Specific Absorption Rate 

Data

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 limits for exposure to 

radio frequency (RF) energy set by the U.S. Federal 

Communications Commission for the United States and by 

Health Canada for Canada. These limits are part of 

comprehensive guidelines and establish permitted levels of RF 

energy for the general population. The guidelines are based on 

standards that were developed by independent scientific 

organizations through periodic and thorough evaluation of 

scientific studies. The standards include a substantial safety 

margin designed to assure the safety of all persons, regardless of 

age or health.

The exposure standard for wireless mobile phones employs a 

unit of measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate, or 

SAR. The SAR limit set by the FCC and by Health Canada is 1.6 

W/kg.

1

 Tests for SAR are conducted using standard operating 

positions accepted by the FCC and by Industry Canada with the 

phone transmitting at its highest certified power level in all 

tested frequency bands. Although the 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. This is 

because the phone is designed to operate at multiple power 

levels so as to use only the power required to reach the network. 

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