neogaf escribió:I've been looking through the different FCC filings for different PS3 SKUs, and made a comparison between the two to easier see what changes have and haven't been made. Most of this has been pointed out by others, but I thought I'd group it all in a factual thread about the new SKU, rather than the dozens of threads about baseless rumours.
The FCC filing tells us that the new SKU has at least:
1 x HDMI Port
1 x AV Port
1 x LAN Port
2 x USB Ports
Bluetooth Ver. 2.0+EDR
WLAN 802.11b/g
Differences compared to previous SKUs:
It draws less current; Now only rated 3A down from the previous 3.2A
Bluetooth is the same version as before, however the Antenna gain is increased on Antenna1 from 0.21dBi (max) in the original 60Gb, up to 3.83dBi (max) in the new SKU. Antenna2 also sees an increase, from 4.13dBi (max) up to 4,92 dBi (max).
WLAN is still 802.11b/g, however there is a difference in Antenna gain too. ANT0 is now 0.69dBi from 0.10dBi previously, and ANT1 is now -0.26dBi from 0.91dBi.
I don't know if that's important or not, maybe someone who knows more about antenna gain could comment.
The controller used in the test had the model number of the original launch Sixaxis, not the Dual Shock 3.
Time before FCC Test reports/request for change, and release:
CECHA01 (NTSC 60Gb)
Test Report Issued: September 11, 2006
Released: November 11, 2006 (Japan) November 17, 2006 (US)
Days: 61 (JP), 67 (US)
CECHE01 (NTSC 80Gb)
Request for Class II permissive change: March 2, 2007
Released: June 16, 2007 (Korea) August 6, 2007 (US)
Days: 106 (Korea), 157 (US)
CECHG01 (New SKU)
Test Report Issued: September 1, 2007
PSP-2001 (PSP Slim)
Test Report Issued: June 8, 2007
Released: September 6, 2007
Days: 89 (EU), 90 (US)
The 80Gb SKU didn't have a Test Report, so isn't a great help in predicting how long before planned release Sony get their hardware tested by the FCC, but even so they were all released within 2-4 months of these dates, so I think it's reasonable to very roughly guestimate 3 months give or take a month from the September 1st test report until release, which would be around the end of November.
Edit 2:
Here's the different PS3 model numbers, to get the full model number, add the region code to the end of the hardware code, for example US 80Gb is CECHE01.
CECHA = 60Gb w EE
CECHB = 20Gb w EE
CECHC = 60Gb w/o EE
CECHD = 20Gb w/o EE (Not released)?
CECHE = 80Gb w/o EE
CECHF = ?
CECHG = Unknown
00 Japan (11 Nov 06)
01 USA/Canada (17 Nov 06)
02 Australia/New Zealand (23 Mar 07)
03 UK/Ireland (23 Mar 07)
04 Europe/Middle East/Africa (23/22/23 Mar 07)
05 Korea (16 Jun 06)
06 Singapore (07 Mar 07)
07 Taiwan (17 Nov 06)
08 Russia/India (20/27 Apr 07)
09 Mainland China (Future)?
10 ?
11 Mexico (27 Aug 07)
12 Hong Kong (17 Nov 06).