Safer smart phone setting: airplane mode vs off?

Hi Folks!   Wondering if anyone has tested this....Does it feel better if folks in the same room with you turn off, vs. put their smart phones on airplane mode?   And how does this register on a meter?  I'm only asking folks at work to do this while we are in short meetings.  Also, the question I get often, as I am trying now to do some EMF presentations: Which is the "safest cell phone"?    :)   Anyone know?  gratefully, Mary Anne

On November 19, "Mary Anne [via ES]" <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Hi Folks!   Wondering if anyone has tested this....Does it feel better if
> folks in the same room with you turn off, vs. put their smart phones on
> airplane mode?

I suspect to some, "airplane mode" and "off" feel about the same.

However, if someone is still using the phone (e.g. playing games,
listening to music), then a more sensitive person could react to
the electronics in the phone, even when in "airplane mode".

>  Which is the "safest cell phone"?

I suppose it depends on how you measure "safest".  Some people
use SAR readings for that, although I am not convinced that SAR
readings are correlated to the reactions that a person with ES would
get.

People with ES tend to say that iPhones are the worse, Droids
are better, and 2G non-smart-phones are the best.

Marc

Thanks Marc!  It's much easier for most of my colleagues to turn the phone off than Airplane mode, so that simplifies things.   I wonder if this is true if there are multiple iPhones in the room ("talking to each other").  grateful for your help!  Mary Anne