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The Sony timer is a Japanese urban legend. The legend suggests that the Sony Corporation installs this device in its electronics products which causes them to fail soon after their warranty expires.

While the authenticity of this legend has never been proven, Google returns a large in relation to the "Sony timer". Many of these pages are spoofs on Sony's recent poor manufacturing debacles, but some of these sites take the concept very seriously.

Searching for the phrase "" (in Japanese) shows the number of faulty products Sony has released in Japan, thus spuring customers to consider the "Sony Timer".

While it is unlikely that Sony is explicity 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. This claim is far more difficult to dispute, and may even have some merit.

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