Today, I was on NPR’s News and Notes show discussing everything from the iPhone to hands-free laws. We also discussed the recent warning about cellphones and possible health implications. On the show I mentioned SAR and Radio-frequency being emitted from phones and promised to post the info. So according to the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA), specific absorption rate, or SAR, is “a way of measuring the quantity of radiofrequency (RF) energy that is absorbed by the body.” For a phone to pass FCC certification, that phone’s maximum SAR level must be less than 1.6W/kg (watts per kilogram). from cnet.com
| Manufacturer / Model number | SAR rating (1.6W/kg) |
SAR rating (2.0W/kg) |
| Alcatel OT-256 | 0.59 | |
| Apple iPhone | 0.974 | |
| Apple iPhone 3G | 1.388 | 0.878 |
| AT&T Tilt | 0.88 | |
| Casio G’zOne TYPE–S | 1.34 | |
| Cingular 2125 | 1.44 | |
| Cingular 3125 | 0.825 | |
| Cingular 8125 | 0.79 | |
| Cingular 8525 | 0.79 | |
| Dallab D900 | 1.02 | |
| DBTel J6 | 0.94 | |
| Denso Touchpoint | 1.3342 | |
| Denso TP 2100 | 1.38 | |
| Denso TP 2200 | 1.44 | |
| Dopod 810 | 0.65 | |
| Dopod 838 | 0.327 | |
| Glofish x500 | 0.74 | |
| Helio Ocean | 0.724 | |
| HP iPac 6315 | 0.652 | |
| HP iPac 6340 | 0.65 | |
| HP iPac 6500 | 0.83 | |
| HP iPac 6510 | 0.83 | |
| HP iPac 6515 | 0.83 | |
| HP iPac 6828 | 0.47 | |
| HP iPac 6910 | 0.387 | |
| HTC 8125 | 0.79 | |
| HTC Mogul | 1.13 | |
| HTC Str Trk | 0.825 | |
| HTC Touch | 0.91 | |
| HTC Touch Dual (P5500) | 1.59 | |
| HTC TyTN II | 0.38 | |
| Imate Jam | 0.53 | |
| Imate K-Jam | 0.618 | |
| Innostream INNO 90 | 0.80 | |
| LG Prada | 1.29 | |
| Mitac MIO A700 | 0.61 | |
| Mitac MIO A701 | 0.77 | |
| Multitone CH70 | 1.45 | |
| Orange SPV E200 | 0.82 | |
| Orange SPV M5000 | 0.172 | |
| Palm Centro CDMA | 1.35 | |
| Palm Centro GSM | 0.74 | |
| Palm Treo 600 | 1.43 | |
| Palm Treo 650 CDMA | 1.50 | |
| Palm Treo 650 GSM | 1.51 | |
| Palm Treo 680 | 0.78 | |
| Palm Treo 700w | 1.26 | |
| Palm Treo 750, 750v , 750w | 1.26 | 1.16 |
| Pantech C120 | 1.13 | |
| Pantech PN-215 | 1.30 | |
| Philips 162 | 0.51 | |
| Philips Fisio 100 | 0.98 | |
| Philips Fisio 120 | 0.98 | |
| Philips Savvy | 1.10 | |
| Philips Xenium 9@9 | 1.14 | 0.74 |
| Qtek 8500 | 0.825 | |
| Qualcomm pdQ-1900 | 0.2634 | |
| Qualcomm QCP-860 | 1.2487 | |
| Qualcomm QCP-1960 | 1.41 | |
| Qualcomm QCP-2035 | 1.28 | |
| Qualcomm QCP-2760 | 1.33 | |
| Qtek 2020 | 0.47 | |
| Qtek 9000 | 0.17 | |
| Qtek 9090 | 0.27 | |
| Qtek S100 | 0.53 | |
| Sagem MW 3020 | 0.93 | |
| Sagem MY 100, XtraPac | 0.85 | |
| Sagem MY 501c | 0.97 | |
| Sagem MY C5-2 | 0.53 | |
| Sagem MY C5-2v | 0.53 | |
| Sagem MY C5-3 | 0.70 | |
| Sagem MY X2-2 | 0.87 | |
| Sagem MY X3-2 | 0.93 | |
| Sagem MY X5-2 | 0.58 | |
| Sagem MY X-7 | 0.71 | |
| Sagem MY V-65 | 0.65 | |
| Sagem VS1 | 0.83 | |
| Sagem VS2 | 0.79 | |
| Sagem VS3 | 1.0 | |
| Sendo X | 0.7 | |
| Sharp 902 | 0.53 | |
| Sharp GX10i | 0.8 | |
| Sharp GX20 | 0.7 | |
| Sharp GX25 | 0.62 | |
| Sharp GX30 | 0.7 | |
| Sharp GX30i | 0.7 | |
| Sharp TM150 | 0.823 | |
| Sharp Z-800 | 1.29 | |
| Sidekick | 1.47 | |
| Sidekick II | 0.74 | |
| Sidekick III | 0.50 | |
| Sprint VI600 | 1.41 | |
| Sprint PPC-6700 | 1.098 | |
| Sprint PM 8912 | 1.27 | |
| Sprint PM 8920 | 1.19 | |
| Telit X60 | 1.21 | |
| Telit X170 | 1.13 | |
| T-Mobile Dash | 1.34 | |
| T-Mobile MDA | 0.98 | 0.65 |
| T-Mobile MDA II | 0.27 | |
| T-Mobile MDA III | 0.20 | |
| T-Mobile Sidekick LX | 0.67 | |
| T-Mobile SDA | 0.61 | |
| T-Mobile Vario | 0.32 | |
| T-Mobile Vario II | 0.57 | |
| T-Mobile Wing | 0.717 | |
| Toshiba VM4050 | 0.922 | |
| Treo 600 | 1.43 | |
| Treo 650 CDMA | 1.50 | |
| Treo 650 GSM | 1.51 | |
| Treo 680 | 0.78 | |
| Treo 700w | 1.26 | |
| Treo 750, 750v , 750w | 1.26 | 1.16 |
| Verizon Coupe CDM8630 | 0.628 | |
| Verizon PN-215 | 1.30 | |
| Verizon XV6700 | 1.09 | |
| VK Mobile VK530 | 0.885 | |
| VK Mobile VK570 | 1.05 | |
| Vodafone 710 | 0.66 | |
| Vodafone Simply VS3 | 1.0 | |
| Xelebri 7 | 1.1 | |
| Xera GZ100 | 0.84 |