PlayStation 4 slim officially announced
New PlayStation 4 model launching September 15 for $299.
Sony Interactive Entertainment officially announced the slim PlayStation 4 model first leaked last month at PlayStation Meeting 2016 in New York City. It will be available in North America, Europe, and Japan on September 15 for $299 / €299 / £259 / ¥29,980.
The slim PlayStation 4, which will become the new standard model, has a revamped internal architecture, reducing its volume by more than 30 percent compared to previous models and reducing its weight by 25 percent and 16 percent compared to the first (CUH-1000 series) and current (CUH-1200 series) models. The new PlayStation 4 is more energy efficient, cutting power consumption by more than 34 percent and 28 percent compared to the previous models.
Here are the specs:
| Product name | PlayStation 4 |
| Color | Jet Black |
| Product code | CUH-2000 series |
| MSRP | 500GB HDD: 29,980yen, US$299, EU€299 and £259*1 1TB HDD: 34,980yen*1 |
| Main Processor | Single-chip custom processor CPU : x86-64 AMD “Jaguar”, 8 cores GPU : 1.84 TFLOPS, AMD Radeon based graphics engine |
| Memory | GDDR5 8GB |
| Storage size*6 | 500GB, 1TB |
| External dimensions | Approx. 265×39×288 mm (width × height × length) (excludes largest projection) |
| Mass | Approx. 2.1 kg |
| BD/ DVD drive (read only) | BD × 6 CAV DVD × 8 CAV |
| Input/ Output | Super-Speed USB (USB 3.1 Gen1) port × 2 AUX port × 1 |
| Networking | Ethernet（10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T）×1 IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Bluetooth v4.0 |
| Power | AC 100-240V, 50/60Hz |
| Power consumption | Max. 165W |
| Operating Temperature | 5ºC – 35ºC |
| AV output | HDMI™ out port (HDR output supported) |
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