NW-Z1070

The NW-Z1070 is the flagship model in Sony's Z Series Network Walkman. It added noise cancellation to the full set of high-end features. It offers 64 GB storage supporting MP3, AAC, WMA, Linear PCM, and HE-AAC playback. The 800x480 TFT display, 20-hour lithium-ion battery, voice recording, FM radio, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, noise cancellation, touchscreen, speaker, WM-PORT, video/photo, S-Master MX, Clear Audio, DSEE, and processing tools defined its operation.

The Z1070 gives the same Z1000 platform its fullest version, and in doing so probably represents the strongest statement Sony made with this first major Android-era Walkman idea. It still carries all the same uncertainty and ambition as the rest of the family, but here the branch finally feels complete enough that you can stop reading it as a prototype and start reading it as a real answer to a changing market.