Compare SAR Levels
Compare Phone Radiation Levels with RF Safe
As you shop for a new cell phone, you might be wondering about the potential health risks associated with radiation exposure. RF Safe offers a convenient tool to help you compare the specific absorption rate (SAR) of different phone models, so you can make an informed decision about which device to choose. Click here for a guide on how to use this feature to compare up to three phones.
What is SAR?
SAR is a measure of the amount of radiation absorbed by your body when you use a cell phone. It’s expressed in watts per kilogram (W/kg) of body tissue. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sets a limit of 1.6 W/kg for SAR levels, but many experts believe that this limit is outdated and may not adequately protect against potential health risks.
Introducing Quanta Cage Matches: CLICK COMPARE
RF Safe has dubbed their SAR comparisons “Quanta Cage Matches” to reflect the potentially harmful effects of radiation exposure from cell phones. When you use a cell phone, you’re essentially taking a quantum punch at the cellular level. The effects of these punches are not fully understood, but some scientists and doctors warn of the potential for long-lasting health effects from repetitive exposure to microwave radiation.
SAR ranking list by brand:
It’s important to note that SAR levels may not always reflect real-world usage scenarios. The FCC guidelines for SAR testing allow for a separation distance between the phone and the user that may not reflect how most people use their devices. Additionally, the current SAR limit was set over a quarter of a century ago when cell phones were much less common and may not be sufficient to protect against potential health risks from long-term exposure.
At RF Safe, we believe that it’s important to provide consumers with all the information they need to make informed decisions about their health and safety. That’s why we offer our Quanta Cage Matches to help you compare phone radiation levels and make the best choice for you.
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Mobile Phone SAR Values (Specific Absorption Rate) Comparison Database
FCC Cellular Values: Head SAR | Body SAR | Hotspot | FCC Simultaneous Values: Head SAR | Body SAR | Hotspot
- Acer
- Alcatel
- Amoi
- Apple iPhone SAR Levels With Phone Specs:
- Asus
- AT&T
- Benefon
- BenQ
- BenQ-Siemens
- Bird
- BlackBerry
- Bosch
- Chea
- DarkMatter
- Dell
- Ericsson
- Essential
- Eten
- Fujitsu Siemens
- Garmin-Asus
- Gigabyte
- Google SAR Levels With Phone Specs:
- Haier
- HP
- HTC
- Huawei
- i-mate
- i-mobile
- Innostream
- iNQ
- Kyocera
- LG
- Maxon
- Micromax
- Microsoft
- Mitac
- Mitsubishi
- Modu
- Motorola SAR Levels With Phone Specs:
- Mudita
- MWg
- NEC
- Neonode
- Nokia
- nothing
- O2
- oneplus
- oppo
- Palm
- Panasonic
- Pantech
- Philips
- Qtek
- realme
- Sagem
- Samsung SAR Levels With Phone Specs:
- Sendo
- Sewon
- Sharp
- Siemens
- Sonim
- Sony
- Sony Ericsson
- T-Mobile
- tecno
- Tel.Me.
- Telit
- Tesla
- Thuraya
- Toshiba
- Vertu
- vivo
- VK Mobile
- Vodafone
- WND
- XCute
- Xiaomi
- ZTE
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Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
- Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max
HEAD SAR LEVEL: 1.16 W/kg
Ranked #64 (72.50% of limit) - BODY SAR LEVEL: 1.17 W/kg
Ranked #66 (73.13% of limit) - Simultaneous Head SAR: 1.14 W/kg
Ranked #12 (71.25% of limit) - Simultaneous Body SAR: 1.53 W/kg
Ranked #48 (95.63% of limit) - Hotspot SAR Level: 1.17 W/kg
Ranked #50 (73.13% of limit) - Simultaneous Hotspot SAR: 1.53 W/kg
Ranked #37 (95.63% of limit) - View Details →
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
- Apple iPhone 11 Pro
HEAD SAR LEVEL: 1.15 W/kg
Ranked #60 (71.88% of limit) - BODY SAR LEVEL: 1.15 W/kg
Ranked #60 (71.88% of limit) - Simultaneous Head SAR: 1.42 W/kg
