NW-A105

The NW-A105 is a 13th-generation A Series Network Walkman with 16 GB storage supporting MP3, WMA, AAC, FLAC, ALAC, AIFF, Linear PCM, and DSD playback. A lithium-ion battery delivers up to 26 hours of use with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, NFC, touchscreen control, USB-C, video playback, and photo playback.

This is where the A Series fully returned to Android. That shift changed the meaning of the line from compact dedicated Hi-Res player to compact modern Walkman that could also live in an app-and-streaming world. Sony was updating the A formula, even at the cost of some of the battery-life and simplicity elegance that had defined the previous generation.