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Why does it say it's an FCC problem? What are the consequences that Apple may face?

• yuhong 6y ago
  It would not fail FCC class B unless it is noticeable from quite a distance away.
• mijoharas 6y ago
  Wirelessly transmitting devices have a lot of regulations on what they can transmit, they need to be certified by the FCC, and are not allowed to transmit in certain frequency bands beyond a certain power. Some of the discussion here is asserting that this is just induction (i.e. a changing magnetic field causing a changing electric field in the radio, rather than the radio antenna picking up the signal). if that's the case, I'm unsure about why the radio would need to be set to a specific frequency to pick this up (is the proposed inductance in the speaker wire?). Magnetic fields drop off very quickly (with the inverse square of distance) so this is also why people are saying this would be a very short range effect. The other options seem to be a faulty device actually emitting electromagnetic waves in the stated frequency domain, or an actual fault in general with iphones emitting at that frequency. The last one would likely have very large consequences for apple (i.e. iphones not able to be sold in the US, and then probably most other markets with similar regulations, i.e. anywhere). Companies tend to be pretty strict on the testing of these things due to the large repercussions, which is why I assume people think it's unlikely. What I don't know is the repercussions for apple producing some faulty devices that would broadcast EM radiation like that, can anyone fill me in on that?