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Pacemakers have reed switches so a magnet placed over them will turn off heart rate sensing and switch to a fixed rhythm, which iPhone users found out about rec
by GravitasFailure 4y ago
Pacemakers have reed switches so a magnet placed over them will turn off heart rate sensing and switch to a fixed rhythm, which iPhone users found out about recently when Apple added magnets to their phone. Other than stuff like that, I doubt it'll be that big of a deal.
- mmastrac 4y agoOf all the places to put a magnetically sensitive device, that seems the most irresponsible.
- judge2020 4y agoThe average person probably didn't read most of the iPhone 12 marketing page[0] before buying it, especially if they just happened to need an upgrade and walked into the carrier store to get it. 0: https://www.apple.com/iphone-12/key-features/ https://www.apple.com/iphone-12/key-features/
- GravitasFailure 4y agoApparently it's the most K.I.S.S. method of being able to check on a device that requires surgery to work on, but yeah, it can lead to nasty surprises.