Apple has said that users of the iPhone 12 in France will get a software update to settle a disagreement with regulators over radiation exposure limits. The French government liked the move and said the update would be tried quickly, so sales of the iPhone 12 could start up again.
Belgium, which had also been worried about the iPhone 12's possible health risks, has also accepted the update, but it will keep looking into the phone and other models. Apple has argued against the French radiation results, saying that the iPhone meets global standards and that the problem is with the way French regulators test things.
The World Health Organisation has said that there is no evidence that cell phones are bad for your health. With the software update, the iPhone 12 should be able to meet European standards, and sales in France will be able to resume. Apple's devices are always getting new software patches, which are often made to fix security problems.
The Agence Nationale des Frequences (ANFR) stopped selling the iPhone 12 in France because its Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) was higher than what the law allowed. But experts in the field say there are no safety risks because the limits set by the government are well below the amounts where harm has been found.
The event shouldn't have a big effect on Apple because the iPhone 12 is an older model and the iPhone 15 just came out. A possible recall would have been a bigger deal, but France only promised to do this if Apple didn't release a software update. Last year, Apple made about $95 billion in sales in Europe. This made it the company's second-biggest market, after the Americas.
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