2023-09-12 18:53:16
The iPhone 12, the Apple phone released in 2020, can no longer be sold in France due to exceeding the limit values on electromagnetic waves emitted and absorbed by the human body, according to the national frequency agency (ANFR).
The authority also asks Apple to “implement all available means to quickly remedy this malfunction” on copies already sold, under penalty of having to recall them, she specifies in a press release sent Tuesday evening to AFP.
“I have confidence in the company’s sense of responsibility to comply with our rules. My mission is to ensure they are respected. If it does not do so, I am ready to order the recall of iPhone 12s in circulation“, declared the French Minister for Digital Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot, in an interview with Le Parisien.
He specified that the compliance of the smartphone “goes through a simple software update“. Apple has 15 days to comply.
According to Jean-Noël Barrot, the withdrawal request could even be extended to the European market.
Contacted by AFP, Apple was not able to react immediately. The Californian giant presented its new device, the iPhone 15, on Tuesday evening, which will integrate a universal USB-C charging port to comply with European regulations.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), ““there is currently no indication that exposure to low intensity electromagnetic fields is dangerous for human health” and this “despite numerous research“.
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