It could be other devices too:
The new warning says 6 inches away. So no hip pockets or chest pockets. But the what if the person is in an elevator (after Covid) and squished up next to an iPhone 12. Who’s fault is that?
How many manufacturers get sued and lose, when their products feature the appropriate liability warnings?
People do all sorts of silly things, like driving drunk, parachuting, and the list is endless. If one has a pacemaker they need to take appropriate precautions. If one has a peanut allergy or a severe gluten allergy they need to be vigilant.Indeed, it's something that I'm positive happens to people all over the globe every single night.
The point of course is, those who do have a pacemaker must be sensible and never put themselves into this position.
But people do silly things, people get drunk, people forget...... you know, we're only human.
This problem could of course be instantly resolved by reversing the construction.
Metal ring within the back of the phone, and the strong magnets on the accessories, so this potential for harm is instantly resolved.
Nice whataboutism.
Apple said 6 inches while using and 12 inches while charging - unless you have your phone permanently on a selfie stick iPhone 12 IS NOT compatible with medical devices.
Not correct. 6 inches could be in your pants pocket using earpods or bluetooth headphones. Holding the phone at your waist or using it 6 inches from your pacemaker. I have a 6 inch rules in front of me, it is not impossible by any stretch of the imagination.
The iPhone 8 through 11 were far too heavy. The iPhone 12 has brought sanity back.
I think the problem is that Apple state that though the new iPhone 12 have all the extra magnets:”they're not expected to pose a greater risk of magnetic interference to medical devices than prior iPhone models.”
Apple's warning to keep the iPhone 12 away from cardiac devices due to electromagnetic interference was further underlined by U.S. cardiologists this week in a new medical journal report (via NBC25 News).
Apple's iPhone 12 series includes an array of magnets that help align the phone on Apple's MagSafe charging accessory to maximize charging, and Apple already advises users with implanted pacemakers and defibrillators to keep iPhone and MagSafe accessories a safe distance away from such devices.
To test the extent of the risk, Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute cardiologist Gurjit Singh and his colleagues recently carried out further testing to see just how much of an influence the Apple products have.
According to the report, more than 300,000 people in the U.S. undergo surgery to implant one of these devices each year, and around one in four smartphones sold last year was an iPhone 12. The cardiac devices have switches which respond to an external magnet to change how the device functions, which allows them to be controlled without the requirement of surgery.
Curious about potential interference with electrical devices, Dr Sign and his colleagues took an iPhone 12 Pro and passed it over the chest of a patient with an implantable defibrillator.
The findings are significant, since Dr Singh is an expert in the use of devices such as implantable defibrillators that detect an irregular heartbeat and shock the heart back into a normal rhythm, and pacemakers that use electricity to keep the heart beating. Following the discovery, Dr Singh and his colleagues immediately submitted a report of their findings to the HeartRhythm medical journal that was published on January 4, 2021.
The findings add to evidence published in January which cautioned that iPhone 12 models and related MagSafe devices can "potentially inhibit lifesaving therapy in a patient" due to magnetic interference with implanted medical devices. Apple provides more information about this issue in the "Important safety information for iPhone" section of the iPhone User Guide.
Article Link: New Medical Report Underlines Potential Risk of iPhone 12 Interference With Pacemakers
My guess is they are too deep into the manufacturing and R+D process. Just look at the pandemic: Feb (?)-March shutdowns resulted in a phone line with a FaceID security foundation.
Yup. It's a conspiracy to sell more watches, and they got caught again.
Maybe they will add the feature to the phone to get it to slow down the pacemaker when its battery gets weak.
It could be an extra feature! Pay an additional $100 for the safe model!Can I opt out with MagSafe with my next iPhone?
there’s a new start up business, demagnetizing iPhones, Only $500.
My mom has an AV node ablation and therefore needs her pacemaker all night every night. Coincidentally she bought the Apple Watch to track her Afib, glad she has iPhone X and not 12.
It's also sad to see the lack of acknowledgment of the part that personal responsibility takes in the process.[...]
Yet sadly most seem to be in the "Apple can do no wrong" mindset, so one simple answer that fix's it, cannot be considered.
It's sad
(it will turn it on, but not off)
