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Apple to update iPhone 12 in France over radiation

Apple will update its iPhone 12 in France after fears about radiation, the country’s digital minister says.

Jean-Noel Barrot said Apple would deliver a software update for users in the country in the coming days.

Sales of iPhone 12 were halted in France after a regulator detected too much electromagnetic radiation. Apple was told to fix the issue.

The firm said the new update would only apply to users in France, where it said a specific testing protocol existed.

The American tech giant suggested the radiation findings were a result of that testing regime, and that it was “not a safety concern”.

The planned update raises questions over Apple’s plans for iPhone 12, which was released just three years ago, in other countries.

Mr Barrot said that the radio frequency regulator (ANFR) would test the new update to check its compliance before iPhone 12 is allowed back on sale in the country.

The World Health Organization has previously sought to allay fears about radiation emitted by mobile phones.

It says on its website there is no evidence to conclude that exposure to low level electromagnetic fields is harmful to humans.

In a statement sent to AFP news agency, Apple said the radiation finding in France was “related to a specific testing protocol used by French regulators and not a safety concern”.

It said the iPhone 12 complied with emissions rules worldwide, but it would “issue a software update for users in France to accommodate the protocol used by French regulators”.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66795175

France says iPhone 12 emits high radiation, Apple says it’s all under limits

The iPhone 12 launched in 2020 and was much appreciated by users as well as critics. However, the smartphone is now making headlines as it has been accused of emitting higher than permitted radiations. French authorities even told Apple to stop selling the iPhone 12 in the country else they would recall the phones already sold to customers, according to a Reuters report. The tech giant, however, has denied these allegations and says that everything is under control and that the iPhone 12 was certified by multiple international bodies as meeting global radiation standards.

France says iPhone 12 emits high radiation
The Reuters report says that Apple defended its product on Wednesday, after France ordered the company to stop selling iPhone 12 in the country since it ‘breaches European Union radiation exposure limits’. After this, Europe also mulled over the idea of banning iPhone 12 as Germany’s network regulator, BNetz, hinted at similar proceedings. BNetz was reportedly in contact with French authorities. On the other hand, Spain’s OCU consumers’ group urged authorities there to pause the sales of the iPhone 12.

Coming back to France, the country’s authorities even said that they would be sending their agents to Apple stores to check if the iPhone 12 was being sold there or not. They added that if they find that the phone was still being sold despite orders of a sales halt, they would recall the phones already sold to customers.

Apple says all is under control
In response, Apple said in a statement that the iPhone 12 was certified by multiple international bodies as compliant with global radiation standards. The company also added that it has submitted various lab results conducted by Apple and third-parties that prove that the phone is compliant with the global radiation standards.

The report added that in the last two decades, researchers have been conducting studies about health risks associated with use of mobile phones and so far, as per the WHO, no “adverse health effects have so far been established as being caused by mobile phone use”.

Professor Rodney Croft, the chair of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), which sets global guidelines on the SAR limits, also told Reuters that the radiations from phones were not putting anyone at risk. Additionally, the regulatory limits on SAR have been set 10 times below where the evidence of harm was found by scientists.

Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/france-says-iphone-12-emits-high-radiation-apple-says-its-all-under-limits-2435478-2023-09-14

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