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France bans iPhone 12 after finding radiation levels are too high
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this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2023
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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.
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
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.
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.