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May 17, 2007

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Come one, come all: iPhone FCC docs available

Posted May. 17, ’07, 12:34 PM PT by Dan Moren
Category | iPhone

SAR TestingRemember wayyyy back in January, when Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone? At the time, it was the second major product that Apple had hyped months ahead of release—the first being the Apple TV. What had once been as unheard of at Apple as the phrase “Steve Jobs stole my cupcake” was suddenly as common as Steve Jobs actually stealing people’s cupcakes (he cannot resist their choclatey goodness).

The reason Steve gave for the iPhone’s prenatal spoiler was that he didn’t want mean old Mr. FCC spilling the beans before Apple was ready. So it’s really no surprise to find ourselves still around a month away from the iPhone’s likely release with the FCC filings open to any dastardly user with a computer and a connection to the Internet.

Not that there’s anything really new. Looking at the drawings, you’d be excused for thinking that Apple intended to create—gasp—a box. Those holding out hope that Apple might sneak 3G wireless into the phone before its release will be disappointed: the description on the forms says only “GSM Cellular Telephone with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.”

Really, the stuff is pretty dry, so unless you like spending your spare time staring at signal graphs and block diagrams, just content yourself in knowing that the iPhone has gotten its FCC approval and we’re in the home stretch.

Oh, and in case you’re wondering how the federal government spends your tax dollars, the above is a picture of the setup the FCC uses to test the Specific Absorption Rates (SAR) of cellphones, i.e. how much uncontrolled radiation they give off. Either way, it looks like it was designed by Rube Goldberg.

[Thanks, Daniel]


2 Comments

Miche Doherty said:

At the time, it was the second major product that Apple had hyped months ahead of release—the first being the Apple TV

Don't forget the iMac, announced on May 6 1998 but not shipping until August 15.

May 17, 2007 1:02 PM
Scott said:

As of 12:44AM Pacific Time the Apple website still has the disclaimer stating the iPhone hasn't yet received FCC approval.

They're normally pretty good about updating things like that, eh?

May 18, 2007 12:46 AM

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