Based on materials from androidheadlines.com
The Galaxy Note 7 is completely out of the game, and now the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 Edge are helping Samsung get through tough times. The second device is often featured as one of the best smartphones in the world in consumer analytics and technology websites. The S7 Edge was named the world's best smartphone by Strategy Analytics earlier this year, and the latest high-profile praise for Samsung's premium device appeared on French tech site Phon Android. And instead of making subjective judgments again by crowning the 'best smartphone of 2016', Phon Android focused on a critically important but often underestimated parameter of modern gadgets – radiation.
Earlier this week, the French resource published a report on the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) for the ten best-selling smartphones of the year, including Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus , Huawei P9 and Honor 8, Asus ZenFone 3 and Lenovo Moto Z. According to this data, the SAR value for the Galaxy S7 Edge is at only 0.264 W / kg, lower than other devices on the list. Asus ZenFone 3 comes in second with 0.278 W / kg, while Galaxy A5 and Moto Z come in third and fourth with 0.290 W / kg and 0.304 W / kg respectively. The outsiders of the list were devices from Huawei Honor 8 and Huawei P9 with the highest radiation level, their SAR values are 1.5 W / kg and 1.43 W / kg, respectively . Not all is well and smartphones Apple, iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus have SAR values of 1.38 W / kg and 1.24 W / kg, respectively.
'Wikipedia' interprets SAR as 'a measure of the energy of the electromagnetic field absorbed in the tissues of the human body in one second', measured in watts per kilogram. Of course, all of these smartphones fall within the limits recognized as safe by the WHO (World Health Organization) and other government agencies around the world, which have similar acceptable levels of radio frequency energy emitted by mobile devices. For example, the FCC requirements for smartphones sold in the United States assume a SAR level of 1.6 W / kg or less. As a result, all smartphones fit into acceptable values, but some manufacturers are much more successful in the field of security.
In conclusion, dear readers, it remains to ask you, do you pay attention to smartphone security when choosing a new device? Look at the SAR value or is this parameter irrelevant for you?