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 radio frequency (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 0.59 inches
(1.5 cm) between the user’s body and the back of the phone. To comply with FCC RF
exposure requirements, a minimum separation distance of 0.59 inches (1.5 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 0.59 inches (1.5 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.
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