French regulators order Apple to halt sales of the iPhone 12

NavinF wrote: post #3

> testing found that the model emits more electromagnetic waves susceptible to be absorbed by the body than permitted SMH, they're talking about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-ionizing_radiation Next they'll issue an order to halt sunrise and the subsequent 1000W/m^2 of electromagnetic radiation

The phone doesn't meet the regulations which means it can't be sold. Whether they're good regulations or not is another matter.

Re: French regulators order Apple to halt sales of the iPhone 12

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Post by greenpresident » Wed, Sep 13, 2023, 8:34 AM UTC

the_gipsy wrote: post #5

How can I tell what iPhone I have? Mine just says "SE" and ios 16.x.

Settings > General > About.

Tap model number, copy, search it online.

Re: French regulators order Apple to halt sales of the iPhone 12

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Post by saiya-jin » Wed, Sep 13, 2023, 8:39 AM UTC

yanellena wrote: post #7

NavinF wrote: post #3

> testing found that the model emits more electromagnetic waves susceptible to be absorbed by the body than permitted SMH, they're talking about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-ionizing_radiation Next they'll issue an order to halt sunrise and the subsequent 1000W/m^2 of electromagnetic radiation

The phone doesn't meet the regulations which means it can't be sold. Whether they're good regulations or not is another matter.

I wonder why it took them 3 years to find out, I thought these radiation tests are pretty basic these days due to cancer scares some decade and half (?) ago. I think gsmarena publishes similar values in their summary pages, but maybe its just copy paste from release material.

Re: French regulators order Apple to halt sales of the iPhone 12

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Post by tuyiown » Wed, Sep 13, 2023, 8:50 AM UTC

saiya-jin wrote: post #9

yanellena wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The phone doesn't meet the regulations which means it can't be sold. Whether they're good regulations or not is another matter.

I wonder why it took them 3 years to find out, I thought these radiation tests are pretty basic these days due to cancer scares some decade and half (?) ago. I think gsmarena publishes similar values in their summary pages, but maybe its just copy paste from release material.

> I wonder why it took them 3 years to find out

From the ANFR publication [1] «141 mobile phones, including Apple’s iPhone 12, have recently been tested to check compliance with limit SAR values».

I suspect they simply weren't tested before. sigh.

[1] https://www.anfr.fr/liste-actualites/actualite/temporary-wit...