PCH-1xxx

PCH-1000 Front

Info

First generation of PSVita.
WiFi variant and WiFi + 3g variant exist.
5 Colors released.
5 Colors ended up unreleased.

Serial

Left serial sticker contains informations listed below;

Serial Number

Model Number

Color

Region

Scanning the barcode shows the same code.

Right serial sticker contains informations listed below;

Region (First two digits)

Serial Number

Datecode (only seen on some region)

Datecode

PCH-1004 black, the following are the lowest/highest I've found so far

Datecode	Date	Serial	FFW	Note
1D	October, November, December 2011	HC0010000 to HC0012647	1.00 - 1.03	no avls
2A	January, February, March 2012	HC0114480 to HC0693484	1.06 - ?	no avls
2B	April, May, June 2012	HC1000072 to ?
2B	April, May, June 2012	HC1026369 to ?
2D	October, November, December 2012	HC1163604 to HC1227326

PCH-10xx

WiFi model. Hardware version is "1.0" according to the FCC test report.

Facts

• Motherboard: IRS-002
• Product Subcode:
• HardwareInfo:
• Factory Firmware: 1.0
• Mac OUI: D4:4B:5E

Variation

Color

Model	Color	Release Date	Note
PCH-10xx ZA01	Crystal Black	December 17th, 2011
PCH-10xx ZA02	Crystal White	June 28th, 2012
PCH-10xx ZA03	Cosmic Red	November 15th, 2012
PCH-10xx ZA04	Sapphire Blue	November 15th, 2012
PCH-10xx ZX05	Ice Silver	February 28th, 2013	Never sold separately.

Limited Edition

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Model	Base Model	Release Date	Note
PCHJ-10001	PCH-10xx ZA02	June 28th, 2012	Hatsune Miku
PCHJ-10006	PCH-10xx ZA03		Soul Sacrifice
PCHJ-10007	PCH-10xx ZX05		Silver
PCHJ-10008	PCH-10xx ZA01		Tokiden See also CEM-3000NZ4.

Cancelled Color

They were shown at TGS 2011 as "Reference exhibit".
Official name is "Playstation®Vita Color Variation (8 Colors)", no official name for each color was given.

Color	Note
Pink	Pretty hard to notice the difference between red.
Orange	...
Red	Became Cosmic Red, slight changes compared to retail.
Lime	...
White	Became Crystal White, slight changes compared to retail.
Light Blue	...
Purple	...
Blue	Became Sapphire Blue, slight changes compared to retail.

More info was later released on November 18th 2011 as a part of "TGS SCE booth playback project" blog series.
However only a video showcasing units was archived.
Link

PCH-10xx (IRS-1001)

Later variant of WiFi model with different motherboard.

Facts

• Motherboard: IRS-1001
• Product Subcode: 0x12
• HardwareInfo:
• Factory Firmware:
• Mac OUI: 60:F4:04

Variation

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PCH-11xx

WiFi + 3g model. Hardware version is "1.0" according to the FCC test report.

Facts

• Motherboard: IRS-002
• Product Subcode:
• HardwareInfo:
• Factory Firmware: 1.0
• Mac OUI: D4:4B:5E

Variation

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Color

Model	Color	Release Date	Note
PCH-11xx AA/AB01	Crystal Black	December 17th, 2011	Difference between AA and AB is only sim card.
PCH-11xx AB02	Crystal White
PCH-11xx AB03	Cosmic Red	November 15th, 2012
PCH-11xx AB04	Sapphire Blue	November 15th, 2012

Limited Edition

Model	Base Model	Release Date	Note
PCHJ-10002	PCH-11xx AB02	June 28th, 2012	Hatsune Miku
PCHJ-10003	PCH-11xx AA01		Starter Pack
PCHJ-10005	PCH-11xx AA01		Bonus Pack
PCHJ-10012	PCH-11xx AA01		Play! Game Pack
PCHJ-10019	PCH-11xx AA01		Super Value Pack
PCHJ-10023	PCH-11xx AA01		Value Pack
PCHJ-10026	PCH-11xx AA01		Debut Pack

PCH-11xx (IRS-1001)

Later variant of WiFi + 3g model with different motherboard which started being manufactured after November 2012.

Facts

• Motherboard: IRS-1001
• Product Subcode:
• HardwareInfo:
• Factory Firmware:
• Mac OUI:

Variation

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Misc

Codename is "Iris"

See also

CEM-3000