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The US bill to phase out wonky symbols on the back of gadgets is now a law

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President Obama signed the E-Label Act into law today. The law was introduced by senators back in July and was easily passed in the House and the Senate. The E-label Act allows manufactures to provide FCC symbols, ID numbers, and other labeling in software menus rather than on the exterior of the device. This law only applies to marks related to the United States, marks like C E for the European Union are still required for devices sold in the EU. The need for marks on US devices started in 1973, the marks being moved into software will be very nice for smaller devices like smart watches.

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Nice, wish my M8 didn't have them.

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They are already here.

No, I smell ones with out FCC standards now.

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I smell cheaper, crappier products on the way.

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Interesting, but not exceptionally useful.

 

Not that I'm complaining.

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I never cared in the first place.

 

That being said, my Note 4 doesn't have anything on the back cover

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No, I smell ones with out FCC standards now.

It's not like those FCC logos were ever real. There may be a higher influx of cheap, shitty products, but I suspect they won't get much worse than they already are.

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Huh, never even noticed theses on my HTC DNA. It's so small and the text is dark gray on a black rubber finish, it's almost camouflaged! 

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*insert omg who cares gif here*

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This is obviously to help the terrorists. Thanks Obama.

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Interesting, wasn't aware it was required. I can't find any labels anywhere on my One Max  :huh:

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This is obviously to help the terrorists. Thanks Obama.

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I thought that logo just meant it passed FCC rule regarding EMI.  If so it doesn't indicate that the product is any good, only that it won't cause your TV to skip channels when in use.

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My Nexus already has the info in the software, Europe ftw ;p

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This is obviously to help the terrorists. Thanks Obama.

And children will be abducted for some reason.

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rip off Beats and Apple devices

You're being redundant. There are no other kind of Beats and Apple devices.

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*looked under FiiO E10K, saw those symbols, shrugged and placed dac amp back down*

 

I don't give a shit..at all.

 

 

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i kinda liked it , now it's gonna look like cheap chinese knockoffs :/

Details separate people.

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No, I smell ones with out FCC standards now.

You can still check if they have them. Just look in the software menu, or if you haven't purchased the device yet and can't go to a store to check then look it up online.

 

Most of those regulations are required by law if I'm not mistaken so just because the symbols aren't labelled on the exterior of the device doesn't mean electronic devices are no longer regulated in the U.S.

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Am i the only one that won't buy devices without the CE mark on them?

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