Radiation Extremes: 5 Highest and Lowest Rated Smartphones
HIGH: Apple iPhone 4S
Despite the familiar design, the iPhone 4S boats a fast dual-core processor, a first-class camera and a truly innovative voice-controlled assistant in Siri. With iCloud baked in and a killer collection of apps, it's tough to go wrong here.
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SAR Rating = 1.11
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October 14th, 2010 at 3:02 am
The evidence still doesn’t seem to be conclusive either way. Occasional reports come out about the dangers, then others (usually industry sponsored) saying there are no effects.
I doubt mst people will even look at the SAR rating when choosing a phone – as long as it is under the guidelines they will worry more about features, design and usability.
interesting that all four of the phones you feature are Samsungs. Are they generally the lowest?
October 14th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
There is no plausible reason to think that EM radiation causes any significant harm at this level. It’s non-ionizing radiation, so people who think “Radiation=nukes=cancer” are simply not aware of the difference between ionizing and non-ionizing. Further, we get so much more EM flowing through any normal city, and have for decades, if EM caused noticable harm we’d have noticed it by now.
December 5th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
My self currently bought a HTC incredible Smarphone from Verizon and when I use it without Bluetooth I feel something terible on the side of the ear and head including my eyes. My wife also felt the same when she used this HTC incredible phone. But my self or my wife don’t have any issues with her Motorola DroidX. That means something wrong with this HTC incredible never felt before with any phone we used. So now a days either I talk through the bluetooh or speaker phones. This is a major problem I have faced with HTC incredible. Otherthan this the phone is good but, ofcourse this is a very bad thing
October 29th, 2011 at 10:16 am
I use Samsung Jet and the radiation makes my head uncomfortable after putting it near my ear for 1 minute.
January 25th, 2012 at 4:27 pm
I have the samsung Epic 4g touch (galaxy s II) i can’t even hold it to my ear for 30 seconds without my head hurting, it last for sometimes hours near the temple area on the right side. So now i’m contemplating on giving it back and getting a non smart phone. its lame
February 26th, 2012 at 8:19 pm
I always check SAR ratings before making a cell purchase. I currently have a Samsung Impression with a very low sar rating, .27 and it’s sooo much better than I-phones,, etc. that I’ve held up to my ear and have to put down within seconds. People that are senstive to the SAR ratings can tell right away the radiation levels are high.
July 3rd, 2012 at 6:42 pm
Be warned people, this will happen to you in time. Any information on SAR ratings should be very much appreciated and not ignored. I’m really surprised that not many other people are experiencing this yet – but my phone literally burns my hand and arms. The form factor itself isn’t hot but the radiation from it has caused a black mark on my palm, my arm, hands and elbow which also hurt very much. My entire row of teeth were in pain for 3 days as well as my esophagus burns and swallowing has slowed down now because that’s where I hold the phone when I speak. I want to sue but how can I prove it except to say that my friend also feels the same sensation when they hold my phone. My phone is one of the higher radiation phones and needless to say I’m terrified of using it anymore and am searching for the lowest radiation phone possible. But it’s so difficult to find the information easily. I have to dig and comb thru everything to find information. I hear in California they require the SAR ratings to be posted by law near the phones in the store. I wish that was the case on the websites and in all stores. My experience has been accelerated, in other words, I have experienced 10 times the amount than the average person has so that even when I touch someone else’s phone or a Kindle or iPad, I can feel the sensation. People think I just have an extreme sensitivity to it but I am a victim of the cumulative effect of radiation experienced exponentially in two years and I am sounding the alarm to warn anyone I can. Even if you don’t feel it now, keep your phone away from your face as well as ear and demand that the manufacturer’s make lower radiation phones and provide accessible SAR ratings.
November 17th, 2012 at 2:19 pm
“Walking Dead” caused by Smartphones and their Masts
This note dated 16-11-2012- Mobile phones can do some serious damage to muscle tissues, usual symptoms are mild to severe excruciating pain, in shoulder, wrist, arm area or knees, and groin area in men.
This also depends on the direction/orientation of your local Mobile telephone mast and the mobile handset you are using, and the way you hold your mobile phone.
These symptoms only effect 1% to 5% of smartphone/mobile telephone users, medical professional say that this pain phenomena is caused by bodies immune system.
If you suffer from mild to severe joint and muscular pain then best idea is to check this theory/fact: Switch off your mobile phone and wireless laptops for 1 week to check if the muscular pain eases off or vanishes, To switch off your mobile phone you will have to takeout the battery and sim card from your mobile phone, and keep minimum distance of 5 meters away from any active or in use mobile phone and also WIRELESS laptops/computers.
Some mobile phone vendors openly admit that yes there are small percentage of customers who have complained to them that their mobile phones causes them muscular pain.
But I guess this information/data will never be made public because mobile phone industry turnover per year is in the region of £100 billion plus, and it employs 100s of thousands of staff throughout the world, especially in EU countries and US, such as Samsung, Google Android, Apple, Microsoft etc.
February 27th, 2013 at 9:38 pm
Amen to the previous people that have posted the reality of using cell phones. I am experiencing numbing sensations in my face on the left side. every time i open the straight talk phone tha tI use to use I feel like i’ve been zapped. I stopped using it back in march 2012 and I still have effects from the phone. I tell every one to be aware that cell phones really are dangerous and that some of the physical issues they are experiencing really are as a result of the cell phone and not just a normal head ache or facial ache. I;m happy to see that straight talk and others aere now marking CDMA and GSM on the packaging but I think they should be made to disclose the SAR ratings, the technology and to tell the truth that people are experiencing more brain tumors that ever as a result of increased cell phone usage.
April 11th, 2013 at 9:51 pm
I can no longer surf the net on my HTC Incredible…it makes me terribly sick. My hands tingle and numbing sensation up into my arms after just a few minutes of using it. I also get heart palpitations and shortness of breath. Sucks cuz I really like this phone….why can they not make these things safer.
April 14th, 2013 at 8:46 am
I have noticed that when my 3G isn’t turned off I get an aching, throbbing pain in my groin or area near to where my phone (ie. pocket). As soon I remove the phone from my pocket and place it on a table, the pain goes away. Two of my other friends, all guys I might add, also have a recurring pain in their right groin as well. The common thing between all of us is that we habitually leave our phones in our right pockets. Ladies tend to keep their phones in their bags remember.
I definitely wouldn’t put this down to coincidence. Not impressed and looking for a solution.
April 19th, 2013 at 3:12 am
When some phones are double or even more than double the SAR of others, it surely would be unwise to ignore this information.
Apart from the fact that those sensitive to SAR are already complaining about side effects, we ought to recognise the possible effects are probably too new for Cancer forming cells to be activated without conclusive evidence to disprove SAR.
I won’t allow my children to use high rated SAR phones for this reason. Just in case………..