France requires Apple to update its iPhone 12 software to solve the problem of excessive radiation, otherwise it will be recalled.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens for the clues of the past, rain and snow, baigy, ZZB88088, SevenBeckham and MissBook! CTOnews.com, Sept. 13 (Reuters)-in an interview with French newspaper Le Parisien, French Deputy Minister for Digital economy Barrow said Apple must stop selling its iPhone 12 phone in France because its radiation levels exceed the limits permitted by law.

ANFR, the French radiation monitoring agency, notified Apple after testing the iPhone 12 and found that the phone's specific absorptivity (SAR) was slightly higher than the legal limit, Barrow said.

Barrow said a software update would be enough to solve the radiation problem in the phone, which has been on sale since 2020. "Apple has two weeks to respond," he said. "if they don't, I'm going to order a recall of all iPhone 12 in circulation. The rules are the same for everyone, including digital giants."

Apple responded that iPhone 12 has been certified by a number of international agencies and has been confirmed to comply with all applicable SAR regulations and standards around the world, and we have provided French and French representatives with results from several Apple and independent third-party laboratories to prove its compliance.

The European Union has established safety restrictions on SAR values related to mobile phones, and according to scientific research, exceeding the safety limits may increase the risk of some forms of cancer. The French watchdog will now convey its findings to regulators in other EU member states. "in fact, this decision may have a snowball effect," Barrow said. "

CTOnews.com noted that France tightened regulations in 2020 to require retailers to display radiation levels of products on mobile phone packages, including tablets and other electronic devices.