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The Sony Walkman A845, the gadget giant’s skinny OLED Walkman with an epic battery life, has finally been penciled in for a UK launch, five months after lucky iPod haters in Japan got their mitts on the device.

The Sony Walkman A845 isn’t the first music player from Sony (That honour goes to the tasty X Series), but it’s a big step in bringing the beautiful display tech down market, along with the flagship Walkman’s digital noise canceling too. Despite a big 2.8-inch OLED panel, the Sony Walkman A845 weighs in at just 62g, and is only 7.2mm thick so it’ll slip into any pocket.

A845 comes with high-quality 13.5mm EX vertical in-ear headphones which as well as being impressive with regards to sound quality also feature Digital Noise Cancelling which promises to remove a very specific 98% of ambient noise, and whilst the efficiency of noise cancelling can vary one can imagine that these would again match the rest of the player.

Finally there’s the battery life which should last for up to 29 hours for music, and 9 for video, which is more than necessary for even the longest of journeys. Overall the Sony Walkman A845 is quite impressive, and Sony have managed not just to push forward world beating design with regards to how thin it is, but also backed it up with the usual good quality. The only obvious drawback will probably be the price but we’ll have to wait till February to find out!