Sony Launches Touchscreen Walkman in India, But at a Crazy Price

Jan. 22, 2020

According to a press release from Sony, the Walkman supports Hi-Res Audio for the“subtlest nuances of studio-quality sound”. It also supports Wi-Fi for streaming movies and downloading music. The Walkman comes with Bluetooth and NFC for easy connectivity and, has 16GB of built-in storage that’s expandable by up to 128GB via a microSD card.

Gen-X’ers growing up in the 1980s and early ’90s will have fond memories of the original cassette-playing Walkman, and new-age avatars of it continues to have a cult following in some regions. However, if Sony has to make it work in India, it has to seriously reconsider the pricing, because for the money Sony is asking for it, consumers can buy fairly high-end smartphones that are a whole lot more powerful and feature-packed than this device.

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