New Slimmer PSP to replace old design

[Dolla Dolla]

http://psp.ign.com/articles/804/804905p1.html?RSSwhen2007-07-13_155700

"The newly designed PSP will replace the original PSP design starting in September with the $169.99 PSP Core Pack and the $199.99 Daxter PSP Entertainment Pack."

The first half of the article talks about the phasing out of the 60gb PS3, and only the last couple paragraphs talk about the PSP.

Will this affect sales until September? If I wanted a PSP, I'd definitely wait for the new redesign. Double the battery life, double the RAM, slimmer, faster load times, etc. If someone can exploit the 3.6 Firmware it will ship with, I'll consider upgrading.