It reveals nothing of interest (unless you consider documents that read like high school physics lab reports to be "of interest"), but sure enough, Apple's
iPhone has completed that rite of passage that all handsets must traverse on their way to adulthood: FCC approval. As expected, the iPhone filing reveals just about as little as it possibly (legally) can, offering up a rendering of the ID label location -- the best visual in the whole filing, by the way -- and an endless array of RF plots for GSM / EDGE on the 850 and 1900MHz bands, Bluetooth, and WiFi radiation. No incriminating photographs of a well-abused iPhone lying helpless on a test workbench in some cavernous lab, no user's manual. Soon, friends!
P.S. -The confidentiality agreement on this sucker is, from what we can tell, up on or around July 8th, giving Apple plenty of time to get this out the door in late June before the FCC bares all.
[Via
Mobilewhack, thanks
Sandeep]
posted May 17th 2007 1:39PM
Oh well, no surprise 3g after all. That confirms I am definitely not getting one this go round.
Wait, is it dualband GSM or is engadget leaving out info?
It's quadband but the FCC would only be concerned with the 850 and 1900 frequencies, since that is all that is used here for GSM.
Say a prayer tonight for the kittens that have passed away at the right hand of Apple fanboys today.
Wonder if it will have the same "buzz" problem like all the other GSM phones. FCC should start testing for that as well.