Sony has released a new Walkman to tie in with the 40th anniversary of the original gadget’s release – with one crucial flaw.
The Sony NW-A100TPS Walkman, which is of a virtually identical design to the iconic 1979 cassette player, looks and feels just like the real thing.
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Don’t start breaking out your old cassette tapes just yet, though, because this device doesn’t actually have the capability to play them.
While the NW-A100TPS Walkman looks like a vintage Walkman, it’s really little more than a replica which houses a digital music player.
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And in case you were tempted to buy one, first consider that the price – £400 – is more than double that of a brand new iPod (which this basically is).
In a press release, Sony wrote: “Take a trip down memory lane with the 40th-anniversary edition, NW-A100TPS Walkman.
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“It has a printed 40th-anniversary logo on the rear panel and comes with a specially designed soft case and package, which pays homage to and is inspired by the TPS-L2 Walkman, Sony’s first portable cassette player.”
Justifying the change in tech, Sony also wrote: “Not everything was better back then, so you can enjoy the best of both worlds with the heritage design of Walkman whilst having cutting edge technology at your fingertips.”
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