Pocketable

Sony’s TR-63 transistor radio went on sale in 1957. It measured 112 by 71 by 32 millimeters, which Sony describes as the smallest in the world at the time. Sony says its compact size gave rise to a new word, pokettaburu, pocketable. It was also Sony’s first full-scale export model.

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