It is called counterattack because NWZ- 1050N is the strongest player in Walkman's history, and it is an out-and-out master with almost all audio and video playback technologies. After nearly a year of rumors, Z 1050N finally appeared in the domestic market, integrating many functions, and was also given high expectations.
▲ Today's Walkman has been defined as an intelligent audio-visual player.
If you simply transplant the Android system, I believe few people will be interested, so what kind of spark will this flagship walkman have when it meets Android?
▲Walkman and Android, are they continuation or transcendence?
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Appearance analysis of Sony Z 1050 which is more like a handheld.
NWZ- 1050N adopts 4.3-inch AMOLED display, which is larger than some mainstream smartphones. It uses a multi-touch screen made of glass, surrounded by red metal, and its firmness and feel are excellent.
There are three virtual buttons at the bottom of the screen, namely, back, home and menu functions, which are very easy for users familiar with smart phones to get started.
▲Z 1050N fuselage details
Compared with the past, the biggest change of Z 1050N is an increase of one? W. Barton Keys, designed on the right side of the fuselage, are used for multimedia control. The system has very high authority and can be called out at any time for operation.
▲ Details of the right side of the fuselage
▲ Details of the right side of the fuselage
With this button, you can bring up the temporary menu, control the playing and replacement of songs, and display the information of songs and album pictures. On both sides of the W key are the Micro-HDMI output interface and the volume+/-button. In contrast, I prefer such physical buttons, which are practical but not fancy.
▲ The back of the fuselage of Z1050
Sony's Z 1050N fuselage has a streamlined design on the back, with a concave center and convex sides, which can act as a handle when both hands are held horizontally to enhance the hand feel.
▲ Details on the back of the fuselage
There is a 3.5MM earphone interface and WM-Port data interface at the bottom of the fuselage, and the speaker is designed with xLoud technology. When the back is close to the desktop, the speaker will not be blocked to make the sound smaller, but the sound will be clearer through physical reflection.
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System optimization of various customized original applications
If Z 1050N is only an MP4 player with Android transplanted, or a touch product without direct function, it can't be regarded as a new product in the true sense. Obviously, Sony has made more efforts in this regard. The improved system interface and APP application customized for Walkman products show us that it is not just a simple Android player.
▲ Lock screen interface and desktop
The unlocking method of the screen lock interface is different from the previous Sony Ericsson mobile phone. Instead of using the traditional horizontal sliding unlocking method, touch the lock ball and drag it to the gray point to unlock it. There are three custom shortcuts at the bottom of the desktop, which users can set freely. As for the shortcut icons and plug-ins on the desktop, they are the same as those in the traditional Android system.
▲ W. Button control interface
With the unique W.Button button of Z 1050N, multimedia control menu can be brought up, which supports gesture and click. Users can switch freely, and the information of current songs and album pictures will be displayed at the top of the control area.
▲SensMe channel
Z 1050N still retains the classic SensMe channel, which is analyzed and classified according to the song style. After being integrated into the Android system, it has not changed much, but only supports gravity sensing and can be displayed horizontally and vertically.
▲ Music library display mode
In the music library, when you choose to display by album, the album pictures will be arranged in the interface in an unordered order, or you can drag them with your finger.
The most amazing thing in the music player is the following visual effect, which is different from the previous dynamic display and has more effects? Smart? Yes, you can add the current song information according to the melody change, such as song title, singer, album, current playing time, etc. , randomly mixed in the dynamic effect.
▲ Visual effect display
Finally, let's take a look at the traditional playing interface. By default, the album picture will be displayed first, and then the track list, lyric information and song information can be displayed by sliding the album picture area left and right.
▲ Play interface
The advantage of large screen is that it can display multiple songs on the same page at the same time, which will be more intuitive and convenient to watch. If there is a magnifying glass symbol on the right side of the song information, click to jump directly to the browser to find it.
▲ Video player
▲ Video player gesture operation demonstration
▲ picture viewer
In addition to the most important music player, Sony Z 1050N has re-customized the video player, picture viewer and so on. It replaces the native application built in Android and is more suitable for the user's experience in use.
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Interpretation of Adding Two Sound Techniques to The Walkman Killer
As the flagship product of Walkman, Z 1050N continues the S-Master MX digital power amplifier technology in A860. In addition, there are many technologies such as clear stereo, clear bass and VPT (surround sound), and the practical NC noise reduction function has not been cancelled. At the same time, two new audio technologies have been added, so it is Z65438.
