In September, France warned Apple to stop sales of the iPhone 12 and make the phone comply with European electromagnetic radiation standards. Apple said in its newly published article that it has disabled the iPhone’s extracorporeal sensing feature, which allows for slightly higher transmission power when not being held or in a pocket.The ability to detect the outside body environment was not taken into account!
The detection feature will only be disabled on iPhone 12s sold in France. ANFR, a regulatory body in France, used a testing protocol that did not take into account the iPhone’s mechanism for sensing the external environment. Apple says this has been extensively tested and certified internationally to be an effective mechanism for complying with SAR requirements.
The iPhone has sensors that can detect when it is placed on a stable surface, such as a table, rather than being held in the hand or put in a pocket. The in-body environment sensing mechanism, which has been used in all iPhones for over a decade, allows the phone to slightly increase its transmission power in out-of-body environments scenarios to optimize performance.
The specific testing protocol used by ANFR requires the phone to meet SAR limits even when tested in an in-body environment on a stationary surface. However, this decision does not comply with international standards. According to Apple, the iPhone 12 is always safe to use. iPhones meet international energy transmission standards for health and safety to ensure limited energy transmission when in contact with the human body.
iPhone 12 radiation problem will be completely solved with iOS 17.1
With the iOS 17.1 update, iPhone 12 models in France will no longer increase power to the allowed level when extracorporeal media is detected.
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