I’m sure Apple, who just released the iPhone 15 and won’t be selling the 12 anymore, will be devastated by this
France halts iPhone 12 sales over radiation levels
Submitted 1 year ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66795168
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Motecuhzoma@lemmy.world 1 year ago
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 1 year ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
On Tuesday, the French watchdog which governs radio frequencies also told the tech giant to fix existing phones.
The ANFR has advised Apple that if it cannot resolve the issue via a software update, it must recall every iPhone 12 ever sold in the country.
But the World Health Organization has previously sought to allay fears about radiation emitted by mobile phones.
Apple told the BBC it was contesting the ANFR’s review, and said it had provided the regulator with lab results from the tech giant itself and third parties which show the device is compliant with all the relevant rules.
France’s digital minister Jean-Noel Barrot told French newspaper Le Parisien the decision was due to radiation levels above the acceptable threshold, according to Reuters.
It comes as the Chinese foreign ministry issued a rebuttal against media reports which claimed government agencies had told staff to stop using iPhones.
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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It took them three years after release to determine this? Were there no FCC-equivalent filings well before then?
revs@feddit.uk 1 year ago
They tested on release (it passed), they then re-tested recently (it failed)
orclev@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m far more likely to believe they screwed up the retest than I am that France suddenly found something everyone else missed. Also 4 watts is nothing. I’d maybe start to get a little worried if it was putting out 40 watts, although even that much is still pretty minimal.