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Apple says it’ll launch a software program replace for iPhone 12 house owners in France, after regulators ordered a halt of gross sales of the telephone over considerations the gadget was breaching strict radiation publicity limits.

“We’ll problem a software program replace for customers in France to accommodate the protocol utilized by French regulators,” says Apple in an announcement to Reuters. “We look ahead to iPhone 12 persevering with to be out there in France.”

French regulators ordered a ban of iPhone 12 fashions earlier this week after testing the handset and discovering that its Particular Absorption Charge (SAR) — how a lot radio frequency is absorbed right into a physique from a tool — exceeded European radiation publicity limits. Belgium stated it could assessment the French findings, with Germany, Italy, and extra international locations saying they’d be monitoring the scenario.

The iPhone 12 first went on sale in late 2020, however France’s ANFR regulator has been finishing up checks on greater than 140 telephones lately to make sure radiation requirements are being adhered to.

Apple has dismissed the claims and says “that is associated to a particular testing protocol utilized by French regulators and never a security concern” with the iPhone 12 itself. “The ANFR is making ready to rapidly take a look at this replace,” says Jean Noel Barrot, France’s digital affairs minister, in an announcement to Reuters.

The considerations over iPhone 12 radiation ranges and a French gross sales ban emerged on the identical day that Apple introduced its new iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Professional handsets which might be resulting from launch on September twenty second.