Areport from Reuterssays that a Gallic agency , Agence Nationale des Fréquence ( ANFR ) , has tell Apple to discontinue selling the iPhone 12 because their examination register it breathe too much wireless frequency radiation syndrome .
All mobile phones utter this sort of non - ionizing radiation , just as all product with wireless emitters do , and various international body have regulations to limit how much they can pass off . They measure the Specific Absorption Rate ( SAR)—how much radiation is engross by the physical structure — and the Gallic agency ’s claim is that the iPhone 12 is over the legal limitation .
It should be noted that the legal limit isfarbelow what scientist say is dangerous ( 10 times below , in fact ) , so there is no potential harm to consumers . What ’s more , the WHO and other wellness agencies have not been able to find any link between mobile earpiece exercise and wellness problems associate to actinotherapy , even with decades of use and billions of roving phone users globally .
The ANFR suppose it will post agents to store to verify Apple is no longer selling the iPhone 12 , and failure to abide by would result in a recall of units already sell to client .
orchard apple tree disputes the claims and says it will contest the determination . The company says that the iPhone 12 was certify compliant by multiple international soundbox and had provided several Apple and third - company lab answer prove the phone ’s compliance to the French representation .
The French authorities apparently use a dissimilar testing methodology than most regulative bodies do , which has lead to 42 devices being pulled from shelves so far . This is the first time an Apple product has been affected , however . It ’s not clear whether the ANFR test the iPhone 13 or 14 .
The sales stoppage is likely of little vexation to Apple . The iPhone 12 is three class previous and has disappear from Apple ’s iPhone card anyway to make room for the iPhone 15 ( iPhone 14 and iPhone 13 manakin will still be sell ) . So , almost all iPhone 12 manakin thatwillbe sell , havebeen deal . The bully threat is that non - compliance , for example with refurbished building block , could trigger a mandatory recall .
