Mobile Phone Radition (ick) Rate your phone!

Well the time has come…you can evaluate the safety of your phone, and I don’t mean if it’s safe to talk and drive or not… but instead how much radiation are you drinking up with that conversation…  The Environmental Working Group has gathered data and evaluates most phones…check out how yours rates:

http://www.ewg.org/cellphoneradiation/Get-a-Safer-Phone

The following chart is taken from the Environmental Working Group:

Best and Worst Phones

Listing is based on phones currently available from major carriers. You can also see all available phones or all phones (current and legacy) ranked by radiation.

BEST PHONES (low radiation) WORST PHONES (high radiation)
Sanyo Katana II [Kajeet] Blackberry 8820 [AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless]
Samsung Rugby (SGH-a837) [AT&T] Motorola i880 [Sprint]
Blackberry Storm 9530 [Verizon Wireless] Palm Pixi [Sprint]
Samsung I8000 Omnia II [Verizon Wireless] Motorola Moto VE440 [MetroPCS]
Samsung Propel Pro (SGH-i627) [AT&T] Motorola i335 [Sprint]
Samsung SGH-t229 [T-Mobile] Motorola MOTO VU204 [Verizon Wireless]
Helio Pantech Ocean [Virgin Mobile] Blackberry 8703e [Verizon Wireless]
Sony Ericsson W518a Walkman [AT&T] Kyocera Jax S1300 [Virgin Mobile]
Samsung SGH-a137 [AT&T, AT&T GoPhone] HTC Magic (T-Mobile myTouch 3G) [T-Mobile]
LG Shine II [AT&T] Blackberry Bold 9700 [AT&T, T-Mobile]

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