France: List of cell phones withdrawn or updated for deception and endangering users (update 6 April 2023

List of cell phones withdrawn or updated for deception and endangering users
By : Phonegate Team • 6 Apr 2023

There are now 41 models of mobile phones, identified as dangerous for the health of users, which have either been withdrawn from the French market, or have had their Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) subject to a software update. The latest: the Essential Clap 20+ (Boulanger), the Xiaomi Poco X3 and the Logicom Le Swipe.

Be careful if you have an Essential Clap 20+, you have until June 30, 2023 to bring it back to Boulanger!

The Essential Clap 20+ pinned!

In a press release dated April 4, 2023, the National Frequency Agency (ANFR) announced that the SAR measurement tests of the Essentiel Clap 20+ mobile phone model did not respect the regulatory limits for the trunk (2 .73 W/kg instead of 2W/kg) and limbs (4.14W/kg instead of 4W/kg).

For the moment, it has not been possible to access the test reports carried out in the laboratory. Indeed, the entire SAR test database is not accessible. As a reminder, it was following our actions before the Administrative Court that the agency finally had to make public in 2018 the hundreds of test reports kept secret since 2012.

By consulting the instructions for the Essential Clap 20+, we realize that the SAR levels indicated by the manufacturer and its Boulanger distributor are greatly reduced. The trunk SAR in particular, which comes out at 1.33W/kg, half the controlled level of 2.73W/kg. As for the head SAR, it was not subject to any control by the ANFR. Why, knowing that the manufacturer had failed in its compliance with regulations and information to its customers?

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