Update 10/10/23 : Apple has issued asupport document explaining the iPhone 12 radiation issue in France . According to Apple , France ’s unequaled testing method does not provide for the off - body catching and increased connectivity power that Apple has employed on all iPhones for more than a decade . There will be an update in iOS 17.1 for iPhone 12 for exploiter in France to accommodate this specific test communications protocol that require reduce exponent when off - body on a static aerofoil . iPhone 12 exploiter in France may discover slenderly contract wireless performance when the signal is wretched and the phone is off - body ( like roost on a board ) as a event of this change . Apple remind everyone that all iPhone 12 models are dependable to use and always have been .
Original story :
For a three - class - old telephone that Apple stopped selling this calendar week , the iPhone 12 certain is puddle a mint of headlines . On Tuesday , French regulator ordered Apple tostop selling the iPhone 12citing concerns over in high spirits storey of radio frequency radiation syndrome . Now Apple says it will make out a software update to correct the issue .
sooner this week , Agence Nationale des Fréquences ( ANFR ) tell Apple to stop selling the iPhone 12 after it happen that the phone ’s Specific Absorption Rate ( SAR ) was higher than the permissible limit . It imperil to order a full recall of the phone if Apple failed to abide by with the ordering .
Coincidentally , Apple stopped selling the iPhone 12 on Tuesday following the launching of the iPhone 15 . However , there are still iPhone 12 role model for sale throughout the country and online , include refurbished role model .
In astatement to Reuters , Apple say , “ We will issue a software update for users in France to admit the communications protocol used by Gallic regulators . We look forward to iPhone 12 stay on to be useable in France . ” Apple has stated that the iPhone 12 SAR grade are n’t a safety result and is have-to doe with to the “ specific examination protocol . ”
It ’s not open whether the update will get for iOS 16 or iOS 17 , which is arriving on phones Monday . France has already ban more than 40 phones due to SAR level but this is the first time an Apple twist has been sag .
