Apple Watch Bands With Magnets May Cause Interference With Compass on Series 5 Models

[2010mini]

I travel a lot. I have NEVER needed a compass.

Do you travel to places were there are no cell service?

 

[Hodar1]

Funny true story. I live in the Rocky Mountains, and when I go camping there is generally NO CELL service. So, I pack in water, food, shelter, emergency supplies, a rifle, a handgun, a satelite phone and a compass. The compass costs like $5 and is a military surplus compass - It has built-in sites for taking bearings, is extremely accurate, shock proof, water proof and durable.

 

[mrex]

oh well... a modern apple... a device with issues...

”Please, pay a high price to be our alpha tester, thank you!”

 

[danmart]

I just did a quick-and-dirty experiment with my iPhone and the magnetic clasp on my leather loop watch strap. Even with the magnetic section in direct contact with the phone and moving it around there was no impact in the compass arrow in maps.

I think this will be fine and is just legalise.

 

[Unity451]

you‘re planning on using EMP against Zombies? I‘ll stay with axes and chainsaws - i hope one of the next iphones comes with one of those built in.

Uhh.. no... the EMP will cause the societal breakdown that leads to the zombie apocalypse.

 

[468837]

To be clear to those who quoted my earlier reply:

So one of the two selling points of series 5 is potentially not useable by people if you have the wrong band.

You’re wearing it wrong?

I don't expect Apple to change the laws of physics.

Rather, these are the only two advertised upgrades and basic physics may prevent one of them from working properly.

If thats all they had ready for this year, maybe just hold off a year. My critique is that Apple is releasing a product that really has no reason to exist.

 

[danmart]

Just been watching a hands-on demo and the YouTuber was using the compass on a Watch with a leather loop band. It was working fine.

This is just legalise.

 

[justperry]

I travelled a lot, never needed a compass, I am an oddity I think, even the friend I cycled around the world with thought I had a built in compass.
For instance, We stayed in Central Istanbul, needed to go north, it's a big city, somehow I managed to get out of it fairly easy.
Another example, Singapore, plenty of underground subways connected to shopping malls, even after turning and twisting through them I alway knew exactly where I was when I was up on street level again.

I do understand I am not everybody, pretty sure many may need a compass in unknown places (even with a map).

 

[mrex]

Im sure many of them dont understand the compass at all.