Sony Nw-A105 16GB Walkman Hi-Res Portable Digital Music Player with Android 9.0, 3.6" Touch Screen, S-Master Hx, DSEE-Hx, Wi-Fi & Bluetooth and USB Type-C - Black

I bought these due to being unable to use my phone at work, but I need music to help me concentrate. I was very tempted to go for something cheaper and live with worse quality but I'm glad I did not. Overall the device has good sound quality, especially when paired with decent headphones. Of course it's not audiophile sound quality, rather this is more for convenience, so don't go looking for professional audio quality. A friend of mine has a much older version of the same device, and seeing the quality of life improvements sold me on it immediately.There's things I don't like very much though. Battery life is mediocre. This is due to a combination of a few things, it's very small, Android isn't particularly efficient with battery usage and it's very much dependant on what features you're using. Personally I use wires in ear monitors, no WiFi or Bluetooth and on one charge I can get 6-7.5 hours. However I have used wireless headphones, and with using Bluetooth it drops quite a bit. I got around this by using a power bank, making the device's battery redundant, with a 10000mah power I get 4 days of continuous use.In summary; small, well built and very convenient, with a minor let down from its battery life. Don't expect professional level sound, for that you need to spend a lot more money.

The sound quality is pretty good, but there is no way that I can see for keeping the volume stored to a certain limit. Every time I power off the device and switch it on again later, it defaults to a lower setting and you keep having to increase the volume.For people who are blind, there is a built-in screen reader on android called Talkback. I was able to activate this out of the box by pressing and holding the two volume buttons on the side for three seconds when powered on. The talkback screen reader makes things extremely accessible to people like myself which I really do appreciate and does work well on this player. Once it was activated I was able to set up the device no problem. You can also customise settings for contrast and font size for the screen as well. I know android can be a little bit clunky from time to time on devices but I think it is so wonderful that they have tried to be inclusive. One thing I will say though is that it takes about a minute or more for the player to completely start up while it checks things through after you enter your pin to unlock. Not a huge issue for me but for some people this would be pretty annoying. The tiny on-screen Querty keyboard can be very fiddly especially when entering credentials but I got there in the end with perseverance. I’m thinking of removing my Google account after getting all the applications I need as I don’t think it’s essential as I will be only using it for music.The design of the player is very lightweight and sleek and is easy to carry around. I love the tactile side buttons for controlling the transport and volume of the player which makes things really intuitive so that you are not having to unlock the screen when you want to play different tracks. The hold switch on the bottom is also extremely useful as it saves you knocking something off by mistake when using the device.Now for the con aspects. It is advertised as having 16 GB of memory, but as a matter of fact you only get about 4 GB internal memory because a lot of it is taken up with the android software and some apps which some people would not even use because it is a music player. You really need to get an SD card to make full adequate use of this device. I think it takes up to 2 TB but usually 128 GB is enough which I have. You cannot install applications though on the memory card only transfer music. Also be aware that you need to be careful how your files are named because there are certain symbols such as questionmarks then the files will not transfer. This device cannot be used as an external flash hard drive, so in order to transfer music, you have to download software which enables you to connect to the device. On my Mac, I had to download and install the android Google transfer app. This can make things complicated and time consuming for some people. Please note that this player does not come with headphones so you have to purchase your own or use ones that you have lying about The house. I think it would have been better if Sony had either included the accessories at extra cost or certainly had improved the capacity of internal memoryBattery life in this device is extremely poor whenever you are connected to Wi-Fi. I have not tried using Bluetooth as yet. Not sure exactly technically of the hours usage but certainly not over 20 hours a day if in constant use. I do not use this device for streaming as I transfer music from my library to it so I found that turning the screen brightness down and putting my player in Airplane Mode The battery life certainly improves and you at least get a full day out of it playing a few albums.My overall opinion is that it is a great little player and despite its many negative points I will not be sending it back. However, on saying this, if you are someone who likes to connect to Wi-Fi a lot when out and about and stream music or download lots of applications then this device is not for you unless you are prepared to get a wireless charger for it or use some sort of power bank when out and about. I will be using mine occasionally for playing music which I have downloaded and transferred when I’m travelling on the train to places. I hope this review will be helpful to people considering buying this device. I have tried to be as absolutely honest as I can. This is after having the player now for almost a week.

I have been searching for a replacement for my ipod 180GB for a long time ... I started with an Astell&Kern AK70 MK II in April 2018 . It was fine but I lost all my playlists and track count ... I couldnt use last.fm either because it wasnt a proper Android OS. Sadly after 15months it stopped working and I wasnt able to get it replaced ... Amazon were fantastic and gave me a refund.Next Hiby R6 Pro ... with the Ak I had enjoyed Hi Res music and transfered my SD car to the Hiby. I have had two fairly good years with the Hiby - I enjoyed it. There were some niggles but it was easy to transfer music and I still had Itunes music match for my playlists. But after two years the battery kept running out and shutting down. it was finished. A shame for such an expensive item.I tried the Sony knowing that it had Android 9 .... I have synced all my itunes music (390GB and playlists ) via monkeymedia. My Sony walkman syncs with my pc libray - keeps a track of plays, play lists etc. Its brought back the magic of those early ipods...There's a lot of hype around Hi Res - but for me an MP3 player that takes a 512gb micro sd card is what I need ... This is brilliant!The sound quality superbThe build quality excellent my best music machine since my first ipod in 2005!