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(Specific Absorption Rate) This model phone meets the Government's
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requirements for exposure to radio waves. Your wireless phone is a radio
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transmitter and receiver. It is designed and manufactured not to exceed the
emission limits for exposure to radio frequency (RF) energy set by the
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the U.S. Government. These
FCC exposure limits are derived from the recommendations of two expert
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organizations, the National Counsel on Radiation Protection and
Measurement (NCRP) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
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Engineers (IEEE). In both cases, the recommendations were developed by
scientific and engineering experts drawn from industry, government, and
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academia after extensive reviews of the scientific literature related to the
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biological effects of RF energy.
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The exposure limit for wireless mobile phones employs a unit of
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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
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expressed in units of watts per kilogram (W/kg). The FCC requires wireless
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phones to comply with a safety limit of 1.6 watts per kilogram (1.6 W/kg). The
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FCC exposure limit incorporates a substantial margin of safety to give
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additional protection to the public and to account for any variations in
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measurements.
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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
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power level, the actual SAR level of the phone while operating can be well
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below the maximum value. Because the phone is designed to operate at
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