From: pianoforte109@yahoo.com   
      
   On 9/14/23 10:26 AM, ScottW wrote:   
   > For excessive radiation.   It was called a SARs test in my days of   
   > working on cellphones.   It's a human flesh radiation absorption   
   > limit for unintended emissions.   
   >   
   > Actual comm transmissions are allowed to be higher.   
   >   
   > Unintended emissions are largely contained by shielding inside the   
   > phone.  We were working on phone reliability...doing things like temp   
   > cycling and long term high temp and humidity exposure.    After one   
   > series of environmental stress we sent some phones back to the   
   > emissions lab for SARs test.  They all failed.    We sent some more   
   > that had been through our environmental stress...they too failed. We   
   > sent some old phones that had been just sitting around for a few   
   > years.  They failed.    Legal called....and said stop doing that and   
   > send us all your documentation.    Claimed SARs is a "new" phone only   
   > requirement.   
   >   
   > We tried to get lithium batteries to spontaneously combust too.   
   > Legal didn't like that either.   It's better to not have a record of   
   > knowing there might be a problem when it comes to determining   
   > liability.   
      
   No NOS sales to France then! Yes, before production would have been   
   better timing for safety tests.   
      
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