What is the SAR radiation for apple airpods

The short answer is that there is an increasing evidence that the RF exposure is not safe and an increasing number of health organizations around the World are recommending to minimize the RF exposure especially for pregnant women, kids, etc.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/08/health/apple-iphone-7-no-headphone-jack/

https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/just-in/2016-10-18/clear-sound-s leek-styling-and-microwave-radiation

http://www.saferemr.com/2016/09/airpods-are-apples-new-wireless-earbuds.html

So the question is how to reduce the RF exposure? Unfortunately Apple does not disclose the RF exposure for its wireless headphones as it does for iPhone, iPads and Macs. http://www.apple.com/legal/rfexposure/

In absence of such information, the only source I have found is a UC-Berkeley professor who says it is .466 Watts per Kilogram which is about a half to a one third the RF exposure of an iPhone. At the same time, it is significantly higher than the blue tooth headsets with 10 feet range which is between .001 and .003.

I will be returning the Beats X and cancel the AirPods order until Apple discloses the SAR rating for them. Until I know what the RF exposure is of the Apple/Beats wireless headsets, I will put up with a bit of inconvenience and continue to use wired headphones.

To be fair, no other wireless headset manufactures are sharing the SAR values either. Everyone is hiding behind the line that they are in compliance with the FCC guidelines for the RF exposure and the US health agencies which is not very comforting since these were the same agencies that claimed for decades that Tobacco was safe to smoke and chew.

I'm a bit shocked that the RF transmit power is .4, which is pretty close to half of what a cell phone is if directly pressed up against your ear. I was expecting a bluetooth device to a tiny fraction of that.

Apple recommends to NOT hold an iPhone X against your body or pressed against your ear: "To reduce exposure to RF energy, use a hands-free option, such as the built-in speakerphone, the supplied headphones, or other similar accessories."

see: Legal - RF Exposure - Apple

I don't really worry about non-ionising radiation except when its directly pressed up against my skin, because Apple isn't. Apple does not recommend you press the phone up against your skin for any length of time but is ok with AirPods beside your head for hours? They need to come clean on the transmit power.

The RF Exposure and information contained within the SAR Evaluation (which is required to be submitted to the FCC - since this is a product that transmits data) has yet to be made public by Apple Inc. on their legal site: https://www.apple.com/legal/rfexposure/

Upon doing extensive research I was able to find the the SAR Evaluation on the FCC's website. Because the right AirPod is separate from the left AirPod, there are two different filed reports:

Right AirPod:

https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&calle dFromFrame=N&application_id=Yqjh7KE1ueuHBUj8vF%2FdDg%3D%3D&fcc_id=BCG-A1523

Left AirPod:

https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&calle dFromFrame=N&application_id=VBwuHGD5PSUdR%2FIz3izB7w%3D%3D&fcc_id=BCG-A1722

In order to see the detailed 68 page PDF, under Exhibit Type, click on the one that corresponds to RF Exposure.

I hope this information is of help. I will not be purchasing the AirPods until I have thoroughly read through the SAR Evaluation and understand the details; even after going through it all, depending on the RF Exposure I find, I still might not be purchasing them due to the many studies of how bluetooth affects the brain. The other information I find interesting, is as follows: to my understanding, the iPhone/iDevice is connected to the Right AirPod and the Left AirPod is connected to the Right AirPod with your brain being right in between them.

happyfunballs wrote:

I'm a bit shocked that the RF transmit power is .4, which is pretty close to half of what a cell phone is if directly pressed up against your ear. I was expecting a bluetooth device to a tiny fraction of that.

Apple recommends to NOT hold an iPhone X against your body or pressed against your ear: "To reduce exposure to RF energy, use a hands-free option, such as the built-in speakerphone, the supplied headphones, or other similar accessories."

see: Legal - RF Exposure - Apple

I don't really worry about non-ionising radiation except when its directly pressed up against my skin, because Apple isn't. Apple does not recommend you press the phone up against your skin for any length of time but is ok with AirPods beside your head for hours? They need to come clean on the transmit power.

Apple is not saying don't put a phone up to your ear. They are saying, if you feel the need to reduce exposure to something that, despite what some have said in this thread, is not increasingly seen as dangerous, you shouldn't put the phone up to your ear. It's rather like if you asked me if watching television turns your brain to jelly. I would probably answer, no, but if you're concerned, I suggest you not watch television.

And, of course, lawyers.

of course the manufacture of your device could be using some unclassified carcinogen in the plastic molding but if Apple won't disclose SAR values which the scientific community has never peer reviewed to any conclusions then stick with that thing you said.

No need to get sarcastic here. The references I have provided offers both sides of the argument including the tagline you are using of the Wireless Industry Association, CTIA.

I have simply provided the relevant information on the topic of the question along with what I personally consider enough evidence to be cautious.

I would very much like to know the RF Exposure of some other wireless headphones. I would like to use the AirPods or BeatsX, but I`m also concerned that the RF Exposure is high. I think, the main problem here is the amount of time we are using BT headphones. When you make a phone call, you talk 5, 10 or 20 minutes, so it`s not that much. But you listen to music, to the podcasts for an hour, sometimes even two hours almost every day.

If you are truly concerned about this you should know if you own a vehicle that measures tire pressure on the console have four Bluetooth radios; one in each tire and they are in constant contact with your cars internal computer; exposing you and all your passengers to these signals. I know this because I've worked on newer cars and done some tire changes.

Your post makes no sense. You didn't say what the units were for ".4" - watts? Kilowatts? microwatts? nanowatts? volts? amps? ohms?

A cell phone's output power varies from 0.05 watts to 0.6 watts, depending on signal strength. A Bluetooth device varies from .003 watts to .010 watts, depending on device class. There is absolutely no comparison between a Bluetooth earphone and a cell phone.

Think about it logically. How large a battery can you fit in an AirPod? That battery powers the AirPod for up to 5 hours, so there is no way that the output power can be anywhere near that of a cell phone.

Your comparison of the RF exposure from AirPods to that of bluetooth radios on a car dashboard - if a car happens to have this feature - is ill-informed.

First, AirPods use Class 1 bluetooth radio with a range 100 feet or higher. This is compared to the Car Tire Pressure gauge using Class 3 bluetooth radio with a range of about 10 feet. Consequently the power requirements for the Class 3 radios is significantly lower which in turn gives an RF Exposure of .001 - .003 W/Kg for Class 3 vs. Airpods's RF Exposure of .466 W/Kg on one ear and .501 W/Kg on the other ear. (source: Apple's AirPod SAR reports filed to FCC; see links provided in John'Monday's post)

Second, Dashboards are about 24 inches away from the driver's body and the bluetooth radios (on dashboard and tire) connect away from the driver's body. Considering that the RF exposure reduces in an inverse-square law progression with distance, the resulting RF exposure is insignificant. Where as AirPods are connected directly to the user's ears.

The Airpods are safe to put in your ears.

IdrisSeabright wrote:

... if you're concerned, I suggest you not watch television.

Forget that.

I can pick up Game of Thones on my fillings if I turn my head towards Iceland.

I am willing to entertain the idea that Game of Thrones will turn your brain to jelly.

This is very helpful information. Thank you.

. 4 Yottawatts

a tad more than we all expected.