PlayStation 4 Slim

Announced 2016-09-07 as the 'new PlayStation 4' (Japan) / 'PS4 Slim' (informal western name). Approx. 265 x 39 x 288 mm, approx. 2.1 kg, max 165 W, about 30 % smaller footprint. Rounded matte body, no two-tone finish, USB 3.1 Gen 1 x2 with a wider gap, optical digital audio output removed, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.0; the light bar across the top is replaced by a small lamp in the power button. HDR output support was added to all PS4 models at the same time. Same 1.84 TFLOPS GPU as the original. PS4 model codes: CUH-<generation><region><capacity letter>. The last two digits before the letter are the market (00 Japan, 01 and later 15 US/Canada, 02 Australia/New Zealand, 03 UK/Ireland, 04 and later 16 Europe, 06 Asia); the letter is the HDD size (A = 500 GB, B = 1 TB, C = 2 TB). Japanese retail boxes add a two-character colour suffix (B01 Jet Black, B02 Glacier White). Sony has never…