Contrary to what you might imagine, the Walkman, that object of desire created by Sony in 1979, has not died. Despite music streaming, Spotify and the smartphonesthere is a niche audience that loves the device, which is why the Japanese company launched a special edition of the Walkman TPS-L2 or the NW-A105 a few years ago with the aim of offering the user the best possible experience. when listening to music.
Now the company has announced the launch of the Walkman NW-ZX700, a music player that evokes the company’s classic design.
It is a digital device powered by the Android operating system, whose raison d’être is to provide the best possible playback experience.
The gadget It has a battery that lasts up to 25 hours when playing music at 44.1 kHz in FLAC format. It has a Qualcomm QCS4290 processor and the Android 12 operating system. It can connect to WiFi and can run almost all applications on a smartphone. Its memory is 64GB, of which only 47 are available to the user.
It is not a smartphone, because it does not have a SIM card, nor does it have cameras.
The device Sony con alma retro will go on sale in Japan on February 23, 2023 and will cost 104,500 yen (approximately $15,300 pesos).