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|Description=Sony converted the External Monitor feature from a free, built-in function to a paid subscription service requiring $4.99/month, affecting phones already sold to customers | |Description=Sony converted the External Monitor feature from a free, built-in function to a paid subscription service requiring $4.99/month, affecting phones already sold to customers | ||
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Sony converted the External Monitor feature from a free, built-in function to a paid subscription service requiring $4.99/month, affecting phones already sold to customers. | [[Sony]] converted the External Monitor feature from a free, built-in function to a paid subscription service requiring $4.99/month, affecting phones already sold to customers. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
The External Monitor feature has been a big differentiator for Sony's Xperia smartphones since 2020, allowing the phones to work as high-quality displays for Sony Alpha cameras via USB-C connection.<ref name="helpguide">{{cite web |title=Using the External monitor app |url=https://helpguide.sony.net/mobile/xperia-pro/v1/en/contents/TP1000380352.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250913094332/https://helpguide.sony.net/mobile/xperia-pro/v1/en/contents/TP1000380352.html |archive-date=13 Sep 2025 |access-date=2025-09-02 |publisher=Sony Help Guide}}</ref> This professional-grade feature supported 4K resolution at 30fps with tools like waveform monitors, false color, & focus peaking. This helped justify the premium pricing of Xperia devices ranging from $1,299 to $2500.<ref name="notebookcheck">{{cite web |date=2025-08-31 |title=Sony annoys Xperia users by making previously free feature part of subscription |url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/Sony-annoys-Xperia-users-by-making-previously-free-feature-part-of-subscription.1102082.0.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250902205200/https://www.notebookcheck.net/Sony-annoys-Xperia-users-by-making-previously-free-feature-part-of-subscription.1102082.0.html |archive-date=2 Sep 2025 |access-date=2025-09-02 |publisher=Notebookcheck}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-31 |title=At $2,500, the Sony Xperia Pro is so much more than a phone - CNET |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/at-2500-dollars-sony-xperia-pro-is-so-much-more-than-a-phone/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108053815/https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/at-2500-dollars-sony-xperia-pro-is-so-much-more-than-a-phone/ |archive-date=8 Nov 2021}}</ref> | The External Monitor feature has been a big differentiator for Sony's Xperia smartphones since 2020, allowing the phones to work as high-quality displays for Sony Alpha cameras via USB-C connection.<ref name="helpguide">{{cite web |title=Using the External monitor app |url=https://helpguide.sony.net/mobile/xperia-pro/v1/en/contents/TP1000380352.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250913094332/https://helpguide.sony.net/mobile/xperia-pro/v1/en/contents/TP1000380352.html |archive-date=13 Sep 2025 |access-date=2025-09-02 |publisher=Sony Help Guide}}</ref> This professional-grade feature supported 4K resolution at 30fps with tools like waveform monitors, false color, & focus peaking. This helped justify the premium pricing of Xperia devices ranging from $1,299 to $2500.<ref name="notebookcheck">{{cite web |date=2025-08-31 |title=Sony annoys Xperia users by making previously free feature part of subscription |url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/Sony-annoys-Xperia-users-by-making-previously-free-feature-part-of-subscription.1102082.0.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250902205200/https://www.notebookcheck.net/Sony-annoys-Xperia-users-by-making-previously-free-feature-part-of-subscription.1102082.0.html |archive-date=2 Sep 2025 |access-date=2025-09-02 |publisher=Notebookcheck}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-31 |title=At $2,500, the Sony Xperia Pro is so much more than a phone - CNET |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/at-2500-dollars-sony-xperia-pro-is-so-much-more-than-a-phone/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108053815/https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/at-2500-dollars-sony-xperia-pro-is-so-much-more-than-a-phone/ |archive-date=8 Nov 2021}}</ref> | ||
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== See also == | |||
* [[Post-purchase EULA modification]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Sony Xperia]] | [[Category:Sony Xperia]] | ||