With Microsoft teasing a new Xbox One SKU (the same console yet with double the capacity), Sony has also officially announced it’s new PlayStation 4 SKU — that is a brand new model that’s lighter and eats less electricity.

Sporting a model number of CUH-1200a, the new PlayStation 4 consumes 8% less power compared to the first model with a 10% reduction in weight. Aside from a hardware revision, the shiny finish of the unit has been replaced with a matte one – presumably due to the number of complaints about finger prints.

The following are the specs confirmed by Sony:

• Colors: Jet Black/Glacier White
• Model: CUH-1200 series
• Suggested Retail Price: Japan: 39,980 yen + tax / North America: $399 / Europe: €399
• Main processor:
  • Single-chip custom processor
  • CPU: x86-64 AMD “Jaguar”, 8 cores
  • GPU: 1.84 TFLOPS, AMD next-Generation Radeon ™ based graphics engine
• Memory: GDDR5 8GB
• Hard Disk: 500 GB
• Dimensions: About 275mm × 53mm × 305 mm
• Weight: About 2.5kg
• Optical drive: BD 6-speed CAV, DVD 8 speed CAV
• Input and output: Super-Speed ??USB (USB 3.0) port × 2, AUX port × 1
• Communication:
  • Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) × 1
  • IEEE 802.11 b / g / n
  • Bluetooth® 2.1 (EDR)
• Power supply: AC 100-240V, 50 / 60Hz
• Power consumption: Maximum 230W
• Operating environment temperature: 5 ? – 35 ?
• AV output:
  • HDMI ™ output terminal
  • Optical digital output terminal

source: Sony.jp