Sony Ericsson T650i

There has been a lot of talk on the mobile phone market from the moment Sony Ericsson T650i has been launched. The main reason for all this talk is the high SAR value featured by the "incriminated" device – 1.80 W/kg. This erases any chance for the phone to be approved in the USA and Canada, because of the 1.6 W/kg limit. Furthermore, the fact that Sony Ericsson didn't bother to make it quad-band network compatible suggests that they knew from the start that the phone will have such a high radiation level. Nevertheless, in Europe, the accepted SAR value is 2.0 W/kg and users may think twice before buying this device. Are they going to accept this high radiation level for such a good looking phone, or health comes first? There's certainly more cancerous stuff out there that people don’t really care about, so why should we bother now? Let's remember that the phone is still within the legal limit of radiation in Europe, Asia and Australia where most buyers come from, which means that Sony Ericsson will not be hurt too much by the restriction on the USA and Canada market (if any).

Sony Ericsson T650i was announced in May 2007 and has been launched on the market at the end of August 2007. The handset can be acquired in three different color versions, Growing Green, Midnight Blue and Eclipse Black, for a hefty price of almost USD 500$.