If you are concerned about the effects of technology on your health, then you should definitely check out our list of 10 smartphones with the highest radiation.
You have probably read about the negative effects of smartphones on people’s health. The main concern is that smartphones produce radiation that can lead to major health issues and even cancer. The fact is that smartphones produce the radiation, but most of the things that surround us produce it as well.
Two main forms of radiation are ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. Type of radiation that can break chemical bonds qualifies as ionizing radiation. This radiation is harmful to humans and can be found in x – rays and gamma rays. Non-ionizing radiation is not capable of breaking chemical bonds and is considered electromagnetic radiation. This type of radiation can be found in microwaves, TVs, and MRI. Smartphones produce non-ionizing radiation. The level of radiation doesn’t have anything with the size of your smartphone, so you can calmly look into our list of 8 smartphones with the best screen resolution if you are looking to buy a new one.
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The United States National Cancer Institute did an extensive research and checked various studies to see the effects of radiation from smartphones on humans. They have come to the conclusion that radiation from smartphones only causes heating to the body area where the smartphone is placed, but that heat doesn’t affect the overall temperature of the body. The most important thing is that there is no evidence that could connect smartphone radiation and cancer. However, the final conclusion is that further research is needed to determine the full spectrum of smartphone radiation and overall use on human health.
To get our list of 10 smartphones with the highest radiation, we used ProCon’s list of highest radiating smartphones given in SAR. SAR (specific absorption rate) indicates the rate at which radiation energy is absorbed by the body. Let’s look into it then.
10. ZTE Source
SAR Level: 1.41
Released at the end of 2013, ZTE Source was your choice if you wanted a mid-range smartphone for a low price. It came with a 4.5 inch screen, 1GB of RAM and 2GB of storage. Nothing fancy, but it was able to do the trick.
9. BlackBerry Z30
SAR Level: 1.41
Z30 was yet another attempt to bring BlackBerry back into the smartphone race, and it had good prepositions. 5.0 inch screen, 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage made it very attractive back in 2013. Now, almost like BlackBerry, Z30 is long forgotten.
8. BlackBerry Z10
SAR Level: 1.42
The older brother of Z30, Z10 model had a 4.5 inches screen, 2GB of RAM and 16GB of memory. It’s also packed 8MP back camera and 2MP front camera. It didn’t have a major success on the market, and the failure resulted in firing both chief operating officer and chief marketing officer of BlackBerry.
7. Kyocera Hydro XTRM
SAR Level: 1.44
One of Kyocera Hydro XTRM’s main selling points should have been the fact that the smartphone was waterproof. Still, it wasn’t warmly received mostly due to poor specifics like 4.0 inches screen, 5MP back camera and 1GB of RAM.
6. Kyocera Kona
SAR Level: 1.45
This is a chance to get back in the time of flip phones. It was barely a smartphone and more of a low-cost phone that was expendable. It isn’t surprising that it was emitting so much radiation.
5. Kyocera Hydro Edge
SAR Level: 1.48
If you thought Kono was Kyocera’s last word when it comes to 10 smartphones with the highest radiation, think again. Someone at Kyocera should really consider making some changes in their manufacturing policies. The phone is waterproof like Hydro XTRM model and features similar specifications.
4. Huawei Vitria
SAR Level: 1.49
Like the most smartphones on our list, Vitria is also an inexpensive model with low specifications. We believe you are now getting familiar with the pattern and the connection of low-cost phones with high radiation.
3. Alcatel One Touch Evolve
SAR Level: 1.49
Alcatel’s Evolve model could be viewed as a bargain when it hit the market back in 2013 costing 99$. The trick was that according to the reviews, even 90$ was too much for this smartphone.
2. Motorola Droid Ultra
SAR Level: 1.54
It was a really good smartphone at the time, having a 5.0 inches screen, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage and back camera with 10MP. It came with advanced voice command, and battery life was praised in the reviews. It was also one of the thinnest smartphones on the market at the time. Unfortunately, this apparently came with a price of high radiation.
1. Motorola Droid Maxx
SAR Level: 1.54
We will end our list of 10 smartphones with the highest radiation with a slightly different version of Motorola Droid Ultra. Maxx model has almost the same specifications like Ultra with both smartphones packing a Kevlar back cover. The advantage of Maxx was a bigger battery and bigger internal storage. If you are afraid that smartphone radiation could do you harm, you should definitely skip these phones.
