So, we all know that smartphones do transmit radio-energy so that we'll be able to make phone calls and access the Internet. There have been numerous claims before that because of that, smartphones can cause cancer. But, do they? Yes - when you open YouTube and visit the trending page.Jokes aside, while this certainly was a very hot topic a few years ago - and perhaps it still is - nobody really gave us a definitive answer. If there's someone who did, then his/her answer clearly never made it into the public news.All that's left now is beliefs. There are those who believe that smartphones do really cause cancer and there are those who don't. So, guess it's time to do some fact checks.
To make matters worse, X-ray scanners and even the Sun also transmit electromagnetic radiation - and we all know that both of these can be dangerous.After all, the sun can peel off our skin - cause skin cancer. Then there's this small device that transmits the same kind of energy and we hold it close to our head or our body for the biggest part of the day. That's gotta be harmful. Right? RIGHT?You can already see how phones got associated with cancer but hold on a second. It's true that the Sun does transmit the same kind of energy in the form of light, but there's more to it than that.
See, when it comes to electromagnetic radiation, we generally categorize it into ionizing and non-ionizing. Ionizing radiation can actually cause cancer because it has enough energy to affect your DNA structure. But, here's the thing. The lowest frequency of ionizing radiation starts above the 3PHz mark.By comparison, smartphones transmit radio-energy - which means that they operate closer to the radio-wave side of the spectrum. To be more precise, they generally work between 700MHz and 1.9GHz or a bit higher depending on the smartphone, carrier, country, etc. That's much, much lower than anything remotely close to ionizing radiation.Let's not forget that most devices will usually work on the lower frequencies anyway because we get better results with those. Even the higher frequencies are so far apart from the harmful radiation levels that we shouldn't have to worry.By looking at numbers alone, smartphones seem to be more than safe to use for now. In fact, simply turning On the lights at our house seems to be exposing us on a much higher level of radiation compared to our phone.Still, we can't rightly recall any viral news referring to how one light bulb can cause cancer due to the levels of radiation that it creates. Can't help but wonder why.
Nothing like that happened. Despite the number of mobile users rising significantly, brain cancer casualties have remained roughly the same.At the moment, we're counting more than 4 and a half billion phone users. So, where are all of our new brain cancer patients?
What's my model number?
There are several ways to locate your model number:
- Option 1
- On your device, go to Settings, then "About device" and scroll down to "Model number"
- Option 2
- Often times you can view the model number inside the device, by removing the battery
- Option 3
- Using Samsung's model/serial number location tool