2023-09-13 15:30:00
DISPATCH – The National Frequency Agency (ANFR) has singled out Apple’s iPhone 12 for exceeding the limit values on electromagnetic waves emitted and absorbed by the human body. Released in 2020, the smartphone is temporarily withdrawn from sale.
In theory, all it takes is a simple software update, as French Minister for Digital Jean-Noël Barrot explained: “I have confidence in the company’s sense of responsibility to comply with our rules. My mission is to enforce them. If she does not do so, I am ready to order the recall of iPhone 12s in circulation. Same story from the ANFR, which asks the American giant to “implement all available means to quickly remedy this dysfunction”. As reported by AFP, Apple has 15 days to comply.
Concretely, according to the French agency, the iPhone 12 exceeds by 1.74 W per kilogram (W/kg) the regulatory limit value corresponding to the energy that can be absorbed by the human body when the phone is held upright. hand. Nothing exceptional, since the ANFR regularly reduces the transmission power of smartphones.
Apple, however, defended itself by ensuring that the iPhone 12 is certified as complying with the standards defined around the world by numerous international organizations. Clearly, the company disputes the agency’s conclusions.
But they will certainly have to comply regardless, Jean-Noël Barrot having assured that the withdrawal request could be extended to the European market. A thorn in the side, this Europe, since it is also its regulations which have required Apple to build its latest iPhone 15 with universal USB-C charging.
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