NWZ-A815

The NWZ-A815 is the base model in the overseas NWZ-branded successor family to the A800 series. It marked the shift to drag-and-drop transfer and the end of ATRAC support outside Japan. It offers 2 GB of storage for MP3, WMA, and AAC files along with video and photo playback. The lithium-ion battery provides 36 hours of use.

This generation moved the overseas A Series fully toward broader compatibility and simpler file management in the flash-memory era. It was one of the A Series models where Sony finally stopped sounding undecided. The player itself feels much cleaner than some of the A models immediately before it. Video playback, a better screen, broader codec support, and a more polished body all helped it behave like a complete premium portable instead of a product still dragging around leftover SonicStage logic.