, being on the market in 2027 is low.
Well deserved hell, I must say, it is overdue that a region with enough buying power is mandating this.
This device was probably in development for years, the rule only came a few months ago.
Sony can easily put a battery door on the back of this device, if it proves successful with an audience beyond scalpers.
Well deserved, i'am tired of devices with not swappable batteries. I get why they do it with waterproof devices, but this there is no excuse to have built-in battery in device like ps portal.
Talk about e-waste. If anything goes wrong it's not getting fixed. Very nice teardown.
Agreed. VERY big missed opportunity from sony.
Honestly I'm surprised no one took it apart before you I have been looking for videos about how to take it apart just so I know if I could easily replace the joysticks in case they get drift I have two Gen 2 DS5s that have drift already lol. So glad you made this video thank you.
same
Sdfx show uploaded a video 2 hours before lol, it is in Spanish tho, maybe he disassembled before?
@@mafw5572 do you have a link ? thanks
@@mafw5572 have been typing teardown of the psp portal since launch never came across the one you're talking about.
Same as other dude said been typing disassemble videos since well before launch they never heard of the video you're talking about. My algorithm definitely doesn't show it.
For future disassemblies: Don't pull all the adhesive pads (under the batterie) at once. Pull them one after another. :)
Thanks for the tip!
Tips for beginners 🤣
@@jrob0021 And also don't pull them up, try to pull them away to the side.
@@Dildos4Africawtf kinda name is that😭
Also leak some isopropyl under the battery to soften the glue
Should be fun when the battery inevitably swells.
This definitely wasn't made with Repairability in mind because of this being identified as an accessory
I'm sorry but that's not the case, Sony itself insisted on classifying it as a portable console. sooooooooo............
@@mikloconte6506If this was classified as a portable console, it would be able to handle standalone games without remote play. Does it? Hell no. Therefore it’s an accessory and Sony lied soooooooooooooooo…………………… Do not take them at face value.
@@mikloconte6506 its an accessory, without a ps5 it cant do anything, basically just a wii u game pad
@@mikloconte6506 this handheld is in no way a portable console, like Graf said, if you dont own a ps5 you cant use it at all and its pretty much a cloud streaming device which I hear people do already and sometimes better with their tablets.
This is basically Sony's way of telling shareholders 'no one likes handheld portable game consoles' anymore so they dont need to make a PSP revival
ok but it was produced under the name of console, and Sony patented it as such. There are official press releases, patents etc that demonstrate this, I agree with you but the law is worth more than our opinions
@@thedude6389
Playstation Portal could have been a cool handheld that plays all the ps5 games on the go but its just a streaming devicve sadly. Better save up another 200-300 dollars for a steam deck
I bought 10 ps portals to take apart and break a few. Thanks for your sacrifice
At least you've spare parts now for the ones left working😂
So you spent $2000 💀
@_SYDGAMING_ that is if he can get to the parts needing replacing without breaking the unbroken ones lol.
Complete waste of money
@@TheCommanderTaco lol so true
I just watched the video where you reviewed it and disassembled it half way and I thought maybe you already posted a new video of the complete disassembly and you did... 50 seconds ago lol
Nice to see the tear down glad to see the screen was still working and didn't give you an error message or not turn on in the last video. 😂 Nice work, love your content.😎👍
Thank you for the teardown, i was looking for one and haven't found any other before your video
It's a bit of a fail that they didn't incorporate the edge controllers' swappable thumb sticks. The simplicity of it would have been better instead of all these screws.
Yeah, I had some crazy erratic stick drift on my PS3 controller until I stuffed a piece of paper in to add pressure to the connection like you said. Thankfully it's a quick, easy fix that lasts a long time
Why does sony like the PSP name so much?
