Airis N004x skimps on hardware, but has replaceable battery

Who is Airis, you might ask. Take a look at this pretty sleek portable media player and you will come to the conclusion that, whether the device works or not, they know how to make well designed products. So how does it perform? With a 1 or 2GB flash drive, it seems a bit small in todays world of 8GB flash devices. Battery life is only rated at 10 hours and the screen is a meager 1.5″ 128×128 pixel display. Back to the battery. It is replaceable! This is something that Creative has done, but recently stopped. It need to be a standard feature in gadgets. Rechargable batteries die and wilt. What then? So on top of the replaceable battery, this Airis N004x only weighs 40 grams. All in all, this dap isn’t for most, but if you just want something to run with… this isn’t really it either. — Nik Gomez

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