SAR of the Mobile Phones:

Using a mobile poses an unknown risk of causing cancer , according to the World Health Organisation.
Mobile phone use is classed as a 2B carcinogen, which sounds scary until you find out that doing
carpentry or drinking coffee presents an equal risk. Basically, it might do you some harm over a long
period, but no one has produced any definitive proof either way.
The max level permitted within Europe is 2.0W/kg, and the phones we've reviewed this year didn't come
anywhere near that figure, so we don't think you have anything to worry about whatever phone you
choose. We've listed the maximum SAR levels for each phone below. The coolest are at the top, the
hottest at the bottom.
Manufacturers tend to list their phones' SAR ratings on their websites (here are the sites for Nokia,Sony
Ericsson, Samsung and Motorola). When we couldn't find it on the company site we scoured the
Internet for another source.
The results below are colour-coded. The SAR levels in green are from the phone manufacturers'
websites, while red results are from comparison websites that list all of the phones' specs that appear
on their packaging, but should be considered unofficial.
We've also included two US ratings in the table, where a European result wasn't available. Although
Americans use a different radiation testing method, the results aren't incredibly dissimilar. They test
phones for SAR at both head and waist height, whereas here in Europe we just test the phone at head
height.
So you should take the red and US results with a pinch of salt -- they aren't the official European SAR
level, so the actual rating may vary slightly.
Phone model: SAR level (Watts per kg):
Samsung Galaxy S 2 0.338
Huawei Ideos X5 0.340
HTC Desire S 0.353
HTC Sensation 0.358
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play

0.360
Google Nexus S 0.395
Motorola Gleam 0.405
HTC 7 Pro 0.418
HTC Salsa 0.489
LG Optimus 3D 0.550
Nokia E7 0.560
INQ Cloud Touch 0.597
Acer Liquid Metal 0.622
Samsung Wave 2 0.988
HP Pre 3 0.640
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc 0.660
Samsung Solid Immerse 0.665
Samsung Galaxy Fit 0.718
Acer Liquid Mini 0.719
Samsung Galaxy Gio 0.790
HTC ChaCha 0.822
HTC Desire HD 0.826
Samsung Galaxy Ace 0.840
Motorola Atrix 0.840
HTC Incredible S 0.876
HTC Wildfire S 0.899
Blackberry Torch 9800 0.910
Samsung Galaxy Mini 0.961
Samsung Wave 578 0.988
LG Optimus 2x 1.060
LG A140 1.080
iPhone 3GS 1.10
Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo 1.10
Nokia C1-02 1.130
Blackberry Bold 9780 1.150
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini 1.170
iPhone 4 1.170
T-Mobile Zest 1.090
Nokia C2-01 1.20
LG GS101 1.20
Nokia C5-03 1.290
LG Optimus Black 1.30
ZTE Skate 1.350
HP Veer 1.380
Dell Venue Pro 1.390
Viewsonic ViewPad 4 1.390
HTC Gratia 1.540
Acer beTouch E210 1.60
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro 1.610
Acer Iconia Smart Unknown or unreleased
LG Optimus Chat Unknown or unreleased
Viewsonic 350 Unknown or unreleased
Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro Unknown or unreleased

Update: We've added several more phones to the list in response to reader requests. We previously
published the values for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini and Mini pro under the wrong names; this
has been corrected.
http://www.cnet.com/news/which-phone-emits-the-most-radiation/