Blaze@piefed.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 6か月前Fairphone has entered the USwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1263arrow-down13 cross-posted to: android@lemmy.world
arrow-up1260arrow-down1external-linkFairphone has entered the USwww.androidauthority.comBlaze@piefed.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 6か月前message-square32linkfedilink cross-posted to: android@lemmy.world
minus-squarecole@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6か月前I mean, they might’ve needed to get FCC approvals and other things to sell in the US
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6か月前That’s not how the FCC works. They don’t approve things. You follow their standards. If you don’t, they fine you. There is no approval process for devices that must comply wit FCC, UKCA, or CE.
minus-squarecole@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6か月前that’s literally not true. you have to get a license to operate radio devices in the US. companies must get FCC certification for their devices to legally be sold here
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6か月前To operate. Not to sell. It literally is true. I make and sell electronics to all three markets. There is no approval process for selling devices.
minus-squarecole@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6か月前That seems a little pedantic. They couldn’t very well sell a phone here that doesn’t operate. Functionally you do need certification
I mean, they might’ve needed to get FCC approvals and other things to sell in the US
That’s not how the FCC works. They don’t approve things. You follow their standards. If you don’t, they fine you. There is no approval process for devices that must comply wit FCC, UKCA, or CE.
that’s literally not true. you have to get a license to operate radio devices in the US.
companies must get FCC certification for their devices to legally be sold here
To operate. Not to sell.
It literally is true. I make and sell electronics to all three markets. There is no approval process for selling devices.
That seems a little pedantic. They couldn’t very well sell a phone here that doesn’t operate. Functionally you do need certification