PARIS, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Apple must stop selling its iPhone 12 model in France due to above-threshold radiation levels, France's junior minister for the digital economy told newspaper Le Parisien in an interview published on Tuesday.
France's radiation watchdog ANFR notified Apple of its decision to ban iPhone 12 sales after it had carried out tests which showed the smartphone's Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) was slightly higher than legally allowed, Jean-Noel Barrot told the paper.
Apple did not immediately reply to a Reuters request for comment.
Barrot said a software update would be sufficient to fix the radiation issues linked to the phone which the U.S. company has been selling since 2020.
"Apple is expected to respond within two weeks", he said, adding: "If they fail to do so, I am prepared to order a recall of all iPhones 12 in circulation. The rule is the same for everyone, including the digital giants."
The European Union has set safety limits for SAR values linked to exposure to mobile phones, which could increase the risk of some forms of cancer according to scientific studies.
The French watchdog will now pass on its findings to regulators in other EU member states. "In practical terms, this decision could have a snowball effect", said Barrot.
In 2020, France widened regulations requiring retailers to display the radiation value of products on packaging beyond cell phones, including tablets and other electronic devices.
Reporting by Tassilo Hummel; Editing by Aurora Ellis
So, do I now have cancer? Even thou I bought a iphone 12 mini?
5.6 watts a second is 5.6 joules which would, if entirely directed at your nuts, heat the equivalent mass in water to your ballsack by 0.20°C
I've done worse temperature changes to ballsacks by putting them in my mouth you'll be fineeeee
What a comment, what a name, what a purpose. Claps.
God I forgot I was named that
Lmfao you portrayed relevent scientific information contextualized with the human scrotum and you're telling me you did all that forgetting your name? Amazing.
i just be loving balls :(
And who could blame you
For a moment, I read it as having done it to your own ballsack. I was equal parts impressed and intrigued (scared?).
ok thanks now I feel save to use my iphone as vibrator
Nah, this has got to be about the radio waves that make up cell phone signal which is non ionizing radiation just like FM radio is. Good to regulate because of how close we keep phones to us. Extended exposure to too high levels can cause problems.
The mini, due to it's small size and easy to boof design I think would make it the most cancerous of the designs.
Imagine, finally being able to boof your iphone and then the battery goes full spicy pillow and pops. And the inside of the battery is where the real cancer magic happens.
Pretty embarrassing stuff if you ask me.
Just mini cancer