# Motorola Edge 50 Pro

> Declared maximum SAR of 0.98 W/kg at the ear and 1.34 W/kg worn on the body at 5 mm, against the EU limit of 2 W/kg averaged over 10 g of tissue — 49% of the limit at the ear.

- Canonical URL: https://emfbase.com/devices/motorola-edge-50-pro
- Collection: Device SAR
- Record id: `devices:motorola-edge-50-pro`
- Status: verified
- Last verified: 2026-08-12
- JSON: https://emfbase.com/api/devices/motorola-edge-50-pro
- Also known as: Edge 50 Pro SAR, Motorola Edge 50 Pro, Edge 50 Pro

## Key values

- **Manufacturer:** Motorola
- **Model:** Edge 50 Pro
- **Declared SAR at the ear:** 0.98 W/kg — Manufacturer figure — EN 62209-1, 10 g averaging, phone held against the ear at maximum transmit power — Manufacturer-declared maximum, collected by the German Federal Office for Radiation Protection. Not comparable with a U.S. FCC figure, which is averaged over 1 g against a 1.6 W/kg limit. [bfs-sar-database, bfs-sar-mobile]
- **Declared SAR worn on the body (5 mm):** 1.34 W/kg — Manufacturer figure — EN 62209-2, 10 g averaging, worn on the body at the separation distance declared by the manufacturer — Manufacturer-declared maximum for body-worn operation. The separation distance is part of the declaration: a value measured at 5 mm does not describe the phone flat against skin. [bfs-sar-database, bfs-sar-mobile]
- **Share of the EU limit:** 67% of 2 W/kg — Highest of the declared ear and body values against the ICNIRP/EU local SAR restriction averaged over 10 g of tissue. [icnirp-2020]
- **Market status:** Currently sold

## What these numbers are

Both figures are the manufacturer's own declaration from a compliance test at maximum transmit power, collected and published by the German Federal Office for Radiation Protection. They are averaged over 10 g of tissue under EN 62209-1 (ear) and EN 62209-2 (body), which makes them comparable with each other and with the 2 W/kg EU local limit — and not comparable with a U.S. FCC figure, which is averaged over 1 g against 1.6 W/kg.

## What they do not tell you

A declared SAR is a worst-case ceiling, not exposure in normal use: a phone with good network reception transmits far below maximum power, so day-to-day absorption is typically orders of magnitude lower than the declared value. A lower declared SAR therefore does not mean lower everyday exposure, and every model on sale is below the legal limit. The body-worn value only holds at the declared separation distance.

## Related records

- [ICNIRP 2020 local SAR basic restriction (head and torso)](https://emfbase.com/limits/icnirp-local-sar-limit): 2 W/kg averaged over 10 grams of tissue for the general public — a different averaging mass than the FCC's 1 g, which is why SAR numbers are not directly comparable between regions.
- [FCC SAR limit for phones and portable devices](https://emfbase.com/limits/fcc-sar-limit-phones): 1.6 W/kg averaged over any 1 gram of tissue — the number quoted on U.S. phone SAR sheets — plus 0.08 W/kg whole-body.
- [Smartphone (cellular uplink)](https://emfbase.com/emitters/smartphone): Handsets transmit up to about 200 mW (23 dBm) on cellular uplink and are used against the head, so exposure is governed by SAR — 1.6 W/kg over 1 g in the U.S., 2 W/kg over 10 g under ICNIRP — not by power density.
- [Does a low-SAR phone matter?](https://emfbase.com/questions/what-is-sar-and-does-a-low-sar-phone-matter): SAR is a worst-case compliance figure; usage habits change real exposure far more than choosing between compliant models. U.S. 1 g and ICNIRP 10 g values are not comparable.
- [Looking up a phone's SAR from the primary record](https://emfbase.com/protocols/sar-lookup): How to get the tested SAR for a specific handset from the FCC equipment authorization database using the device's FCC ID, instead of relying on third-party lists.

## Sources

- `bfs-sar-database` Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz (German Federal Office for Radiation Protection). *SAR search — declared SAR values of mobile phones*. https://www.bfs.de/EN/service/sar-suche/sar_suche_node.html — government, link checked 2026-08-12
- `bfs-sar-mobile` Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz (German Federal Office for Radiation Protection). *Specific absorption rate (SAR) of mobile phones — measurement procedure and interpretation*. https://www.bfs.de/EN/topics/emf/mobile-communication/protection/sar-mobil/sar-mobile-phone.html — government, link checked 2026-08-12
- `icnirp-2020` International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (2020). *Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (100 kHz to 300 GHz)*. https://www.icnirp.org/en/publications/article/rf-guidelines-2020.html — guideline, link checked 2026-08-12

Data licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Dataset version 2026.08.1. Retrieved from EMFBase, https://emfbase.com.

This record is reference data, not medical or legal advice. Regulatory limits, scientific guidelines and precautionary values are labelled separately and answer different questions.