Ranked #42 (88.75% of limit) - Simultaneous Body SAR: 1.48 W/kg
Ranked #34 (92.50% of limit) - Hotspot SAR Level: 1.18 W/kg
Ranked #55 (73.75% of limit) - Simultaneous Hotspot SAR: 1.48 W/kg
Ranked #32 (92.50% of limit) - View Details →
Apple iPhone 11
- Apple iPhone 11
HEAD SAR LEVEL: 1.14 W/kg
Ranked #56 (71.25% of limit) - BODY SAR LEVEL: 1.14 W/kg
Ranked #54 (71.25% of limit) - Simultaneous Head SAR: 1.41 W/kg
Ranked #39 (88.13% of limit) - Simultaneous Body SAR: 1.52 W/kg
Ranked #46 (95.00% of limit) - Hotspot SAR Level: 1.17 W/kg
Ranked #50 (73.13% of limit) - Simultaneous Hotspot SAR: 1.52 W/kg
Ranked #35 (95.00% of limit) - View Details →
Samsung Galaxy A30S
- Display: Head: N/A Body: 1.05
- Camera: 32GB 3GB RAM, 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM eMMC 5.1
- Hardware: 32GB 3GB RAM, 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM eMMC 5.1
- Storage: Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Battery: Triple25 MP, f/1.7, 27mm (wide), PDAF8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0
- OS: Exynos 7904 (14 nm)
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Samsung Galaxy NOTE 10+ 5G
- Display: Head: N/A Body: N/A
- Camera: 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM UFS 3.0
- Hardware: 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM UFS 3.0
- Storage: Dynamic AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Battery: Quad12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 27mm (wide), 1/2.55
- OS: Exynos 9825 (7 nm) - EMEA/LATAMQualcomm SM8150 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) - USA/China
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Samsung Galaxy NOTE 10+
- Display: Head: N/A Body: 0.19
- Camera: 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM UFS 3.0
- Hardware: 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM UFS 3.0
- Storage: Dynamic AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Battery: Quad12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 27mm (wide), 1/2.55
- OS: Exynos 9825 (7 nm) - EMEA/LATAMQualcomm SM8150 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) - USA/China
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Samsung Galaxy NOTE 10 5G
- Display: Head: N/A Body: N/A
- Camera: 256GB 12GB RAM UFS 3.0
- Hardware: 256GB 12GB RAM UFS 3.0
- Storage: Dynamic AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Battery: Triple12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 27mm (wide), 1/2.55
- OS: Exynos 9825 (7 nm) - EMEA/LATAMQualcomm SM8150 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) - USA/China
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Samsung Galaxy A10S
- Display: Head: N/A Body: N/A
- Camera: 32GB 2GB RAM, 32GB 3GB RAM eMMC 5.1
- Hardware: 32GB 2GB RAM, 32GB 3GB RAM eMMC 5.1
- Storage: PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Battery: Dual13 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), AF2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
- OS: Mediatek MT6762 Helio P22 (12 nm)
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Samsung Galaxy Note 10
- Display: Head: N/A Body: 0.21
- Camera: 256GB 8GB RAM
- Hardware: 256GB 8GB RAM
- Storage: Dynamic AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Battery: Triple12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 27mm (wide), 1/2.55
- OS: Exynos 9825 (7 nm) - EMEA/LATAMQualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) - USA/China
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Samsung Galaxy Note10 Plus
Huawei Y9 Prime (2019)
- Display: 6.59 inches, 106.6 cm2 (~84.3% screen-to-body ratio)
- Camera: Triple Camera: 16 MP, f/1.8, (wide), PDAF
8 MP, f/2.4, 13mm (ultrawide)
2 MP, f/2.4, (depth) - Hardware: Kirin 710F (12 nm)
- Storage: 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM
eMMC - Battery: Li-Po 4000 mAh, non-removable
