Apple introduced its latest iPhone models on Tuesday, September 12, featuring a universal charger in place of the Lightning ports on the newest devices, following a dispute with the European Union.
Apple unveiled its new iPhone lineup on Tuesday, with its Lightning charger ports replaced on the newest models by a universal charger after a tussle with the European Union.
“USB-C has become a universally accepted standard. So we’re bringing USB-C to iPhone 15,” said Kaiann Drance, Apple’s Vice President of iPhone Marketing at a launch event.
The ANFR said it “ordered Apple to remove the iPhone 12 from the French market from September 12 due to the model exceeding the limit” for electromagnetic absorption by the body.
It said accredited labs had found absorption of electromagnetic energy by the body at 5.74 watts per kilogram during tests simulating when the phone was being held in the hand or kept in a pocket.
The European standard is a specific absorption rate of 4.0 watts per kilogram in such tests.
ANFR noted that tests that measure the electromagnetic radiation absorbed at a distance of five centimeters was in compliance with the limit of 2.0 watts per kilogram.
ANFR said its agents would verify beginning Wednesday that that iPhone 12 models were no longer being offered for sale in France.
Regulators in a number of countries have limits on the amount of electromagnetic radiation mobile phones may emit to prevent adverse health effects.
The World Health Organization states on its website that following a large number of studies that “no adverse health effects have been established as being caused by mobile phone use”.
Khalil Wakim, with AFP
