France: List of cell phones withdrawn or updated for deception and endangering users (update 5 January 2024)

List of cell phones withdrawn or updated for deception and endangering users
By : Phonegate Team • 5 Jan 2024

There are now 46 models of cell phones, identified as dangerous to the health of users, which have been either withdrawn from the French market or have seen their Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) updated by software. The latest: the EMPORIA smart 4, the DOOGEE S88, the EMPORIA simplicity V27, the Iphone 12, the Motorola Edge, the Essential Clap 20+ (you have until June 30, 2023 to bring it back to Boulanger), the Xiaomi Poco X3 and the Logicom Le Swipe.

EMPORIA smart 4 withdrawn from the French market

The year 2024 begins with a new announcement of SAR exceedances for the EMPORIA smart 4 smartphone for seniors, due to be launched in 2021. In just a few weeks, the Austrian manufacturer has been doubly penalized following the recall of the EMPORIA simplicity 4.

The Agence nationale des fréquences (ANFR) press release published on January 4, 2024 shows that the “member” SAR of the EMPORIA amounts to 4.74 W/kg, i.e. above the regulatory limit of 4W/kg. The ANFR has therefore enjoined the manufacturer to bring its cell phone into compliance with the regulations by January 19, 2024. Failing this, the agency is threatening the EMPORIA smart 4 with a recall!

The “real” trunk SAR is 8.5 W/kg and not 1.7 W/kg

When tested by the German laboratory CETECOM in April 2023, the “trunk” SAR was measured at 1.70 W/kg. But can we really trust the test methods used to measure trunk exposure?

Our answer is clearly NO!

In fact, the actual trunk SAR value obtained from our calculator shows a trunk SAR in European Union of at least 8.5 W/kg, more than four times the regulatory limit of 2 W/kg.

This means that we need to put an end to this widespread deception, which has allowed manufacturers to overexpose us for 30 years. From now on, our NGO Phonegate Alert will systematically publish the data from our calculator (in beta test version for the moment) to enable everyone to measure the changes that need to be put in place at regulatory level to properly protect the health and the secutity of billions of cell phone users.

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