WM-AF29

The WM-AF29 is another no-frills FM/AM radio cassette Walkman built around the same compact standing-body architecture as the AF23 and BF23 family. It paired manual radio tuning with basic cassette playback, a tape selector, belt clip, and a lightweight plastic body with a compact viewing window, all organized around a simple and very direct control layout. There was no Dolby, no auto-reverse, and no attempt to dress the machine up beyond basic portability.

The AF29 suggests Sony keeping the radio-and-cassette formula broad and everyday instead of reserving it for more expensive models. By the late 1980s, combined tape and tuner listening had become common enough to support very simple hardware like this. It reads more as the kind of player built for routine use instead of aspiration.