After French regulators ordered the sale of the iPhone 12 to be halted due to concerns that the device was exceeding strict radiation exposure limits, Apple has stated that it will release a software update for iPhone 12 owners.
“We will issue a software update for users in France to accommodate the protocol used by French regulators,” says Apple in a statement to Reuters. “We look forward to iPhone 12 continuing to be available in France.”
French controllers requested a boycott of iPhone 12 models recently in the wake of testing the handset and finding that its Particular Retention Rate (SAR) — how much radio recurrence is retained into a body from a gadget — surpassed European radiation openness limits. Belgium said it would survey the French discoveries, with Germany, Italy, and more nations saying they’d screen what is happening.
The iPhone 12 originally went marked down in late 2020, however France’s ANFR controller has been completing tests on in excess of 140 telephones as of late to guarantee radiation principles are being stuck to.
Apple has excused the cases and says “this is related to a specific testing protocol used by French regulators and not a safety concern” with the iPhone 12 itself. “The ANFR is preparing to quickly test this update,” says Jean Noel Barrot, France’s digital affairs minister, in a statement to Reuters.
On the same day that Apple announced its new iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro handsets, which are scheduled to launch on September 22nd, the concerns regarding the levels of radiation in the iPhone 12 and a French sales ban emerged.