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Blaze ( Blaze@piefed.zip )  to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 11 months ago

Fairphone has entered the US

www.androidauthority.com

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Fairphone has entered the US

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Blaze ( Blaze@piefed.zip )  to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 11 months ago
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This refreshingly innovative smartphone brand has entered the US
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The US isn't the most competitive smartphone market, but that hasn't stopped a notable mobile manufacturer from entering the country.
  • ReversalHatchery ( ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org ) 
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    I think they weren’t shipping, so people had to find a reseller or something like that

    • quick_snail ( quick_snail@feddit.nl ) 
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      So all that changed is they ticked a box to include “US” deliveries on their ecommerce platform? I’ll never understand why that was so difficult

      • ReversalHatchery ( ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org ) 
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        honestly, it’s probably more than that. you don’t just “tick a box” to send commercial packages to places… like, did you hear about VAT?

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          Vat is paid by the customer. In international shipping, the shipping company collects it.

          Any decent ecommerce platform will automatically add the vat to the order, and it’ll be collected by the 3PL provider. It’s not really a business decision. Still just a box to tick

      • cole ( cole@lemdro.id ) 
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        I mean, they might’ve needed to get FCC approvals and other things to sell in the US

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          That’s not how the FCC works. They don’t approve things. You follow their standards. If you don’t, they fine you. There is no approval process for devices that must comply wit FCC, UKCA, or CE.

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            that’s literally not true. you have to get a license to operate radio devices in the US.

            companies must get FCC certification for their devices to legally be sold here

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              To operate. Not to sell.

              It literally is true. I make and sell electronics to all three markets. There is no approval process for selling devices.

              • cole ( cole@lemdro.id ) 
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                That seems a little pedantic. They couldn’t very well sell a phone here that doesn’t operate. Functionally you do need certification

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