▲S-Master MX digital power amplifier technology
Sony Z 1050N is positioned as an intelligent audio-visual player. When sharing audio and video at home, the external playback effect highlights its important side, so this time Z 1050N brings two new audio technologies to improve the sound quality of external playback.
▲Z 1050N is the Walkman that currently supports the most sound effects.
These two technologies are xLoud and Clear Phase. XLoud is a technology to enhance the volume of internal speakers, which can obviously amplify the volume of external speakers without obvious distortion. Clear Phase is a technology that automatically adjusts the sound quality of built-in speakers, which is used to enhance the cohesion of sound and make music clearer and more beautiful.
▲ equalizer settings
Of course, the most powerful feature of the Walkman is its reliable equalizer setting, which is also the favorite function of many enthusiasts. Through simple tuning, the player can adapt to various styles of music. Clear bass with low stress can improve the music atmosphere, and two custom settings can quickly switch to the appropriate EQ when changing headphones.
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Same as EX 1000 Z 1050N subjective sound quality test.
For most people, the excellent sound quality is more important when choosing a walkman. This time we used Sony's own EX 1000 headphones for audition.
▲ Sony MDR-EX 1000
Sony EX 1000 is a flagship in-ear monitor headphones with high sound reproduction, less dyeing, wide sound field and balanced three bands. The impedance of 32 ohms is easy to drive and the sensitivity is high, so it is easy to identify the defects of the sound source.
We chose the ferry in Cai Qin, Eagle Hotel in California, The Devil's Tremor by Paganini (arcado), March of Radevsky by karajan, love songs by Fish Leong and When We Stand Together by Nickelback. PCM-WAV lossless compression format is adopted, and the equalizer and sound effects are all turned off during audition.
When the sound effect is completely turned off, the low frequency of Z 1050N is not prominent, and the intermediate frequency sound is higher, which continues the tuning style of A860. The overall sound style is warm, which has a good control over the singer's teeth sound. The singer's voice is straightforward and not flattering. At high frequency, it is soft and unobtrusive in the performance of strings, but it is not good in extension. The overall feeling is that it is not amazing and plain.
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Chip interpretation of the advantages of Nvidia Tegra2
Users familiar with smart phones know that SRC decoding of Android phones with Qualcomm processor leads to distorted sound quality and poor resolution, so Sony successfully avoided this problem by using Tegra2 processor with powerful audio decoding core. At the same time, Tegra2 supports OpenGL ES 2.0 and LPDDR2, which can provide the bandwidth of 1.33 GB/s, thus bringing a powerful game experience.
▲Tegra2 architecture diagram
Nvidia Tegra2 is a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor with the highest frequency of 1GHz, which can accelerate the decoding of 1080P H.264 in video decoding. Using the new 40nm manufacturing process, the size of the chip can be further reduced, and the chip with the same size can fill more than twice as many transistors. Tegra 2 is a very complex chip with 260 million transistors. The core area of the chip is 49 square millimeters. In fact, the audio part occupies a large area, and the two A9 processing units only occupy 10% of the core area.
▲ Hardware information monitoring
▲ Performance running test
Although the score of Tegra2 is not dominant in the performance running test, in actual use, the performance of Tegra2 will always make people shine, relying on excellent 3D computing power and power-saving technology.
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Walkman brings us different experiences.
If it is not a walkman, what kind of experience can walkman products bring us? ? This is a question that the author keeps thinking about in the process of experience. Today, with the diversified functions of electronic products, the Walkman has gradually changed from a product to a function, and has been added to various digital products. How can we improve the competitiveness of walkman products, whether to improve hardware configuration or user experience? Obviously, Walkman Z combines the two very well.
▲ Excellent noise reduction function
▲ Intelligent mood music mode
▲ Powerful video HD decoding
▲DLNA connects mobile devices with household appliances.
▲ Unique photo tag
▲ Enthusiasts support the Walkman brand.
After some experience, the author found that Z 1050N has many shortcomings, such as battery life, heavy use needs to be charged once a day, and light use needs to be charged once every two days. I don't know if the material of the back cover is an engineering prototype, and it feels rough, which is very different from the metal texture on the front. As for the listing price of 2299 yuan, it doesn't look expensive. After all, the price of the gold version A866 is above 2800. For Walkman fans, this will be a milestone product.