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Does Apple HAVE to put regulatory and identifiers on the back?

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shazzam

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Apr 19, 2010
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I know it has to be somewhere, right? But other companies just don't show it. Maybe the back could read:

iPhone
Designed by Apple in California
Assembled in China Model A1332
 
They're required to post the regulatory stuff on on the phones like every other phone maker.

I mean if you're talking about the FCC, and EU stuff.

I think they're also required to put somewhere, where it was made, not sure if they're required to make it a conspicuous spot or not.
 
The reason you don't see it on most other phones is because they usually hide it inside the removable battery compartment.
 
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Yeah I was just wondering if it was a legal requirement. I've seen photos where they are absent on other phones and made me wonder why Apple hasn't gotten rid of that 'clutter'.
 
It has to be where it is on the AT&T phone because it's the same phone sold in different countries and the information has to be where the consumer can see it, and since the phone is not user-serviceable it's on the back. You don't see it on other phones because they often put it underneath the battery.

The Verizon iPhone doesn't have it because that phone is only sold in the US.
 
They made it a part of their industrial design now. I think it looks quite cool actually. It'd just look naked without those symbols.
 
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