Playstation Pocket, the memory card console thing for the PS1
PlayStation portable, the dedicated handheld
Playstation Portal, the streaming thing
Forgot about the PlayStation pocket 😂 that’s a throwback
WARNING to anyone who is thinking of buying. You cannot connect to any wifi network that is a business location such as hotels, coffee shops, anyplace besides your friends house. If it requires opening a browser to get access you cannot access it. Sony support is less than apologetic a out it and has no idea what you are talking about when you call and says it's jot a problem with the portal.
Make an Hotspot with you phone^^
@@Knallchotehotspots only work with Android over wifi, not Iphone :(
@@jeremyprthen change your phone. A phone that cost over 1000 that can't even hotspot is worse this this crap portal
@@Knallchotethen just use your phone for remote play don't need this crap 😂
I’d imagine that processor is nothing special just there to run the screen and send data back to the console. The three antennas are nice to see that should give you a nice strong signal close the the console.
I'm pretty sure it's the Snapdragon 662, same CPU as in the motorola moto g power 2021, and the Xiaomi Poco M3. Best it can handle is GameCube at ~30fps.
@@matthewferraro8020 Considering the code, it might be some custom series 4... The snapdragon 460 is SM4250-AA
Yeah don't need much for streaming
@@matthewferraro8020
Yep, and that confirmed my suspicion when I saw a leaked video someone posted of a Portal pre-production or production unit running an AOSP debug build that I presumed came from Android development target source code provided by Qualcomm and was being used to run factory tests.
@@matthewferraro8020"GameCube at ~30fps"
That's such a terrible comparison lmao. It's doing that with emulation, and being able to run a 30FPS GCN game means being able to run a 60FPS GCN game, because 60FPS games on GCN are less demanding per frame.
Like yeah it's not good but please make better points.
This thing is so difficult to access I wouldn't be surprised if Sony, instead of repairing faulty ones, they just throw them in the trash and get you a new one.
The portal just became the next ps5 with how hard it is to get.
The SOC is most likely a low end smart phone SOC, so it potentially could be used to run maybe PS1 games :)
i think its a snapdragon 662
@@parknich081 Judging by the code, it's probably a custom snapdragon 4 gen something. The 662 is SM6115
Might be even lower then a snapdragon 460 (SM4250-AA)
i still love my 3 jailbroken PS VITA's
It's ironic to say that the Playstation 3 Slim had the armor of a war vehicle and an extremely robust construction.
Man I just can't believe you broke the portal in your last video, is like you were Ina rush 😂. Great video.
Parents will be angry this Christmas when they find out how bad the PS Portal is when their kids start using it or that the PS Portal requires having a PS5. I can see the customer service lines in Walmart, Target, and Best Buy being a mile long after Christmas and a lot of angry adults getting denied a refund for their new item. Lol Sony not a good look.
Nice to see the tear down. Glad you learned something from the first one!
Prob why it’s tough to get into is because They want you to buy a new one if something goes wrong with it
The fact that we are this far into 2024 and people still think those stickers are warranty stickers and not tamper stickers blows my mind. Companies can't offer a warranty and void it if a sticker is removed. They can still, however, place stickers on the device to tell if you opened it or not.
This reminds me of working on an iPad/ iPhone.
Apply heat with the battery in? Check
Battery glued down with stretch adhesive? Check
That finish it off. See kids, don't do this at home. lol
Im convinced Sony designed Portal with planned obsolescence in mind. Gonna call it now. the battery is probably garbage that will deteriorate within 2-3 years. Or worse, the battery explodes and takes the whole device with it.
I dunno. The only thing exploded was Samsung note 7
the springy contact pins like what are all over the inside of this thing are usually called pogo pins
Wish you’d gave more info on the analog sticks but still awesome video!
Nice your first person to open up the PlayStation Portal 😅 Thanks for the info luv your video's bro 😎 🤗
The best thing you can do is add antennas like I did. It really improves the signal strength and actually makes it where it works without disconnecting so much through walls and everything else and you can now download at the same time and not have tons of issues like before if you just add some extra antennas, I really don’t know what PlayStation was thinking. There is three antennas in their total two of them are dedicated for their new headphones and one of them is dedicated for the Wi-Fi service which is a little bit ridiculous so I added a few more and fix the problem.
