The NW-A300 and NW-ZX700 are a pair of new Android Walkmans from Sony. Yes, Walkmans, the renowned music player brand from Sony in the 1980s.

When Apple recently discontinued the iPod Touch line, it may have given up on the idea of a music player that could be used with a smartphone, but Sony continues to create Android-powered Walkmans and has for some time.

The first was the Android 2.3 Gingerbread-powered NWZ-Z1000 from Sony in 2012, which appeared like it had been turned into a music player by simply removing the modem from an Xperia phone.

Since then, Sony has created designs with more purpose-built hardware, and today, a variety of Walkman music players running Android are available.

Sadly, it appears that these new ones are only for sale.

The NW-A300, which is the more user-friendly of the two, will be our first choice.

The NW-A105, which introduced this fundamental style in 2019, came pre-installed with Android 9.

This is an improved model of that gadget with a fresh SoC, a less dated version of Android, and a scalloped back.

The 32GB version costs 46,000 yen (about $360) in Sony's native Japan while 399 euros (approximately $430) in Europe.