Though a new PS3 Slim model hasn't even been confirmed by Sony, it's rumoured that the company has signed agreements with Taiwanese-based companies, Foxconn and Pegatron, to build the new console in July.

A report by Chinese-language site Economic Daily News (UDN.com,) translated via Engadget, claims that the two companies have received half of the manufacturing order each and will begin shipping the console in July to "to cope with expected summer vacation demands."

This ties in with reported rumours that the PS3 slim will ship in Western territories in the Autumn.

Foxconn Electronics has issued a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange declining to comment on the rumour due to 'customer confidentiality.'