Where did you buy the antennas? is it easy to do?
So that’s what the problem is on why it constantly disconnects I sent it back for a refund I couldn’t deal on my iPad I can remote play my ps5 without disconnecting and reconnecting that’s constantly happens with the portal !
Gold contacts like this are basically what phones use for the vibrator, speaker, focus laser on high end android phones as well, sometimes they go wild on put some everywhere.
Basically any components that has needs 4 wires or less can use this system
the unable to propperly tear something down to fix components is a feature in expensive cars too
may have to get this on sale. glad to see enough room for a modded section for emu/roms lol.
It's kinda sad that a smart phone with a controller works better than this. My vita is crying.
I would buy it but I want it to be a PSP or PS Vita, this is such a hard failure on Sony's part. They dropped the ball hard.
Many people on Reddit and utube are like this handheld is the best thing ever i played it am like this succccccks i returned mine.
No hall effect sticks, no real user replaceable battery (despite the new EU regulation making those mandatory in the near future) and lackluster bluetooth audio support and no browser (required to access certain public hotspots) make this one of the most half-arsed products of the year.
I’m baffled at the connector style they used for the screen on a portable device, one good drop and now your screen connector is loose.
If the cool effects are rendered in real time instead of being a video, this might be moddable
This entire device is a disaster and if this novelty device survives or doesn't get discontinued even in a few years, I'm going to be very surprised!
I'm not sure since it's hard to tell exactly from the video, but the battery "stickers" you ripped off seems like they might be battery pull tabs like those typical of that you find on phones
So next time maybe try pulling gently and very slowly and carefully on them, also try pull them as flat as possible, as in at 180 degrees relative from the battery not 90 degrees angle
That's how those pull tabs works the best, if you have or can make the clearance (but still it can break if you're impatient and pull too hard too fast, so just try carefully and slowly)
I had a nice chuckle with the "I had better performance with my phone and I controller" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love how pointless this thing continues to prove itself to be lol
Soooo...what didn't they want us to see? Or did I miss something
It appears they went out of their way to produce this thing for as cheap as possible, it look's less sophisticated than most raspberry pie projects.
This is one of the worst teardown videos I have seen to be honest. He butchered the thing open and didn't really add any insight to what we're looking at inside the device.
Presumably the battery being directly beneath the screen, which is only removed via heat/the general very low ease of repairability?
this was such a wasted opportunity for sony to make MILLIONS. literally slap an arm processor in that shell, maybe shrink it down, and then optimise like a few games for it. then they can figure out the rest. its not like sony is making many good blockbuster titles for the ps5, why can’t they do it for a second one in the lineup?
They don’t want to fracture their main flagship machine market…they want you to be on PS5 and eventually Pro/6, same as why the PSVR2 will not work outside of PS5, these are like props to boost PS5 numbers, and ticks in boxes for those choosing right now to go Switch, Xbox, PC or PS. On paper it looks good to have both VR and Portable, even if the portable is locked to stream you console only.
@@BrokenOpus they’ve done it before, twice actually, and both have done considerably well for having multiple systems out at once. and both of those were ps3-era.
@@joogled1839"PS3 eras".......
@@joogled1839 difference now however is there are hundreds of handhelds around, back then it was rare so Sony had a huge chunk of the market. To do that now that chunk is not going to be theirs, it’s filled, with Nintendo, Retroid, Ayn, Aya Neo, Miyoo, Anbernic, Steam, Logitech, Powkiddy, Gameforce, GPD etc just so many
having to open it by removing the screen first.. looks like they took a page out of apple's design manual on how to make it expensive to repair stuff
That battery looks huge for such a low capacity, my phone has a 6000mah battery.
