France bans Apple iPhone 12 sales over high SAR

13 September 2023
Apple can fix the issue with a software update.

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Sam N8 808 owner, 13 Sep 2023Makes sense. Probably they digged deeper, yet its unbeliev... moreWho knows. . .

Maybe they couldn't bury it, but keep it under the table (against a certain incentive) until it was due to be phased out anyways?

With so few new consumer devices being launched in Europe per year, it should be super easy to check each new device to market.

    AlienKiss , 13 Sep 2023I'm not sure, but it might have something to do with h... moreMakes sense.
    Probably they digged deeper, yet its unbelievable it took 4 years for this to come out... I'm just wondering if it has anything to do with 15's launch.

      Why don’t we also ban the Nokia 7650 while we’re at it? Or the Sony Ericsson K800i?

        Anonymous, 13 Sep 2023you cannot get cancer from non ionising radiation, go back ... moreI might add that, I wasn't being too literal, and I never meant someone actully caught cancer. I was just taunting them over the 4 year delay...
        Why is sarcasm not understood clearly?
        Secondly, while not particularly cancerous, I'm not sure if it is totally safe as such. Even Ultraviolet rays are notorious, while they're just that... rays.

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          swaraj, 13 Sep 2023U can't get cancer from non ionizing radiation ... No ... moreAll bio-electrical functions and processes are affected in the presence of fluctuating EM fields.

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            Anonymous, 13 Sep 2023Still amusing how they let this issue run for three years. ... moreFor real

            I don't know if it's more humiliating for Apple or for the EU that's 3 years too late

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              All those people saying you can't get cancer from non-ionizing radiation. Why do the SAR restrictions exist then? Who came up with this idea?

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                U can't get cancer from non ionizing radiation ... No ... Not that we know of yet . science is a process not a product .


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                  New marketing trick to say "your old Iphone is so powerful, we advise you to buy the new one"

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                    Vivo will be removing the 3rd camera on future pro+.
                    3 cams instead of 4 ..
                    Superwide, wide and periscope.
                    No more standard

                      France has taken a perfect step to save it's public from excessive radiation coming from iPhone 12 series phones.

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                        S, 13 Sep 2023How powerful and careful governments are! Are they now try... moreSo dramatic lol

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                          AlienKiss , 13 Sep 2023I'm not sure, but it might have something to do with h... moreThere's no "dangerous levels of SAR", there's no evidence non-ionizing radiation is bad. Otherwise we'd have to ban lightbulbs that are too bright, since they also emit tons of radiation (Also called "light")

                            Didn't Apple literally just remove the iPhone 12 from their store entirely after the iPhone 15 pricing announcement? A bit late for France to 'ban' sales of the iPhone 12 if Apple themselves have already stopped selling them.

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                              After Apple already stopped selling iPhone 12. The government is so far behind.

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                                The comments here are so ideological that makes me sick. The market?, you talk about it like if it is a magical power above everything, yes the market should be regulated especially when the market (a god damm company) its not following the radiation regulation. There is something call cancer and thats why we need to be aware of this things.

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                                  S, 13 Sep 2023How powerful and careful governments are! Are they now try... moreHow ironic tho. More than half of things you wrote are also done by apple to peoples out there

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                                    So if the iPhone 12 was compliant when released. A software update increased the SAR for iphone.

                                    Nice way to make users buy new iphone or make unhealthy change to their old beloved customers.

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                                      Anonymous, 13 Sep 2023Expect xiaomi to be next then. Everything is high. Stop spreading fake news! Xiaomi max is 1,6 vs iPhone 5,8!

                                      https://en.gizchina.it/values-%25E2%2580%258B%25E2%2580%258Bsar-xiaomi-redmi/amp/&ved=2ahUKEwiq6qiFnaeBAxXq4QIHHY09AHoQFnoECBcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0w5JU3y_-3Pteh6Qq3sTdR

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                                        Anonymous, 13 Sep 2023you cannot get cancer from non ionising radiation, go back ... moreSo you know better than those experts who have a lot more knowledges and experiences in this particular field? I glad i can trust you, the next albert einstein!