What do those symbols on the back of the iPhone mean?

[ModeratorOMD]

Why are they there?

One looks like it says FCC. One looks like a garbage can with an X over it. A C, an E, and an exclamation point.

Why do they have to be there?

 

[Fausty82]

Why are they there?

One looks like it says FCC. One looks like a garbage can with an X over it. A C, an E, and an exclamation point.

Why do they have to be there?

Most of these symbols indicate only that the iPhone has received approval to use the various frequency spectra reserved for mobile and wireless communications and that it has passed various safety checks. We dove into hundreds of pages of regulations to see what the iPhone's various tramp stamps mean.

Ask Ars: What are those symbols on the back of the iPhone?

 

[saynt j]

This information is on the exterior of the iPhone because, in the short-sighted wisdom that Apple loves to employ, the iPhone does not have a removable battery cover. If you have any other branded smartphones lying around, look under the battery and you will see similar information.

 

[Apple Ifad]

I think it looks neat. Kinda like the Led Zepplin 4 album cover.

 

[BreakingKayfabe]

Notice that when the CDMA version of the iPhone 4 came out last year on Verizon, it didn't contain all that stuff on the back.

 

[saynt j]

I think it looks neat. Kinda like the Led Zepplin 4 album cover.

I'm searching now for a way to make a custom back cover with those symbols on it. Hahaha

 

[EmceeGeek]

It's patent stuff too right?

 

[Charles00]

I think it looks neat. Kinda like the Led Zepplin 4 album cover.