CDMA vs. GSM - which phone has less RADIATION?

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bonnie.mcmurray

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I just spent $200 on a phone for GSM and now I'm learning that CDMA supposedly has 10 times lower radiation levels.

Is CDMA safer to use? Any of you switched from GSM over CDMA for health concerns?
 
Radiation depends more on the specific phone than GSM or CDMA so one would need to look at the ratings of the specific phones one is interested in rather than just picking based on GSM or CDMA.
SAR rating both:
For example one of the best CDMA phones Motorola E815 is 1.24
& one of the best GSM phones NOKIA 6101 is .68.
(Just to be clear, best above means best phone not lowest radiation.)
NOKIA
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6602_7-6258775-6.html?tag=nav
Motorola
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6602_7-6258775-4.html?tag=nav
 
Does the phone need to be completely next to the head for the radiation to be absorbed? Will using a wired headset resolve the SAR issue?
 
dont' know this for a fact, but i hear that headsets are even worse for ya cos it's right in your ear. Of course, that's probably for BTs...*shrug*...
All I know is....WHEN I end up with a brain tumour, I definitely know where it's from.
If I don't end up with one.....then all this radiation crap is sh*t. Been using cell phones since the "water bottle". I'm screwed. PUWHAHAHA


~LB
 
I'm going month-to-month waiting for the best data deals that may accompany the release of the iPhone here in Canada this June, and thought I'd do a little research comparing cdma (my current provider, Telus) vs. gsm technology, Rogers, a possible new carrier if I switch.

Wow, I knew there was a bit of debate regarding cellphone radiation out there, but I had put it down to quackery. However, the links below, have me thinking.

I'm a tech junkie, but I also have a 13-year daughter who is pouting for a cell phone ... given what I've quickly gleaned from below, I might:
- stay CDMA
- use a wired headset, no matter how uncool I look ... ;-)
- not let my daugher get a cell phone

Also, I couldn't help but notice how Apple is not happy with the program Tawkon, and won't sell it on their app site.

Enjoy the articles:

http://www.environmentalhealthtrust.org/content/campaign-safer-cell-phones

http://www.fullsignalmovie.com/news.html

http://www.icems.eu/public_education.htm#viewvideos

http://www.wave-guide.org/index.html

http://www.tawkon.com/

http://electricsense.com/category/moble-phones-and-children/

http://www.ewg.org/cellphoneradiation/Get-a-Safer-Phone?query=iphone&provider_id=&brand=

http://www.emrnetwork.org/index.htm

http://www.microwavenews.com/



Take care,
Craig
 
remember GSM is now using 3G, which is WCDMA, which is the same air interface as CDMA. so really in terms of radiation they are both the same exact thing. i would just look at the SAR rating for the exact phone you are using, which can be found in the full specs sheet usually.

if you are asking about the old GSM vs CDMA, i really dont know which would be worse. i bet they are both equal or close to it.
 
Thanks for that update RogerPodacter!

Yes, the older info seemed to bear out the fact that GSM seemed to radiate a bit more.

It makes it easier to monitor exposure to cell phone radiation by watching how you use the phone, insead of which phone or network you use.

Take care,
Craig
 
Do you have a microwave in your house? Congratulations, you just absorbed more radiation than your cellphone will put out in a loooooong time.

Seriously, cellphone radiation is freaking bunk.
 
I used to laugh all of those radiation claims off a few years back, but if you take a look at some of the links, you'll find that more and more info is coming out. It just doesn't originate from some obscure Swedish university anymore ... ;-)

Because we manipulate our DNA through biological electrical frequencies, one can not help but wonder the long term effect of us living our lifetime bathed in a soup of radiation.

For me, it's a bummer because I like my electronic toys and appliances.

Live and learn.

Take care,
Craig
 
No, GQ isn't an accepted medical journal ;).

We've always lived in a soup of radiation. Natural radiation, solar in origin. The small amount we add pales in comparison to the blast we get in our daily lives from living on the surface of our planet.
 
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