If it was stand alone as in wi-fi connect like the old ps console were then great but it's NOT it a £200.00 Paper weight for playing games while sat on the toilet in your own hose in the next room to your PS5. total waste of money spent it on games instead.
Someones gotta be able to upgrade this thing to what we expected it to be. Maybe a raspberry ppi?
maybe somehow get it running Android if it isnt already
The impossible hmm did you get it to play native modern games??
Nice work man, I love your videos
If you hook up your PS5 to the Wifi router with a Ethernet cable (make sure its a decent cable, i use a cat 6a) and set your console resolution to 1080p and it will improve your performance
I was considering buying one to dismantle and paint black...
... I think I'll just wait and see if they sell it that way instead. If not I'll buy a white one when the price drops in a year or two
Same I do u soon
I noticed how much space is wasted inside just for "form factor", but also planned absolence and anti-repairability. They could make the bulge little slimmer, and the "screen back" little more fat, so you put the motherboard begind the screen, and a bigger, and more easy access for the battery, and probably a bigger one too. Thats horrible
Updates took forever but i like it so far especially being able to access disc games remotely
Thank you for being honest how terrible this thing is compared to a phone and other devices that work three times better you know I figured this would be awesome because it is a dedicated device that Sony made itself so it should work way better than any other devices but I was completely wrong. It’s the worst out of everything, I have a majorly old phone that barely even runs and it still works better than the PlayStation portal
Some model psp's also used pressure point contacts for the analog stick and speaker.
Do you think this could theoretically run ps1 or psp games? Is the hardware even powerful enough?
Nope just a streamer.
Maybe who knows
No that processor is only there to run the lcd screen and send data back to the console. That’s it.
Pre release it was running a stock android, so it's feasible. The portal also has Airplane mode, which is odd as that is for Bluetooth connectivity, meaning it likely has Bluetooth in the WiFi radio that's disabled. Time will tell if someone roots it and runs a custom version of android.
The hump at the upper back seems mostly unnecessary. It's just empty space.
You’ll need the internet to get your Portal setup initially (sign into PSN, download a patch, etc.) but once you’re up and running you will only need your router assuming your PS5 and remote play device are both connected to it. Then you’d only need internet afterwards for firmware updates down the road.
For example- I have 2 PS5s. One is wired to my main router and my 2nd is on WiFi in my basement. I fully intend on taking out an old router, wiring it to my second PS5, and using it for remote play in the event my primary ps5 is being used by a family member and I want to remote play off my 2nd PS5. So on my second PS5 if I want remote play- plug in the Ethernet cable. Want to play PS5 normal? Unplug it and it will switch over to my main routers wifi with internet.
Why do you have 2 PS5's?
I second the question above ^
@@joshrodgers9366 the point is you don't have to have internet to use the portals not how many ps5s I have
@@sneevegastv7606how is that? You did say that both the console and the portal have to be connected to the same network in order to pair them
@@wilmanflores5772 I meant the same router
"Those ribbon cables are a pain in the butt." *Nam flashbacks triggered from last vid*
It would be cool to see a jailbroken Playstation Portal running PSVita OS.
They should of at least us DL games onto the device that we can play offline. Imagine just taking your SSD and placing in the Portal just like a game Cartiage.
It's modern day handheld snake oil
The psp joy stick, at least. For the slim. Model had those same pressure contacts, i havent seen any other devices with that until. This psportal
terrible repairability. Some of worst I've seen.
Glued screen, glued battery (WHY), battery under the screen... dude what a nightmare
Wish they made it without using wifi like Wii u
I would love to see this with a textured back plate and different thumbsticks! Like evil sticks or scuf sticks.
