The loud premiere of the iPhone 15 Pro is behind us, and meanwhile Apple has just encountered quite unexpected problems. The French National Radio Frequencies Agency (ANFR) announced that starting from September 12, 2023, Apple has been banned from selling iPhone 12 in this country.
Reason? According to experts from the agency (which is the equivalent of the Polish Office of Electronic Communications), the smartphone exceeds radio wave emission standards. It’s about the so-called specific absorption coefficient (SAR), which in the case of iPhone 12 is to be 5.74 W per kilogram of body, although the norm is permissible under French (but also international) law 2 W/kg.
Tests, confirmed by an independent laboratory, have shown that this smartphone exceeds the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR). This means the emission of electromagnetic waves slightly exceeding the permissible threshold (…). On Tuesday, we notified Apple of our decision to suspend iPhone 12 sales in France
– said French Minister of Digital Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot,
Apple must immediately take all possible actions to prevent affected phones in its supply chain from being made available on the market, and for phones already sold, it must take corrective action as quickly as possible to ensure compliance of the affected phones.
– we read in a statement published by ANFR.
Apple now has 15 days to respond to the ANFR allegations. Interestingly, as Jean-Noël Barrot explains, the Cupertino company can solve this problem without the need to replace devices. SAR reduction is possible by updating the smartphone software.
Apple: iPhone 12 tested for RF emissions requirements
iPhone has been successfully tested for RF (Radio Frequency) emissions requirements.
– explains Apple.
The measurement results can be found on the company’s official website SAR values for iPhone 12. These data show that the device does not exceed radiation standards – for all tests performed, SAR was well below the limit value of 2 W/kg.
Apple uses the latest approved industry regulatory procedures to test and control radio transmitter power. These procedures monitor RF use and exposure in real time and adjust the power of iPhone’s RF transmitter to keep emissions within applicable limits
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What is SAR?
SAR, otherwise specific rate of energy absorption Whether specific absorption coefficient, is a measure of the rate at which energy is absorbed by our body when it is exposed to radio waves. The unit of SAR is watt per kilogram (W/kg). It was introduced as international standard for measuring exposure to radio waves when using various devices – including smartphones. The international SAR limit for a mobile phone is 2 W/kg.
Source: Gazeta
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