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There’s also a big difference between one charger emitting some noise, and a couple million in a big city raising the noise floor for the frequency.


It's not Apple's job to determine if there's a problem with that and regulations on this issue are, so far as I'm aware, treated very seriously.


Sorry - I can clarify a little. If it complies with regulations, Apple is definitely not at fault.

I was just replying to the above comment which could read “a little noise from a single device isn’t a big deal.”

It is definitely up to regulators to decide what is acceptable, and up to Apple to meet those regulations. It’s still a little unclear from the OP whether or not the spurious emissions meet transmission requirements, but it definitely a good place to do further lab tests for compliance.


We're talking "little" as in "need a powerful microscope to see it", not "small".


Maybe! Seems a little unlikely that Apple could fly something like that under the radar, not for very long, but mistakes happen.

Do bodies like the FCC independently verify compliance?


Inverse square law dude. We're talking about nanowatts, at most, here.




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