Which mobile phones emit the most radiation… and where iPhones come on the list

MOBILE phones users have been given a chilling warning about how much time they spend chatting.

Radiation can be emitted from phones which can be harmful to our health, experts have said.

Apple reccomends customers using its latest iPhones, including the 14 Pro Max and the iPhone SE, try "a hands-free option, such as the built-in speakerphone, headphones or other similar accessories” to “reduce exposure to RF (radio frequency) energy”.

According to Germany’s Federal Office for Radiation, those radio frequency exposures can be exceptionally high from some mobile devices, and Android phones top the list.

Joel Moskowitz, a researcher at the University of California Berkeley’s School of Public Health said: “People are addicted to their smartphones.

“We use them for everything now, and, in many ways, we need them to function in our daily lives.

“I think the idea that they're potentially harming our health is too much for some people.”

Moskowitz and his colleagues published a review of 46 case-control health studies on the issue of mobiles and health in the in 2020.

He said: “Our main takeaway, is that approximately 1,000 hours of lifetime mobile use, or about 17 minutes per day over a 10-year period, is associated with a statistically significant 60 per cent increase in brain cancer.”

However, things may not be quite that bleak as the UN’s World Health Organisation currently says that, as yet, “no adverse health effects have been established as being caused by mobile phone use.”

Germany’s Federal Office for Radiation lists data on each mobile phone’s specific absorption rate (SAR).

SAR is calculated in watts per kilogram of body weight and quantifies how much energy is absorbed per unit mass by the human body when it’s exposed to a radio frequency.

Usually, this is based on an absorption value recorded when you make a call with the phone to your ear.

In the EU, a SAR value of 2 watts/kg (w/kg) is allowed while in the US this is 1.6 w/kg.