# This DIY PlayStation 2 Handheld Gives a Foldable Phone Screen a New Job

DevFeed: [This DIY PlayStation 2 Handheld Gives a Foldable Phone Screen a New Job](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/this-diy-playstation-2-handheld-gives-a-foldable-phone-screen-a-new-job-104701.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.yankodesign.com/2026/10/28/this-diy-playstation-2-handheld-gives-a-foldable-phone-screen-a-new-job/>)

Author: JC Torres

Published: 2026-10-28T16:20:51Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Yanko Design](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/yanko-design.md>)

Topics: [Panic Playdate](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/playdate.md>), [screen](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/screen.md>), [3D](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/3d.md>)

Tags: [3d-printed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/3d-printed.md>), [diy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/diy.md>), [foldable](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/foldable.md>), [gadgets](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gadgets.md>), [gadgets-gaming-technology-diy-foldable-gaming-handheld-playstation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gadgets-gaming-technology-diy-foldable-gaming-handheld-playstation.md>), [gaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gaming.md>), [gaming-handheld](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gaming-handheld.md>), [handheld](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/handheld.md>), [playstation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/playstation.md>), [playstation-2](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/playstation-2.md>), [screen](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/screen.md>), [technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology.md>)

## AI overview

The PlayStation 2 DUO is a completed DIY handheld built around genuine PS2 hardware and a 7.8-inch flexible display salvaged from a foldable phone. Its single panel bends across the middle, so the printed shell and hinge leave a broad curve to avoid damaging it; folding reduces its footprint but does not make it fully flat or establish that it is pocketable. Fitting the console required cutting down and rearranging the original motherboard, adding cooling, and linking separate control boards with a ribbon cable. Project files include enclosure prints and a PCB archive, but not a complete assembly guide. The excerpt gives no weight, closed dimensions, or battery runtime, and recreating the build requires board modification and careful display handling.

## Source excerpt

This DIY PlayStation 2 Handheld Gives a Foldable Phone Screen a New Job The PlayStation 2 was never something you could casually slip into a bag, unless you planned to bring a screen and controller along for the...