Do you consider SAR when looking at phones?

[pctech]

Was talking old phones with a friend and he was talking about a mobile he had that used to get very hot during use and would burn his ear.

As there is still the ongoing debate about whether mobiles are harmful or not I thought I'd look up the SAR figure for his old phone and the one I have placed an order for.

His old one (a 6120c) had a SAR of 1.18W.kg and the C5 had one of 1.34 and the phone I used to have was 0.41

This got me a little concerned as it may indicate that the transceiver works harder at full power than the one on the 6700 and from what I've read the lower the better.

Do you pay attention to this when choosing?

[Simon]

Nope.  And I don't even know what SAR is.   

[kinmel]

Although scientific opinion suggests mobile phones are safe, I believe in keeping the risk as low as possible.

Buy phones with low Specific absorption rate (SAR) values, use an earpiece, do not use the phone inside a Faraday cage ( ie. a car, or other tin box including B&Q type buildings) and don't use wireless headsets.

It may all be paranoid, but then I carry a spare wheel in the car, yet I  haven't had a puncture in 20 years