[Rumor] Apple To Issue New Software Update For iPhone 12 To Bring Its Radiation Down To Acceptable Levels

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• breadsmasher@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  const radiationLevels = 4

  /s

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  • foggy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The funniest part of this is that it’s JavaScript.

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    • LazaroFilm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      #define RADIATIONLEVEL 4
      int i = 100;
      
      void setup() {
      ifdef RADIATIONLEVEL
        setRadiationLevel(RADIATIONLEVEL);
      endif
      }
      
      void loop() {
      setBatteryHealth(i);
      i =- ;
      }
      

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    • FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Fine!

      let radiationLevel = 4

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• ripcord@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Soo... France determined that levels were higher than regulations allowed and asked Apple to fix it. And the latest news is that Apple is looking into fixing it.

  What a story!

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  • otter@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yup

    People said it in the other threads, but this is just boring regulatory processes at work. It’s just a story because popscience type outlets ran with the word radiation

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  • scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Never underestimate the clickbait potential of the word “radiation.”

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• Rhaedas@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  French users: "After the patch I can't seem to keep as strong a signal as before."

  Apple: "..."

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• eclardit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I do wonder, why would France accept a software patch? The device is still capable of going over the limits and it could easily be reverted later?

    Seems like an odd solution.

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    • root@precious.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Software radios can do many things that are against the rules, the governing bodies only care about how they’re actually being used for the most part.

      Also, the measurements are over time. It’s possible to exceed the total allowed in short bursts.

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    • ultratiem@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It has the potential but never will thanks to the software update. What’s the struggle here!?

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• NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The radiation is the equivalent of a chest x ray. Not great, not terrible.

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  • MightEnlightenYou@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m not a fan of Apple but saying that this radiation is akin to gamma radiation in some way its just ignorant.

    Here’s a source for the radiation levels for everybody else: reuters.com/…/apple-disputes-french-findings-says…

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  • EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It is most certainly not lol

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    • NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Whooosh

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  • Player2@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I get the reference but it does look like you are saying this radiation is harmful in some way 🤷

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  • ieightpi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I thought it was EM radiation

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    • otter@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s all EM, but you’re thinking along the right lines

      I think the term you want is “non ionizing” radiation

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    • engityra@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      All radiation (x-rays included), radio waves, and visible light are on the EM spectrum. It's just the wavelength that differentiates them.

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• ShadowCatEXE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  We will issue a software update for users in France… So this applies to only devices sold in France? I’d love to know what changes to the software are being made to deal with radiation.

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  • MrMusAddict@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The word “radiation” has unfortunately been commandeered by idiots to mean “TOXIC MAGIC AIR”. Lightbulbs radiate (produce light).

    In this case they’re 100% just reducing the gain on the phone’s signal strength. No harm prevented. Purely regulatory.

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    • LazaroFilm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      A rock thrown in a pond radiates too.

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    • InvertedParallax@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      So, I happen to know about a huge, unshielded nuclear reactor near a major population center.

      There are millions of documented cases of deadly cancer directly caused by its high energy emissions, even kids are often exposed to hazardous levels.

      It’s called the sun.

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  • geosoco@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    if i had to guess, it's setting power limits on the cell/wifi radio chip.

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    • LazaroFilm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      France loosing one network bar.

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  • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Probably going to throttle it a bit. The only issue is that the power level of the radios in the phone make it a little too warm when you have it to your face.

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  • ultratiem@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yes it’s a special update for that region alone. Apple does this quite often when a country requires special treatment. It rarely makes the news because well it’s not really news.

    Probably just dial down the power emitted like some high end routers let you do in settings. It’ll make the cell service weaker but I don’t think Apple cares much for a device they no longer sell or manufacture anymore.

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• WalkableProgrammer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Wow apple took away the free chemo feature /s

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• ivanafterall@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Mighty kind of 'em.

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