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As I understand it, this is quite commonplace in Japan. According to a Japanese colleague, phones produced by Japanese manufacturers for local sale are legally
by Toucan 15y ago
As I understand it, this is quite commonplace in Japan. According to a Japanese colleague, phones produced by Japanese manufacturers for local sale are legally obliged to support this feature.
- ryanisinallofus 15y agoSo the headline could have easily read "Apple complies with Japanese law requiring Earthquake Detection in Phones"
- msbarnett 15y agoShort of any evidence whatsoever that Apple was selling phones in contravention of Japanese law, or even that such a law exists, such a headline would seem absurd.
- ryanisinallofus 15y agoIt was just a reply to the parent which stated that there was a law. It was not my own claim.
- nandemo 15y agoI live in Japan and I've never heard of such a regulation, and my cell phones don't have such a feature. Actually, it's not exactly a hardware feature, it's just an app. After the Tohoku Earthquake in March, many people started using early-warning apps. So yes, it's commonplace.
- kazuya 15y agoNo such a legal obligation, but all three major careers support the warning system (however Softbank has only few phones that can receive the warning messages). This system uses a feature defined in 3GPP and probably can be implemented in cellular networks in other countries than Japan. However it may need modifications of the software in the network, it may take several years to be fully deployed.