In brief: Dorsum in July, we saw reports nearly Sony launching a lighter model of the PlayStation 5 digital version, with no mention of a lightweight model of the disc version. However, the new PS5 consoles shipped to Australia suggest Sony shaved off some weight from both PS5 versions.

When the PS5 disc and digital versions launched, the model numbers identifying them were CFI-1000A and CFI-1000B, respectively. Until recently, all consoles in the marketplace yet had one of these numbers, but Australia has apparently received a new batch of consoles with a more recent model number.

Looking at the new batch of consoles that arrived in Australia, the disc version consoles all came with the model number CFI-1102A. Although not exactly the same, this model number is quite like to the PS5 digital version model number reported in July, to be featured in the new lighter PS5 digital console.

(Model number of the new lightweight model of the PS5 disc edition.)

The new PS5 disc version already has the manual bachelor (in Japanese), but the disc version doesn't. If the differences betwixt the original and the new digital edition are anything to go by, the PS5 disc edition will exist 300g lighter and will use new base stand screws.

Using new base stand screws may not look like much, but unlike the previous ones, the new screws are adjustable by hand without needing a screwdriver. Although it hasn't been confirmed yet, these new screws may be lighter than the original ones, explaining part of the console'due south weight reduction.

(On the left, the new hand-adjustable base stand screw, and on the right, the old base stand spiral.)

In one case these lighter consoles go far in more countries, in-depth reports about what has inverse betwixt the launch model and the new 1 that's coming out. Until then, we tin only speculate that the 300g loss was achieved using a lighter inner frame, lighter components, or only simply removing unnecessary materials.

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