Don't put your iPhone next to your head

Gimme a break. Non-ionizing radiation is non-ionizing. You might as well run in fear from incandescent light-bulbs.

This is fairly simply explained: * There is one unit of measurement, SAR * There are two maximum permissible values; one for the US, one for the EU * Apple has chosen the higher of the two so they can make a better phone (more power) * They get away with going over the US legal limit by recommending you hold it further away than normal<p>It should be noted that not only are the max SAR values different for the EU and US but they are measured differently so can't really be compared directly.

As far as I know radiation is not a problem and never was, I always heard that the problem was warming.

"keep the phone 5/8" away from your body" they are talking about don't keep it in your pocket. Brief exposure next to your head while talking should not be a big problem. Actually I am very much concerned about mobile phone radiation, but I do think it's not actually going to cause cancer with modern handsets. The old analog phones were a different story. Don't talk on it too long!