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v1.0 · Public comment draft

Published October 24, 2026 · MAJOR · Phone and Tablet profiles

The first published version. Changes from the internal drafts:

• Named the Universal Grading Protocol.
• Grades only for resale-ready devices: fully functional, crack-free, battery at least 80%, unencumbered, sanitised.
• A new ladder, NS · OB · A–D, with plain names, one-line tests and Canadian French names; the Premium designation.
• Native functional status FF / FM / FJ / FK / FX; a status in place of eligibility, including REPAIR and NOT GRADED.
• A basis on every value; the operator-lock axis; the parts manifest; a revised core code.
• A lost/stolen check, or the seller's declaration, for every grade; supplier-mapped grades, labelled as such.
• The CC BY-ND 4.0 licence and the name and badge policy; CTIA wording changed to "maps to".

Read v1.0 · PDF (EN) · Schema · Golden files · Annex G

v1.1 · Planned, not dated

MINOR · no date yet · subject to the quarterly review

• Calibrated A–D tolerance counts, removing "provisional".
• Watch and Earbuds profile packs.

Proposals for v1.1 are welcome: Propose a change.