Sony has unveiled a new model of its classic walkman series at the Consumer Electronics Show 2015. In the past year, many had speculated that Sony would be revising the Walkman.
The new Walkman ZX2 is priced at a whooping $1200. It was designed keeping high-end audiophiles in mind. As Sony says, this is “the fruit of continuous refinement in high audio quality technologies.”
The device supports high resolution audio playback and is packed with WiFi, Bluetooth and NFC for wireless streaming and connections to wireless speakers and headphones.
Many have fallen for the new design which resembles a smartphone having a matte black casing. The playback buttons are placed on a curved side, which is quite convenient for finger placement when holding the device.
Featuring a touchscreen, the Android-powered device supports Android apps which can be downloaded from the App Store. Android Jellybean 4.2 is run on the device which is two years old.
The reason for its hefty price tag is its S-Master HX processor. It enables high-resolution audio, but requires high-resolution audio supported headphones or speakers.
A variety of audio formats are supported by the ZX2 including DSD, WAV, AIFF, FLAC, Apple Lossless and much more.
Last year’s Walkman, the NZW, had an 8-hour battery life and was waterproof. The ZX2 however has an impressive 60 hours music playback time of battery life. It has an internal memory of 128 GB and a microSD slot for extra storage.
Sony has not yet made clear when and where the new Walkman will be available for sale.