NW-A845

The NW-A845 is part of the fifth-generation A Series Network Walkman family. It was the first Network Walkman family to reach 64 GB flash memory and brought a redesign influenced by the X1000 series around music and video playback. With 16 GB storage supporting ATRAC, MP3, WMA, and AAC files, it uses an OLED display and lithium-ion battery for 36 hours of playback. Features includes FM radio, noise cancellation, video and photo playback, S-Master amplifier, Lyric Pita, and x-app.

This is where the A Series becomes noticeably more elegant. Compared to the earlier late-2000s A models, the generation feels thinner, more minimal, and much more in tune with the industrial-design language Sony was using across its higher-end personal electronics around 2009 and 2010. The A Series was no longer simply trying to be the nicer Walkman; it was trying to feel genuinely refined.