The saga of the iPhone 12’s excessive SAR values in France is nearly concluded. The replace that will fix the excessive SAR values on the iPhone 12 in France will be launched by Apple “by October 24” to all French iPhone customers, in accordance with France’s ANFR, the nationwide regulator of frequencies.
That replace, by the way in which, is iOS 17.1, in accordance with the data Apple itself shared just lately. It’s protected to imagine that it will, like all different iOS updates, exit globally on the identical day.
To recount the saga in temporary: first, France banned iPhone 12 gross sales in the nation over excessive SAR values discovered by ANFR. Then, Apple promised it might problem a software program fix. At the tip of final month, the replace was authorized by the French authorities. Today, those self same authorities have introduced the discharge date.
And so, after October 24, the iPhone 12’s excessive SAR values will hopefully not be a problem anymore. There is, nonetheless an unlucky flip aspect to all this. The purpose the excessive SAR values have been registered was, in accordance with Apple, an off-body detection perform in iOS.
This detects when the cellphone is not held on the physique, and in that state of affairs it will increase transmit energy. Now, this will be disabled in France, which can imply that the iPhones in query may have worse information connectivity in edge protection areas.
Aside from this, iOS 17.1 additionally brings a favorites system for Apple Music, help for AirDrop over the web, new choices for financial institution and card balances in the Wallet app, a Dynamic Island flashlight indicator, help for the Nintendo Switch N64 Controller, enhancements for Photo Shuffle on the lock display, and a few Action Button options (like Camera, Flashlight, Voice Memo, Focus, and Magnifier) will be disabled whereas the iPhone is in your pocket.
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