In case you’re worried about the radiation emitted by your handset, know that you can now look up the less harmful device of them all, by looking at the lists below, but you’ll also become worried if your phone of choice is a Moto VU204.
The Environmental Working Group published an online guide to cell phone emissions and they managed to rank over 1,000 different handsets, according to their level of radiation. All they had to do is find the specific absorption rate (SAR) for each device, measuring how much radiation your body absorbs when the handset sends a signal to the network.
This aspect is to be taken into account, specially since health agencies in 6 countries warn cellphone users about the dangers of using a handset too often, specially if children are the ones exposed. Enough with the talk and let’s see the list of harmful and less harmful phones:
10 best phones (lowest radiation)
1. Samsung Impression (SGH-a877)
2. Motorola RAZR V8
3. Samsung SGH-t229
4. Samsung Rugby (SGH-a837)
5. Samsung Propel Pro (SGH-i627)
6. Samsung Gravity (SGH-t459)
7. T-Mobile Sidekick
8. LG Xenon (GR500)
9. Motorola Karma QA1
10. Sanyo Katana II
10 worst phones (highest radiation)
1. Motorola MOTO VU204
2. T-Mobile myTouch 3G
3. Kyocera Jax S1300
4. Blackberry Curve 8330
5. Motorola W385
6. T-Mobile Shadow
7. Motorola C290
8. Motorola i335
9. Motorola MOTO VE240
10. Blackberry Bold 9000
In case your phone is not on the list, you can look it up in this one, that includes over 1,000 models.
[via Yahoo]
