We recently learned that the iPhone 12 exceeds the SAR limits and that French authorities are planning to ban the use of the iPhone 12. However, Apple fixed the problem by releasing a software update to prevent the device from emitting so much radiation. It looks like French institutions have now approved Apple’s solution.

OCU (Organization of Consumers and Users) He called on Spanish authorities to take the same decision as French regulators. The amount of radio frequency energy that smartphones can transmit to users’ skin is limited by law.

Apple will continue to market iPhone 12 in France

During September, France officially asked Apple to halt sales of the iPhone 12 after discovering that Apple did not comply with European electromagnetic radiation standards.

Seems like, The increase in radiation on the iPhone 12 was due to various software updates offered by Apple and it wasn’t this high at the iPhone 12’s initial launch in 2020.

Now to solve the problem, Apple released a new software update This once again reduces the radiation emitted by the iPhone 12. French regulators are now test with software update to verify that it no longer emits as much radiation as before.

If so, regulators They will bring the iPhone 12 back to marketing. So most likely the iPhone 12 will not be banned.

Firstly, Apple did not agree with the accusations of French organizations. The Cupertino company even issued a statement assuring that the device’s compliance with global standards has been certified by multiple international organizations.

Apple said in a statement that the iPhone 12, released in 2020, had been certified by multiple international organizations as compliant with global radiation standards, which provided numerous Apple and third-party laboratory results showing the phone’s compliance with the French agency, whose findings it challenged.

We will wait for the decision of the French authorities. However, if you own an iPhone 12, you should know that radiation is not dangerous for your skin. Of course, this is not ideal, but the vast majority of electronic devices emit some amount of electromagnetic radiation. Fortunately, The limits set by the EU have a wide margin of safetySo you are not in any danger.