The Taiwanese based manufacturer Hon Hai Precision is now assembling Sony's PlayStation3 alongside ASUSTeK Computer. Read the full news item
Hon Hai Precision to manufacture low-price PS3?
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Does that mean a cheaper platform with cheaper build quality? How much difference will that make?
The phrasing in the original report is very inarticulate. It's hard to see exactly what they're getting at.
Anyways, I posted this in the other 40GB rumour thread. As I said there, this type of article can be quite misleading. I remember reading reports out of China about cheaper 360 production for months and months without anything materialising.
Anyways, I posted this in the other 40GB rumour thread. As I said there, this type of article can be quite misleading. I remember reading reports out of China about cheaper 360 production for months and months without anything materialising.
inefficient
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Rainbow Man
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AFAIK, Hon Hai's trade name here in the west is Foxconn and they make some very nice and high quality build stuff indeed. Not only does Dell use them extensively for manufacturing (most everything in a Dell desktop system is made by Foxconn - case, including moulded plastic parts for bezel and drive bay covers etc, motherboards, even down to the connectors soldered onto the motherboard itself).
Don't they also build Nintendo systems; DS or Wii? I've never heard anyone complain aobut Nintendo's build quality; that really is top-notch.
Peace.
Don't they also build Nintendo systems; DS or Wii? I've never heard anyone complain aobut Nintendo's build quality; that really is top-notch.
Peace.
They are the mass manufacturer of PS2 for years too before anything else, if it suggests anything :smile:
Grain of salt, but..
..the FCC at the beginning of september received an application for testing of a new PS3 model number: CECHG01.
Now, it could just be nothing, a small change without changing features or functions (or prices), but there's a couple of interesting things to chew on.
1) Sony has requested a number of aspects of the application to be kept confidential in order to "to avoid premature release of sensitive information prior to marketing or release of the product to the public". The request is for that stuff to remain confidential for 45 days from Sept 5. The application for the launch models came with a similar request, but not the application for the 80GB SKU. The 'stuff' includes internal and external photos.
2) The tests for all previous models of the PS3 were conducted with 4 USB devices attached..which might make sense if you want to test power under load etc. For some reason, this new model number is tested with just 2 USB devices attached.
There's no other details I can glean from it yet. Unfortunately this application doesn't (yet) have a nice cover letter outlining the differences between this and the original model, as with the 80GB filing. The test report does mention that the differences are outlined under "point of difference", but that seems to be, as yet, in another unpublished document.
So...like I say..grain of salt. But food for thought, perhaps.
edit- a third difference, as spotted by mmmkay on neogaf - the label of the new model number shows 120V~3A compared to 120V~3.2A for the 80GB and launch models..slightly lower power consumption?
..the FCC at the beginning of september received an application for testing of a new PS3 model number: CECHG01.
Now, it could just be nothing, a small change without changing features or functions (or prices), but there's a couple of interesting things to chew on.
1) Sony has requested a number of aspects of the application to be kept confidential in order to "to avoid premature release of sensitive information prior to marketing or release of the product to the public". The request is for that stuff to remain confidential for 45 days from Sept 5. The application for the launch models came with a similar request, but not the application for the 80GB SKU. The 'stuff' includes internal and external photos.
2) The tests for all previous models of the PS3 were conducted with 4 USB devices attached..which might make sense if you want to test power under load etc. For some reason, this new model number is tested with just 2 USB devices attached.
There's no other details I can glean from it yet. Unfortunately this application doesn't (yet) have a nice cover letter outlining the differences between this and the original model, as with the 80GB filing. The test report does mention that the differences are outlined under "point of difference", but that seems to be, as yet, in another unpublished document.
So...like I say..grain of salt. But food for thought, perhaps.
edit- a third difference, as spotted by mmmkay on neogaf - the label of the new model number shows 120V~3A compared to 120V~3.2A for the 80GB and launch models..slightly lower power consumption?
Blackraven
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Plus, if you bring a 120V unit to a 220V country, the PS3 will still work fine (as ALL PS3 units have universal power supply @ 100V-240V 50/60hz)
