Sony Ericsson Zylo and Spiro tune up for autumn release

Lossless audio will be music to the ears of the Sony Ericsson faithful – the company has announced its first Walkman phone to support FLAC.

On top of its codec chops, the Zylo promises to keep up to speed with social networks, as does its lossy sibling the Spiro. Both also sport video and picture sharing skills, plus TrackID music recognition.

Spec-wise, the Spiro touts a 2MP cam and stereo Bluetooth, while the 3G Zylo has 3.2MP snapper and location-based tools such as geotagging. Both support microSD cards up to 16GB.

The Spiro will be available in pink, green or black this autumn; the Zylo in silver, pink or black around the same time.

No news on how much cash you’ll have to part with yet, but the word ‘affordable’ has been bandied about. We’ll update when we hear.

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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