All phones offered for sale in the UAE, according to a statement from the telecommunications department, “adhere to the highest international safety and security standards.”
According to the news agency Reuters, the declaration followed France’s announcement that it will prohibit the sale of Apple’s iPhone 12 owing to radiation exposure leaks.
The phone’s specific absorption rate, measuring the rate of radiofrequency energy absorbed by the body from a piece of equipment, was beyond the permitted limit, according to an announcement made on Tuesday by France’s Agence Nationale des Frequences (ANFR).
On Thursday, it was announced that Belgium was starting its own investigation into the phone’s safety. Member states of the European Union have been given three months to respond after receiving notification from the French regulator on Wednesday.
According to France’s ANFR, it recently performed arbitrary tests on 141 phones, including the iPhone 12, that were purchased from stores. Two iPhone 12s failed two independent lab tests to meet EU requirements, the office of the digital minister claimed, according to Reuters.
Following news that China intended to extend a ban on the use of iPhones to state-owned businesses and organizations, Apple shares dropped about 3% last week, wiping off about $190 billion in market value in only two days.
The Cupertino, California-based company’s shares experienced their worst two-day decline in a month, falling 6.4%.
The iPhone 15 model will go on sale next Friday, September 22.