Sony timer

The Sony timer or Sony kill switch is a rumored element of Sony electronic products which causes them to fail soon after their warranty expires, an illegal form of planned obsolescence.

While it is unknown whether Sony is explicitly adding expiration devices to their hardware, the "Sony Timer" has also been taken to mean that Sony manufactures devices to withstand just enough use for Sony to produce a new line of the device.

At the annual shareholders meeting held on June 21, 2007 in Japan, the president Ryoji Chubachi said that he knew the word "Sony Timer".^[1]

External links

• The myth of the Sony 'kill switch'
• Sony timer
• What's "Sony Timer"? That Appears on Internet so Frequently Nowadays

References

1. ソニー、定時株主総会を開催。「利益を伴う成長へ」 「ソニータイマーという言葉は認識している」中鉢社長 (in Japanese), 2007-06-21, AV watch