Pinephone regulatory approval in Japan
12-31-2019, 10:22 AM
The current plan for regulatory testing is to get testing done for FCC and CE marks, but not for the single country tests.
This isn't due to lack of interest in certain markets, it's simply cost prohibitive for P64 to put the devices through all these tests. For example, the FCC/CE testing alone costs $50k. Due to the low profit margins that the business side of P64 runs on, it just is not feasible to go through all the worldwide testing.
If regulatory conformity beyond FCC/CE is necessary for you to buy a PinePhone, unfortunately you may have to pass on it.
This isn't due to lack of interest in certain markets, it's simply cost prohibitive for P64 to put the devices through all these tests. For example, the FCC/CE testing alone costs $50k. Due to the low profit margins that the business side of P64 runs on, it just is not feasible to go through all the worldwide testing.
If regulatory conformity beyond FCC/CE is necessary for you to buy a PinePhone, unfortunately you may have to pass on it.
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