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Monday, October 6, 2014

SAR explained: here is the radiation level of top smartphones (iPhone 6 compared with competition)

SAR explained: here is the radiation level of top smartphones (iPhone 6 compared with competition):


Have you heard about SAR? The acronym stands for Specific Absorption Rate and relates to the radiation exposure levels of electronic devices. It’s an important measurement for human health and that’s why all phones undergo careful evaluation of their SAR by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States.



The legal limit for a device to pass testing is 1.6 watts per kilogram (W/kg), averaged over one gram of tissue, and interestingly enough many of the top-rated smartphones out there approach it dangerously closely.



One such barely legal ...

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