Imagine jailbreaking PS Portable and run Android
It looks like the controllers can break easily
Not unless you’re an animal. It’s sturdy. Has good weight and balance . I don’t understand the hate. I played cyberpunk in bed last night for a couple hours and loved it
Well the thing about that is why is anyone surprised? It's only for streaming anyways. I'm sure the parts would be great to use for a portable PlayStation, I mean a real portable PlayStation
I didn't expect a battery pack and it's internal parts to be underneath the PS Portable screen like literally, that to me is a bad headheld design and is a major flaw for people trying to fix them.
The PlayStation portal is such a rip off.
even a cheapo $100 tab is more functional then this. someone needs to put custom android on it, so it can do more then just stream ps5 games lol.
Sony basically selling landfill.
companies : lets put battery behind the screen so people cant replace them on their own and we can charge them extra
curious technicians and youtubers: Challenge accepted!
Hey Jacob, great video! Did you take off the shell on the right side of the controller? Looks like the spring is exposed on mine?
I'm just surprised Sony didn't try to add some propriety card to it that performs worse than Micro Sds in every way but is 4 times the price.
I don't see how Sony didn't make this a console of its own with possibility of remote play. Ik the ps vita flopped but portables are back and doing ok. (Ik it could take a bit to find the correct components to put in it)
Lol, the correct components.
Size of a main motherboard NEVER has to do anything with it's raw power and what it designed for. Iphone 15 motherboard is basically size of a finger.
Motherboard size means nothing its the chips that are installed on the board that do the work.
@@ryans413 Absolutely true. Though with fabrication nm processing, giving us smaller and smaller chips.
I really like the PlayStation Portal device and all, but I might actually hold off probably another year or so before getting one for my PS5 if I ever do decide to finally get one sometime.
Go for a Steam Deck. You can play games nativity like Balders Gate 3 and Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart nativity offline, but you can also and even do PS on the Go stuff on it as well, at least in the US is starts around $399 for a new one and the OLED upgrade with WiFi6 is in the $500s I beleve. I have been loving my Steam Deck! It's worth it!
This is like watching a 5 year old olay with the portal. Man you blew it!
Those battery adhesive tabs ripped like the iPhone ones 😂
The processor appears to be a snapdragon 662 for those who are curious. So not super powerful but also not completely anemic. Appears to be enough for gamecube emulation at least.
Does this mean that if fully rooted, this can handle emulation of everything up to and not including the GCN/PS2/Xbox generation?
You would have to put a different OS on it first.
Looks like a new innovative product the likes of which the marketplace has never seen. How did we live without this?
I own an xbox series x and a 12inch tablet all i have to do is use the xbox app on the tablet to play any game off my console on the tablet using an xbox controller far cheaper than having to pay for that
You can do the same thing with Playstation.
@@teamofone1219except we want to see how you able to play lying on bed with your 12 inch tablet for more than 1 hour
Their idea kind of constrained their ability to make the design of the internals not suck tbh. Idk what they could’ve done differently. All I know is, even to enthusiasts, this isn’t worth the money
Knock on wood, my unit has been working great. Outside of that egregious initial firmware update process that brought PTSD flashbacks of PS3 system and game updates.
Someone on reddit said the PlayStation Portal runs a Qualcomm 662 SOC.
Someone out there will most definitely mod tbh is handheld can’t wait to see what they do to it
What sort of mod do you think is possible?
So you cant connect the portal via a private network between the ps5 and the portal? You have to have internet access even within the house?
I new this will be a fail! Because all I seen was a Screen 😂 -
Where's the battery tho 🤔 behind the (omg) it's going to Heating your Screen if your a hard-core player...
I might as well get someone to make a large controller and just hook it up to my 51" inc Roku TV 😂😂
honestly i really wanna see if someone could get some sort of linux distro on this thing
Cringé 🎶
@@sourcey6620 wow thanks 😫
@@sourcey6620 wow thanks 😫q
I really hope Colin Moriarty doesn't praise this thing...
Great content, finally managed to see whats running inside it.
With some bootloader exploit it would be trivial to make it run stock android or even run linux.