- OS: Android 9.0 (Pie), upgradable to Android 10, Magic UI 2.1
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Samsung Galaxy NOTE 10 LITE
- Display: Head: N/A Body: 0.29
- Camera: 6GB RAM
- Hardware: 128GB
- Storage: Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Battery: Triple12 MP, f/1.7, 27mm (wide), 1/2.55
- OS: Exynos 9810 (10 nm)
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Samsung Galaxy A10E
- Display: Head: N/A Body: N/A
- Camera: 32GB 2GB RAM eMMC 5.1
- Hardware: 32GB 2GB RAM eMMC 5.1
- Storage: PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Battery: Single8 MP, f/1.9, AFor5 MP, AF
- OS: Exynos 7884 (14 nm)
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Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite
- Samsung Galaxy S10 LITE
HEAD SAR LEVEL: 0.69 W/kg
Ranked #21 (43.13% of limit) - BODY SAR LEVEL: 0.93 W/kg
Ranked #25 (58.13% of limit) - Simultaneous Head SAR: 1.06 W/kg
Ranked #9 (66.25% of limit) - Simultaneous Body SAR: 1.36 W/kg
Ranked #20 (85.00% of limit) - Hotspot SAR Level: 1.07 W/kg
Ranked #27 (66.88% of limit) - Simultaneous Hotspot SAR: 1.58 W/kg
Ranked #55 (98.75% of limit) - View Details →
Huawei P30 Pro
- Display: 6.47 inches, 102.8 cm2 (~88.6% screen-to-body ratio)
- Camera: Triple Camera: 40 MP, f/1.6, 27mm (wide), 1/1.7
- Hardware: Kirin 980 (7 nm)
- Storage: 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM, 512GB 8GB RAM
UFS 2.1 - Battery: Li-Po 4200 mAh, non-removable
- OS: Android 9.0 (Pie), upgradable to Android 10, EMUI 10
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Samsung Galaxy A70
- Samsung Galaxy A70
HEAD SAR LEVEL: 0.26 W/kg
Ranked #3 (16.25% of limit) - BODY SAR LEVEL: 0.25 W/kg
Ranked #1 (15.63% of limit) - Simultaneous Head SAR: 0.89 W/kg
Ranked #3 (55.63% of limit) - Simultaneous Body SAR: 0.44 W/kg
Ranked #1 (27.50% of limit) - Hotspot SAR Level: 0.38 W/kg
Ranked #1 (23.75% of limit) - Simultaneous Hotspot SAR: 0.76 W/kg
Ranked #1 (47.50% of limit) - View Details →
NOKIA 3.2
- Display: 6.26 inches, 97.8 cm2 (~80.5% screen-to-body ratio)
- Camera: Single Camera: 13 MP, f/2.2, 1/3.1
- Hardware: Qualcomm SDM429 Snapdragon 429 (12 nm)
- Storage: 16GB 2GB RAM, 32GB 3GB RAM, 64GB 3GB RAM
- Battery: Li-Ion 4000 mAh, non-removable
- OS: Android 9.0 (Pie), upgradable to Android 11, Android One
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Samsung Galaxy A50
- Samsung Galaxy A50
HEAD SAR LEVEL: 0.34 W/kg
Ranked #7 (21.25% of limit) - BODY SAR LEVEL: 0.45 W/kg
Ranked #3 (28.13% of limit) - Simultaneous Head SAR: 1.12 W/kg
Ranked #10 (70.00% of limit) - Simultaneous Body SAR: 0.68 W/kg
Ranked #3 (42.50% of limit) - Hotspot SAR Level: 0.79 W/kg
Ranked #6 (49.38% of limit) - Simultaneous Hotspot SAR: 1.19 W/kg
Ranked #11 (74.38% of limit) - View Details →
Samsung Galaxy S10 5G
- Samsung Galaxy S10 5G
HEAD SAR LEVEL: 0.30 W/kg
Ranked #6 (18.75% of limit) - BODY SAR LEVEL: 1.11 W/kg
Ranked #51 (69.38% of limit) - Simultaneous Head SAR: 1.17 W/kg
Ranked #15 (73.13% of limit) - Simultaneous Body SAR: 1.51 W/kg
Ranked #41 (94.38% of limit) - Hotspot SAR Level: 0.38 W/kg
Ranked #1 (23.75% of limit) - Simultaneous Hotspot SAR: 1.59 W/kg
Ranked #64 (99.38% of limit) - View Details →
Samsung Galaxy S10e
- Samsung Galaxy S10e
HEAD SAR LEVEL: 0.36 W/kg
Ranked #10 (22.50% of limit) - BODY SAR LEVEL: 0.92 W/kg
Ranked #24 (57.50% of limit) - Simultaneous Head SAR: 1.59 W/kg
Ranked #67 (99.38% of limit) - Simultaneous Body SAR: 1.56 W/kg
Ranked #60 (97.50% of limit) - Hotspot SAR Level: 1.36 W/kg
Ranked #74 (85.00% of limit) - Simultaneous Hotspot SAR: 1.59 W/kg
Ranked #64 (99.38% of limit) - View Details →
Samsung Galaxy FOLD
- Display: 7.3 inches, 154.5 cm2
- Camera: Triple Camera: 12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4m, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS
12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.6", 1.0m, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom
