Comment on France bans iPhone 12 after finding radiation levels are too high

krayj@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• otter@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s still relevant to ask the company to recall it / not produce more / get third party distributors to stop selling it

  with a more modern standard

  I don’t think that’s what’s happening here?

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  • krayj@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    From the article:

    The agency noted that tests measuring radiation absorption rates at a distance of 5cms (1.98 inches) showed that the iPhone 12 was in compliance with the limit of 2.0 watts per kilogram.

    But it also says that:

    The ANFR said accredited labs had measured absorption of electromagnetic energy by the body at 5.74 watts per kilogram during tests simulating when the phone was being held in the hand or kept in a pocket, writes France 24. That’s higher than the European standard absorption rate of 4.0 watts per kilogram.

    That sounds like a different test that it is currently failing?

    It makes it sound like the iPhone 12 was in compliance earlier, but is not in compliance now.

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    • WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The SAR limit recommended by The Council of the European Union is 2.0W/kg averaged over 10 grams of tissue for the body (4.0 W/kg averaged over 10 grams of tissue for the extremities - hands, wrists, ankles and feet)

      Source: https://download.tomtom.com/open/manuals/new_GO/html/en-gb/SpecificAbsorptionRate(SAR)compliance-EU.htm

      Last modified: 3/3/2016 3:06:39 PM

      So, looks like its just two different requirements that have been around since at least 2016 when tomtom posted that.

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