Pinephone regulatory approval in Japan
01-04-2020, 10:42 PM
(01-03-2020, 08:45 PM)b.tomik Wrote: こんにちは！
Thankfully the Japanese government is rather practical about this, especially with the upcoming olympics - so, foreigners have no restrictions and can use whatever device they like for up to (I think) 90 days.
It's not unique to the PinePhone though, pretty much all android phones not sold in the Japanese market similarly lack the necessary certification so it would be essentially impossible to enforce a more restrictive policy.
Long and short of it is, if you're a resident - be careful; if you're a visitor - anything goes.
私も好きですので、日本に住んでいます！
Whoops, I made a mistake... it's suki(好き/すき), I had typed it backwards (kisu).
Thank you for the information!! I know it's kind out out of place for this forum but I really wanted to ask. I plan to go back to Japan and I always do my best to be respectful and follow the laws. I even studied Japanese for ~8 months before I went so I could better find my way around and ask the police for directions or help in Japanese.
I hope you get to enjoy the PinePhone with the rest of us! I've been on here pretty much daily looking for updates and following Manjaro ARM. I have the PineBook Pro, PinePhone and PineTime all coming
Now that I think about it, I've never actually looked up the Canadian Laws on this. I guess I assumed stuff approved in the USA is good up here too... どうも ありがとうございました!
げんきでね!