Consumer Information on SAR
This Model Phone Meets the Government’s Requirements for Exposure to Radio Waves. Your wireless
phone is a radio transmitter and receiver. It is designed and manufactured not to exceed the emission limits
for exposure to radiofrequency (RF) energy set by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the
U.S. Government.
These FCC exposure limits are derived from the recommendations of two expert organizations, the National
Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement (NCRP) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE). In both cases, the recommendations were developed by scientific and engineering experts
drawn from industry, government, and academia after extensive reviews of the scientific literature related to
the biological effects of RF energy.
The exposure limit for wireless mobile phones employs a unit of measurement known as the Specific
Absorption Rate, or SAR. The SAR is a measure of the rate of absorption of RF energy by the human body
expressed in units of watts per kilogram (W/kg). The FCC requires wireless phones to comply with a safety
limit of 1.6 watts per kilogram (1.6 W/kg).
The FCC exposure limit incorporates a substantial margin of safety to give additional protection to the public
and to account for any variations in measurements. Tests for SAR are conducted using standard operating
positions specified by the FCC with the phone transmitting at its highest certified power level in all tested
frequency bands. Although SAR is determined at the highest certified power level, the actual SAR level of
the phone while operating can be well below the maximum value.
Because the phone is designed to operate at multiple power levels to use only the power required to reach
the network, generally, the closer you are to a wireless base station antenna, the lower the power output.
Before a phone model is available for sale to the public, it must be tested and certified to the FCC that it does
not exceed the limit established by the government adopted requirement for safe exposure.
The tests are performed in positions and locations (e.g., at the ear and worn on the body) as required by the
FCC for each model. This device was tested for typical body-worn operations with the back of the phone
kept 0.39 inches (1.0 cm) between the user’s body and the back of the phone.
To comply with FCC RF exposure requirements, a minimum separation distance of 0.39 inches (1.0 cm)
must be maintained between the user's body and the back of the phone. Third-party belt clips, holsters, and
similar accessories containing metallic components should not be used.
Body-worn accessories that cannot maintain 0.39 inches (1.0 cm) separation distance between the user's
body and the back of the phone, and have not been tested for typical body-worn operations may not comply
with FCC RF exposure limits and should be avoided.
The FCC has granted an Equipment Authorization for this model phone with all reported SAR levels
evaluated as in compliance with the FCC RF emission guidelines.
The highest SAR value for this model phone when tested for use at the ear is 1.19 W/kg and when worn on
the body, as described in this user’s manual, is 1.19 W/kg. While there may be differences between SAR
levels of various phones and at various positions, they all meet the government requirement for safe
exposure.
SAR information on this model phone is on file with the FCC and can be found under the Display Grant
section of http://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/fccid/ after searching on FCC ID: 2A28USN339D.
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