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France bans iPhone 12 after finding radiation levels are too high
(www.techspot.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
This title is so misleading. France hasn’t banned the device, and the radiation levels could likely be fixed with a software update. French officials have stated that they may prohibit sale and issue a recall IF Apple doesn’t respond to their request. The article says as much:
Also, why the hell did it take French agencies 4 years to test this device? Even if Apple says they won’t update the phones and is forced to stop selling them, taking a 4 year old phone off the market won’t really hurt them in any way.
Apple hasn’t sold them in a few years anyway. It would only affect third party sellers.
It would also affect already sold units. They are giving apple 2 weeks to come up with a software fix to remediate already sold units and if apple fails to comply, they will force apple to recall all the iPhone 12s still in use.
I think they still sell refurbed 12s.
Probably not after today.
Made my day, literally lol’d. Thanks.
they do, my sister just bought one
Maybe something changed more recently to warrant a test?
The story feels like pop-science websites running with a story that's otherwise pretty boring regulatory proceedings.
The article says:
Followed by this quote:
That sounds a lot like "banned" to me. Considering those two quotes, I don't think the article title is misleading. It sounds like they are banning sales effective immediately, and will force apple to conduct a recall if they can't retroactively fix the already sold units.