New PlayStation Vita model coming to Japan in October

The PlayStation Vita is slimming down. During a press conference, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia today announced a new version of the handheld that has all the capabilities of the earlier model, but it’s 20 percent thinner and 15 percent lighter.

The new PS Vita 2000 Wi-Fi model should hit store shelves on Oct. 10 in Japan and cost 18,980 yen (about $190 U.S. dollars). It will come in six colors: white, blue, yellow, pink, gray, and black. Sony has ditched the old OLED screen for a 5-inch LCD display and extended the device’s battery life by one hour, for a total of six. It’s also added 1GB of onboard memory, which is something the previous model lacked.