Smartphone Radiation

You've possibly read that France may ban the sale of the iPhone 12 due to high radiation. Read the following:

"The ANFR recently tested 141 mobile phones and found that when the iPhone 12 is held in a hand or carried in a pocket, its level of electromagnetic energy absorption is 5.74 watts per kilogram, higher than the EU standard of 4 watts per kilogram."

Tech blogger Kim Komando posted the following info on smartphone radiation. You''l note in her report the iPhone 12 doesn't show the level of radiation as the above paragraph. Hmmm?..

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Kim says nerd time: what is phone radiation? It’s measured in watts per kilogram of body weight. You don’t need to know all the details, just that the legal limit is 1.6 watts/kg here in the U.S.

These models emit the most radiation:
Motorola Edge – 1.79
OnePlus 6T – 1.55
Sony Xperia XA2 Plus – 1.41
Google Pixel 3 XL – 1.39
Google Pixel 4a – 1.37
Oppo Reno5 5G – 1.37
Google Pixel 3 – 1.33
Huawei P Smart – 1.27
OnePlus 9 – 1.26
Own a Galaxy Note? Congrats


And these phones emit the least radiation:
Samsung Galaxy Note10+ 5G – 0.19 watts
Samsung Galaxy Note10 – 0.21
Samsung Galaxy A80 – 0.22
LG G7 ThinQ – 0.24
Motorola Razr 5G – 0.27


What about the iPhone?
You guessed it: It falls somewhere in the middle.
iPhone SE (2020 version) – 0.98
iPhone 11 – 0.95
iPhone 12 – 0.98
iPhone 13 – 0.99
iPhone 14 – 0.98