Has the Sony Vita become the Sony YinLips?

by Steven Mostyn - Dec 14 2011, 16:57

Sony has performed an unexpected and radical u-turn on the branding of its new handheld portable gaming console—throwing out ‘Vita’ and opting instead for… wait for it… ‘YinLips’.

Sadly, while the emergence of the ‘Sony YinLips’ would be a hilarious switch-a-roo that would even eclipse Nintendo’s insane decision to use ‘Wii’ over ‘Revolution’, the above photo actually showcases a highly dubious Vita knock-off.

Spied in China and caught on camera by Japanese website ASCII, the catchy ‘YinLips YDPG18’ is a far cry from the Vita where specs are concerned but still somehow manages to look the part.

Beyond its obvious aesthetic design similarities with the PSP and Vita—which may fool the less well informed—the YinLips device comes with Google Android (2.2/2.3), a single-core 1.2GHz processor, 512MBs of RAM, and a 5.0-inch touchscreen (800x480).

It even has a gravity sensor, front and rear cameras (the latter being 5.0 mega pixels), Wi-Fi connectivity, and support for 1080p HDMI out. However, it lacks the Vita’s dual-analogue thumb sticks (one only), and doesn’t have the Vita’s innovative rear touch panel.

More importantly, the YinLips isn’t compatible with PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable or PlayStation 3 software—instead relying on emulators for NES, SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, N64, and original PlayStation home console games. 

Still, we got you going with that headline, eh? Naughty us.

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