Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 6 days agoFairphone has entered the USwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1264arrow-down13 cross-posted to: android@lemmy.world
arrow-up1261arrow-down1external-linkFairphone has entered the USwww.androidauthority.comBlaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square33linkfedilink cross-posted to: android@lemmy.world
minus-squarecole@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI mean, they might’ve needed to get FCC approvals and other things to sell in the US
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agoThat’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-down1·17 hours agothat’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·edit-215 hours agoTo 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-up1·13 hours agoThat 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