16 MP, f/2.2, 12mm (ultrawide) - Hardware: Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm)
- Storage: 512 GB, 12 GB RAM
- Battery:
- OS: Android 9.0 (Pie)
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Samsung Galaxy S10
- Display: 6.1 inches, 93.2 cm2 (~88.3% screen-to-body ratio)
- Camera: Triple Camera: 12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4m, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS
12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.6", 1.0m, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom
16 MP, f/2.2, 12mm (ultrawide), 1.0m - Hardware: Exynos 9820 Octa (8 nm) - EMEAQualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) - USA/LATAM, China
- Storage: 128/512 GB, 8 GB RAM
- Battery:
- OS: Android 9.0 (Pie); One UI
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Zte Blade V10
- Display: 6.3 inches, 99.1 cm2 (~83.5% screen-to-body ratio)
- Camera: Dual Camera: 16 MP, f/1.8, 1.12m, PDAF
5 MP, f/2.2, (depth) - Hardware: Mediatek MT6771V Helio P70 (12nm)
- Storage: 32GB 3GB RAM, 64GB 4GB RAM
eMMC 5.1 - Battery: Li-Ion 3200 mAh, non-removable
- OS: Android 9.0 (Pie), MiFavor 9.0
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SAMSUNG GALAXY A20
- Display: Head: N/A Body: 0.23
- Camera: 32GB 3GB RAM eMMC 5.1
- Hardware: 32GB 3GB RAM eMMC 5.1
- Storage: Super AMOLED
- Battery: Dual13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), AF5 MP, f/2.2, 12mm (ultrawide)
- OS: Exynos 7884 (14 nm)
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Samsung Galaxy A8S
- Display: 6.4 inches, 100.5 cm2 (~84.7% screen-to-body ratio)
- Camera: Triple Camera: 24 MP, f/1.7, PDAF
10 MP, AF
5 MP, f/2.2, depth sensor - Hardware: Qualcomm SDM710 Snapdragon 710 (10 nm)
- Storage: 128 GB, 6/8 GB RAM
- Battery:
- OS: Android 9.0 (Pie)
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Samsung Galaxy A6S
- Display: 6.0 inches, 92.9 cm2 (~77.9% screen-to-body ratio)
- Camera: Dual Camera: 12 MP, PDAF
2 MP, depth sensor - Hardware: Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660 (14 nm)
- Storage: 64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM
- Battery:
- OS: Android 8.0 (Oreo)
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Google Pixel 3 XL
- Display: 6.3 inches, 100.3 cm2 (~82.8% screen-to-body ratio)
- Camera: Single Camera: 12.2 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4m, OIS, dual pixel PDAF
- Hardware: Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm)
- Storage: 64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM
- Battery:
- OS: Android 9.0 (Pie)
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Google Pixel 3
- Display: 5.5 inches, 76.7 cm2 (~77.2% screen-to-body ratio)
- Camera: Single Camera: 12.2 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4m, OIS, dual pixel PDAF
- Hardware: Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm)
- Storage: 64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM
- Battery:
- OS: Android 9.0 (Pie)
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Apple iPhone XR
- Display: 6.1 inches, 90.3 cm2 (~79.0% screen-to-body ratio)
- Camera: Single Camera: 12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4m, OIS, PDAF
- Hardware: Apple A12 Bionic (7 nm)
- Storage: 64/128/256 GB, 3 GB RAM
- Battery:
- OS: iOS 12
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Apple iPhone XS MAX
- Apple iPhone XS MAX
HEAD SAR LEVEL: 1.16 W/kg
Ranked #64 (72.50% of limit) - BODY SAR LEVEL: 1.17 W/kg
Ranked #66 (73.13% of limit) - Simultaneous Head SAR: 1.39 W/kg
Ranked #33 (86.88% of limit) - Simultaneous Body SAR: 1.52 W/kg
Ranked #46 (95.00% of limit) - Hotspot SAR Level: 1.17 W/kg
Ranked #50 (73.13% of limit) - Simultaneous Hotspot SAR: 1.52 W/kg
Ranked #35 (95.00% of limit) - View Details →
- Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max