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ANSI/IEEE standard and the guidelines published by the National Council of Radiation Protection and
Measurements (NCRP).
Body-Worn Operation
This device was tested for typical body-worn operations with the back of the phone kept 0.39 inches (1cm)
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 (1cm) 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
may not be used. Body-worn accessories that cannot maintain 0.39 inches (1cm) 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.
SAR (Specific Absorption Rate)
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 Counsel 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, in general, 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.
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
0.73
W/kg and when worn
on the body (body/hotspot), as described in
this user’s manual, is
1
.
01
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.
