The 10 smartphones with lowest radiation
- Nokia 9300i (0.21 W/kg)
- Nokia 7710 (0.22 W/kg)
- T-Mobile MDA Wiza200 (0.28 W/kg)
- Samsung Impression SGH-a877 (0.35 W/kg)
- Nokia 9300 (0.44 W/kg)
- Samsung Propel Pro SGH-i627 (0.47 W/kg)
- Samsung Gravity SGH-t459 (0.49 W/kg)
- BlackBerry Storm 9530 (0.57 W/kg)
- Nokia E90 (0.59 W/kg)
- Nokia N96 (0.68 W/kg)
Nokia, with five models in this top 10, and Samsung with three, were clearly the winners in terms of smartphones that emit the least amount of radiation. It’s also interesting to note that although both of these companies produce dozens of different models, neither of them had a single model that made the list of the worst radiation offenders. The surprising member of low-radiation list was the BlackBerry Storm, RIM’s first touchscreen device, since so many BlackBerries were on the other list.
Other notables, from lowest to highest
- HTC Touch Pro (0.91 W/kg)
- Palm Pre (0.92 W/kg)
- iPhone (0.97 W/kg)
- Samsung JACK i637 (1.04 W/kg)
- T-Mobile’s Google G1 (1.11 W/kg)
- Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220 (1.14 W/kg)
- iPhone 3GS (1.19 W/kg)
- Samsung BlackJack II SGH-i617 (1.20 W/kg)
- Motorola MOTO Q 9m (1.30 W/kg)
- iPhone 3G (1.39 W/kg)
- BlackBerry Tour 9630 (unknown)
If there’s another phone you’d like to look up, here is the full list. Also, when seriously evaluating any smartphone on any of these lists, make sure you click through and look at the EWG page with the details of the phone’s radiation emissions using different connections and doing different activities. The number listed is the maximum radiation rating, but it can be deceiving in some cases until you look at the whole picture.
For example, the iPhone 3GS has a rating of 1.19 W/kg, which is a middle of the pack rating. However, 1.19 is its maximum radiation level, which only happens when its connected in UMTS 1900MHz mode. In its other four modes, it averages 0.63 W/kg, which is more consistent with the lower tier of radiation emitters.
*(this article is taken from techrepublic.com)
