Technical features, Electrical safety

Technical features

Use of your phone is subject to safety measures designed to protect users and their environment.

Electrical safety:

Only use the chargers listed in the manufacturer’s catalogue. Using any other charger may be dangerous; it would also invalidate your warranty. Line voltage must be exactly the one indicated on the charger’s serial plate.

Aircraft safety:

When travelling by plane, you will need to switch your phone off when so instructed by the cabin crew or the warning signs. Using a mobile phone may be dangerous to the operation of the aircraft and may disrupt the phone network.

Explosive materials:

Please comply with warning signs at petrol station asking you to switch your phone off. You will need to comply with radio equipment usage restrictions in places such as chemical plants, fuel depots and at any location where blasting operations are under way.

Electronic medical equipment:

Your phone is a radio transmitter which may interfere with electronic medical equipment such as hearing aids, pacemakers, etc. Your doctor or the manufacturers of such equipment will be able to give you any advice you may need in this area. Always make sure that your phone is switched off in hospitals when so instructed by warning signs or by medical staff.

Road safety:

Except in emergencies, do not use your phone when driving unless you have a hands-free kit enabling you to manoeuvre freely. In order to give your full attention to driving, stop and park safely before making a call. You must comply with any current legislation.

This phone complies with European requirements governing exposure to radio waves. Your phone is a transmitter/receiver. It has been designed and manufactured to comply with radiofrequency energy exposure limits recommended by the Council of the European Union and the ICNIRP for the entire population. These limits were established by independent scientific agencies on the basis of in-depth and regular evaluations of scientific studies. The limits include a large safety margin that is intended to guarantee the safety of all, irrespective of age or state of health.

The exposure standard for phones uses a unit of measure called the SAR, or Specific Absorption Ratio. The SAR limit recommended by the Council of the European Union and the ICNIRP is 2 W/kg (*). Tests were conducted on a standardised usage position basis, with the phone transmitting at its maximum level certified in all its frequency bands. Although the standardised measurement is done at maximum power, the real SAR of the phone in use is generally very far below the maximum value. The phone was designed to operate at the power level strictly neces-sary to ensure communication with the network. In general, the closer you are to a base station, the lower the power at which the phone will transmit.

Validation of conformity with European directive 1999/5 (directive R&TTE) is a pre-requisite for introducing any model of phone onto the market. Protection of health and the safety of the public and the user are a vital requirement of this directive. This model's maximum SAR value measured in the conformity test is 0.65 W/kg. Although differences may exist from one phone to the other and depending on position, all comply with European regulations.

(*)The SAR limit for phones used by the general public is 2 watts/kilogram (2 W/kg) on average for 10 g of tissue. This value includes a large safety margin to increase protection and to take account of the variations in measurements. The SAR information may vary in different parts of the world, depending on declared national requirements and the frequency bands used by the network.