Health

Protecting your well-being


As a leading manufacturer of mobile phones, Sony Ericsson is committed to high safety standards in the design of its products.

All of our phone models are carefully designed and rigorously tested to comply with international safety standards and government health and safety regulations. These standards employ wide safety margins to give greatest protection to the public.

Extensive research over many years has not established any conclusive evidence linking adverse health effects with the use of mobile phones meeting those standards and regulations.

Specific absorption rate (SAR)

The radio wave exposure guidelines employ a unit of measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR. Tests for SAR are conducted using standardized methods with the phone transmitting at its highest certified power level in all used frequency bands. The differences in SAR values between phone models do not reflect a difference in safety.

To find SAR information for a specific product, go to the SAR information page on one of our local sites and select your product.

For more information on health and SAR see any of the following web sites:

Ericsson on radio waves and health
This website provides information on health and safety in mobile telephony.

The International EMF Project
A WHO programme to identify research needs and recommend research, perform health risk assessments and produce information material concerning electromagnetic fields.

ICNIRP
The International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) is an independent scientific organisation responsible for providing advice on non-ionizing radiation exposure.

Mobile Manufacturers Forum
The Mobile Manufacturers Forum (MMF) is an international association of radio communications equipment manufacturers.

Nickel information

All Sony Ericsson products are designed and tested to meet relevant requirements on environment, health and safety. These requirements include that nickel shall not be used in surfaces that can come in direct and prolonged skin contact.

During the development relevant parts that can come into direct skin contact are tested for emission of nickel and they have passed the screening test before a product is launched. However, it has come to our attention that the nickel used internally in some parts of some products may leak through the top layers, even though they have been tested. These parts may emit very low levels of nickel unintentionally. This has been addressed and all products launched during 2009 and onwards will be free from nickel in surfaces that may come into direct and prolonged contact with the skin of the user.

If a nickel sensitive user is unsecure regarding his or her mobile phone or has experienced any discomfort related to nickel hypersensitiveness, please contact Sony Ericsson Help Desk for further information.

For products released in 2007 and 2008, the following mobile phones have been secured that they shall not cause any reactions for nickel sensitive persons : C902, C905, F305, G502, G700, G705, J132, K330, K530, K770, K850, K858, R306, S302, S500, T303, T650, T658, T700, W300, W350, W380, W580, W595, W660, W760, W902, W980, X1, Z555.

For more information on the specific products, please consult the environmental declaration on our local sites and select your product.