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Place phone in pants pocket not shirt pocket. I wonder if this is a new phenomena with wireless charging or if other phones could have caused problems and were

Place phone in pants pocket not shirt pocket. I wonder if this is a new phenomena with wireless charging or if other phones could have caused problems and were never tested.

chimen 5y ago
People browse the internet laying on their back. I am placing that phone on my chest quite often while doing so
- meowster 5y ago
  When I take a nap and set the alarm on my phone to vibrate only instead of ringing, I place the phone on my chest so that it wakes me up. Because of this post on HN, if I ever get an ICD, I now know better. I wonder how many people don't know.
  - ssully 5y ago
    When you get an ICD, they explain all of this to you. Even before the recent warning about iPhone 12's, they explained how the device interacts with magnets and to avoid them.
sandworm101 5y ago
Patient in hospital. In bed. On back. Phone sits of chest while they sleep. Device stops. Alarms. Flashing lights. Nurses running. This is a necessary PSA.
- jaywalk 5y ago
  A patient in a hospital bed isn't of any real concern with this. There will be no alarms or nurses running if the device is disabled, only if the patient's heart stops. And their heart would have stopped either way, because the ICD isn't keeping their heart running. It's there in case it stops, and if they're in a hospital bed there will be people around ready to attend to them if their heart stops.
codetrotter 5y ago
> Place phone in pants pocket not shirt pocket. I keep my phone in my pocket but I think some people may be hesitant to keep their phone in the pocket for concerns about radiation from the phone in proximity to their testicles. And there may be something to it. In particular if you keep your phone in your pocket while using hands free and having conversations on the phone. https://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/news/20080919/cell-phone-use-linked-male-infertility https://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/news/2008...
- Retric 5y ago
  “2.5 centimeters away for 1 hour” that hardly equivalent to real world use and likely due to temperature not radiation.

Place phone in pants pocket not shirt pocket. I wonder if this is a new phenomena with wireless charging or if other phones could have caused problems and were never tested.

chimen 5y ago

People browse the internet laying on their back. I am placing that phone on my chest quite often while doing so

meowster 5y ago
When I take a nap and set the alarm on my phone to vibrate only instead of ringing, I place the phone on my chest so that it wakes me up. Because of this post on HN, if I ever get an ICD, I now know better. I wonder how many people don't know.
- ssully 5y ago
  When you get an ICD, they explain all of this to you. Even before the recent warning about iPhone 12's, they explained how the device interacts with magnets and to avoid them.

sandworm101 5y ago

Patient in hospital. In bed. On back. Phone sits of chest while they sleep. Device stops. Alarms. Flashing lights. Nurses running. This is a necessary PSA.

jaywalk 5y ago
A patient in a hospital bed isn't of any real concern with this. There will be no alarms or nurses running if the device is disabled, only if the patient's heart stops. And their heart would have stopped either way, because the ICD isn't keeping their heart running. It's there in case it stops, and if they're in a hospital bed there will be people around ready to attend to them if their heart stops.

codetrotter 5y ago

> Place phone in pants pocket not shirt pocket. I keep my phone in my pocket but I think some people may be hesitant to keep their phone in the pocket for concerns about radiation from the phone in proximity to their testicles. And there may be something to it. In particular if you keep your phone in your pocket while using hands free and having conversations on the phone. https://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/news/20080919/cell-phone-use-linked-male-infertility https://www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/news/2008...

Retric 5y ago
“2.5 centimeters away for 1 hour” that hardly equivalent to real world use and likely due to temperature not radiation.