Sony’s Inzone brand expands to desktop peripherals with a new gaming keyboard and mouse
These are the first Inzone products to venture outside of audio gear
Sony’s Inzone lineup of gaming-focused gear was first announced in 2022, and it appeared to be an avenue for Sony to break into gaming tech through its audio expertise. Since then, though, the brand has laid relatively dormant, with the exception of the release of the TWS Inzone Buds.
However, Sony has announced that it’s finally expanding the Inzone lineup with a slate of new products, including, interestingly, a mechanical keyboard and gaming mouse.
The Inzone KBD-H75 features a CNC-machined aluminium chassis. The keyboard only supports a USB-C wired connection.
The board also utilises a gasket mount and hall effect switches.
Sony’s Inzone KBD-H75 is taking cues from the modern mechanical keyboard scene, featuring a gasket mount, a 75-percent layout (which Sony says was based on feedback from esports group Fnatic) and a knob at the top right of the keyboard, which can be assigned to numerous functions through the INZONE Hub app. As for connectivity, though, you only get a wired USB-C connection.
The KBD-H75 also has a polling rate of 8000Hz, and features rapid trigger and adjustable actuation (between 0.1 to 3.4mm). As you can tell from the last two traits, the board uses hall effect switches, though Sony never specifies which manufacturer those switches came from.
Outside of the gamer-centric features like fast key input, the use of hall effect does have some implication for hot-swappability and repairability. The switches themselves might be removable, but it won’t work with MX-style ones (there are boards that do this, but they’re few and far between), and unless Sony specifies otherwise, it probably won’t be interchangeable with third-party hall effect switches.
The Inzone Mouse-A’s dongle is a bit bulkier than conventional 2.4GHz dongles, but it allows for an 8000Hz polling rate.
We do get a bit more information about the Inzone Mouse-A, through which Sony is aiming for the ultralight mouse category, as it weighs in at 48.4g. This is thanks to “hollow glass microspheres” that Sony says are incorporated into the shell.
The Mouse-A features a custom 3950IZ sensor that’s built off of the PixArt PAW3950, which has been used as a platform for custom sensors by other manufacturers as well (like Razer’s Viper V2 Pro). The Mouse-A has a maximum DPI of 30,000, DPI acceleration of up to 70G, and a maximum speed of 750 inches per second. DPI adjustments can be made via INZONE Hub.
The switches are optical, and the mouse also has a polling rate of 8000Hz. For the more practical features, the Mouse-A has battery life of up to 90 hours at 1000Hz polling rate, and 19 hours at 8000Hz, and it takes 1.5 hours to get back to full charge. The Mouse-A lacks Bluetooth, though it does support 2.4GHz wireless connectivity via a dongle (which enables the 8000Hz polling rate), and a wired USB-C connection.
Finally, Sony is rounding out the debut of its new INZONE desktop peripherals with two mousepads, the Inzone Mat-F and Mat-D. The former has a thickness of 6mm and is geared towards low sens players who need a surface that helps with micro-corrections, while the latter is 4mm thick and is suited for high-speed actions like flicking.
Pricing and Availability
The Sony Izone KBD-H75, Inzone Mouse-A and Inzone Mat-F and Mat-D will be available by the end of September. Local pricing hasn’t been announced yet, though we can take a guess by looking at the US pre-order pricing: US$299.99 for the KBD-H75, US$149.99 for the Mouse-A, US$59.99 for the Mat-F and US$34.99 for the Mat-D.