Although Sony’s next-generation console, PlayStation 5, was officially released at the end of last year, due to the global chip shortage and the impact of the pneumonia epidemic, this console is still in a difficult-to-find state all over the world, and players still have to ask for it. Snap up extremely scarce inventory with scalpers or shopping robots. However, Sony seems to have officially launched a new model PlayStation 5 console with a slight facelift recently.
The new PlayStation 5 console has appeared in Australian retailers
According to a report on the Press Start website, a number of Australian players have discovered many slightly modified PlayStation 5 consoles with brand new models at local retailers, which also coincides with the previous spontaneous rumors.
Whether it’s Sony’s PlayStation 5 or Microsoft’s Xbox Series X console, or even PC’s high-end graphics card products, they have been facing serious shortages since they were launched last year. The global chip shortage problem has not been completely alleviated so far. This phenomenon is currently continuing to affect many technology industries.
Before that, Sony had stated that they were planning to redesign the PlayStation 5 console with a new version of AMD Zen 2 The 6-nanometer process will be used to replace the original 7-nanometer version. But it is worth noting that Sony also said at the time that this new version would not be officially launched until next year at the earliest. As for the latest model that appeared in Australia, the interior has been slightly modified and marked with the new model CFI-1102A.
The facelift uses new screws and wireless communication components, and the actual performance is no different from the market version
Interestingly, the rumored modified version of the PlayStation 5 console model is CFI-1100B, and it is a digital version without a disc drive. However, this console that appeared in the Australian retailer is a basic version that includes an optical disc drive, implying that two different versions will be introduced with minor changes. This brand new version of the PlayStation 5 console uses brand-new screws, allowing players to install the screws directly with their bare hands, without the need for a screwdriver.
In addition, according to the modification information disclosed in the PlayStation 5 digital version manual, this slightly modified console is also rumored to be 300 grams lighter than the listed version, which also makes many players look forward to it. However, this has not yet been confirmed, and the instruction manual of this CFI-1102A version host has not yet been published on the Internet, and the Press Start website cannot actually get one for testing. In the case of the digital version of the mainframe, the wireless communication components used in the new machine are the reason why the mainframe is reduced by 300 grams. If the CFI-1102A version adopts the same design, the weight will of course have the same change. .
According to the details disclosed on the VGC website, if this PlayStation 5 is connected to the modem through 2.4GHZ internet speed, the peak antenna gain of the new phone will reach 4.0/3.5dBi, compared to 6.0 for the marketed version. /6.0dBi. As for the connection to the 5G network environment, this new machine can reach 6.0/4.5dBi, and the market version is 5.0/3.5dBi. It is still uncertain how this will affect the network speed, but since these small redesigned PlayStation 5 consoles have been officially released, I believe we will see more detailed evaluations in the near future.
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