France: List of cell phones withdrawn or updated for deception and endangering users (update 8 April 2024)

List of cell phones withdrawn or updated for deception and endangering users
By : Phonegate Team • 11 Apr 2024

There are now 48 models of cell phones, identified as dangerous to the health of users, which have been either withdrawn from the French market or have seen their Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) updated by software.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 HOTWAV Cyber 7, the LOGICOM Flow, the EMPORIA smart 4, the DOOGEE S88, the EMPORIA simplicity V27, the Iphone 12, the Motorola Edge, the Essential Clap 20+, the Xiaomi Poco X3 and the LOGICOM Le Swipe.

HOTWAV Cyber 7 withdrawn from the French market

In a press release dated April 8, 2024, the French National Frequencies Agency (ANFR) announced the withdrawal from the French market of the HOTWAV Cyber 7 smartphone, after tests carried out by the accredited German laboratory CETECOM revealed that the trunk SAR (2.112 W/kg) and limb SAR (4.246 W/kg) had been exceeded.

To date, the test report has not yet been published by ANFR on its website dedicated to Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) measurements. However, no fewer than 978 cell phone test reports have been made available since they were obtained following legal action initiated in 2016 by Dr. Marc Arazi.

Distributors on the front line!

HOTWAV SHENZHEN TUGAO INTELLIGENT CO LTD is responsible for the marketing of this cell phone, which does not comply with European regulations. As the Chinese manufacturer failed to respond to ANFR’s injunctions to bring its SARs into compliance, the French regulatory agency decided to withdraw and recall the HOTWAV Cyber 7.Distributors on the front line!

It also enjoined distributors to:

“In the absence of any reaction or instruction from the manufacturer, it is up to distributors to take the necessary measures to withdraw and recall the phones concerned on their own initiative. Indeed, article R. 20-13-1 IV of the CPCE stipulates that “distributors who consider, or have reason to believe, that radioelectric equipment they have made available on the market does not comply with the present section shall ensure that the necessary corrective measures are taken to bring it into compliance, withdraw it from the market or recall it, if necessary.”

Withdrawal from the market and recall procedures apply not only to physical store sites, but also to online sales platforms.

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