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  "id": "questions:which-phones-have-the-lowest-sar",
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  "slug": "which-phones-have-the-lowest-sar",
  "name": "Which phones have the lowest SAR?",
  "summary": "Lowest declared ear values among current models here are 0.38–0.53 W/kg against a 2 W/kg EU limit, but declared SAR is a maximum-power compliance figure and ranks test behaviour, not everyday absorption.",
  "status": "verified",
  "lastVerified": "2026-08-12",
  "data": {
    "question": "Which phone models have the lowest declared SAR, and does buying one lower my exposure?",
    "answer": "Among current models in this dataset the lowest declared values at the ear are the Samsung Galaxy A16 5G at 0.38 W/kg, the Fairphone Gen. 6 at 0.48 W/kg and the Samsung Galaxy A36 5G at 0.53 W/kg, against an EU limit of 2 W/kg averaged over 10 g of tissue; recent iPhones sit near the top of the range at 1.49 W/kg. All of them are declarations from a worst-case compliance test at maximum transmit power, so they rank how the models behave in that test and not how much energy your body absorbs day to day — a phone with strong reception transmits orders of magnitude below maximum power. Choosing a lower-SAR model changes real exposure far less than using speakerphone or wired earphones and calling where the signal is good.",
    "cluster": "devices",
    "aliases": [
      "lowest SAR phone",
      "lowest radiation phone",
      "low SAR phone list"
    ],
    "related": [
      "devices:samsung-galaxy-a16-5g",
      "devices:fairphone-gen-6",
      "limits:icnirp-2020-sar-local",
      "questions:what-is-sar-and-does-a-low-sar-phone-matter"
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "bfs-sar-database",
      "title": "SAR search — declared SAR values of mobile phones",
      "publisher": "Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz (German Federal Office for Radiation Protection)",
      "url": "https://www.bfs.de/EN/service/sar-suche/sar_suche_node.html",
      "kind": "government",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    },
    {
      "id": "bfs-sar-mobile",
      "title": "Specific absorption rate (SAR) of mobile phones — measurement procedure and interpretation",
      "publisher": "Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz (German Federal Office for Radiation Protection)",
      "url": "https://www.bfs.de/EN/topics/emf/mobile-communication/protection/sar-mobil/sar-mobile-phone.html",
      "kind": "government",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    },
    {
      "id": "icnirp-2020",
      "title": "Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (100 kHz to 300 GHz)",
      "publisher": "International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection",
      "url": "https://www.icnirp.org/en/publications/article/rf-guidelines-2020.html",
      "year": 2020,
      "kind": "guideline",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    }
  ],
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