New Sony WM1-Series Walkman coming at IFA?

 

Apart from the new A-Series, Sony will be introducing another Walkman this year, possibly a WM1-Series or WM-Series.  The FCC has 2 models up on its site, the WM1A and WM1Z.  The only difference I can see in the documents is the Bluetooth versions, the WM1A will feature Bluetooth low energy, version 4.0, and the WM1Z will feature Bluetooth classic, or version 3.0.  The difference in Bluetooth should allow for an increase in Bluetooth play time and lower latency. In addition both devices will feature NFC.

New A-Series Walkman coming soon

As with previous years (2015, 2014), Sony is on track to introduce the 3rd generation of the current A-Series Walkman.  The new NW-A30 should ship this Fall after an introduction at IFA 2016 and be available in 3 different capacities, 16, 32 and 64GB.  Like previous versions, the new A will feature NFC and Bluetooth, most likely version 3.0 like the previous model.  This seems to be confirmed by the FCC documents, as the Bluetooth is labelled as classic.