Apple issue warning over iPhone 12 and pacemakers

With Apple’s latest iPhone 12 handsets came new technology and accessories. You can fit your iPhone out with Magsafe accessories which as the name suggests include the use of magnets. As such Apple has recently updated a support document which warns against keeping the iPhone itself and any Magsafe accessories away from pacemakers, defibrillators and other implants.

Pacemakers and other implants can be affected by magnets and radios but, Apple wants to make it explicitly clear that the iPhone 12 and Magsafe accessories should be kept at least six inches away from a pacemaker. This comes days after doctors found in a test that a defibrillator implant was put into a suspended state when an iPhone 12 got too close.

While most people keep their phone in their pocket, a few people do have a shirt pocket where they still keep their mobile phone. Similarly, it’s been advised that if you’re lounging on the sofa or bed to not lay your phone on your chest.

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