Apple has been told it must recall every iPhone 12 sold in the country if it cannot fix the problem.

France halts iPhone 12 sales over radiation levels::Apple has been told it must recall every iPhone 12 sold in the country if it cannot fix the problem.

  • @lustrum@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    33•1 year ago

    Fair play to France. It’s above legal levels, properly threatening tech giants is what they need to comply.

    • OtterEnglish
      8•1 year ago

      As for why

      EMR radiation isn’t the type that can cause cancer (which happens when the radiation wavelength is low enough to ‘ionize’ genetic material), but it can heat up tissue the same way a microwave might. With tissue heating, standards are likely set based on the risks / concerns that a country’s health authority thought were reasonable enough. This might also vary depending on different parts of the body.

      If they set a standard and a malfunction is causing the phone to exceed that limit, it’s worth stopping sales so that it can be fixed.

      • @Ullallulloo@civilloquy.comEnglish
        5•1 year ago

        Has there been any cause of RF leading to burns or fever? The idea that a cell phone could transfer enough energy to make even the slightest difference seems insane to me. I can’t imagine it’s physically possible for the health risk to be any worse than raising your thermostat by 1° would be.

        This seems like nothing more than pandering to psuedoscientific quakery.