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I’ve had an Apple Wallet since they came out and never had any cards lose their magnetic strip. Same with my wife.

by wil421 4y ago

RC_ITR 4y ago
Yeah, OP clarified he was using another brands wallet lol. Weird to dunk on Apple implying they underengineer their products. Engineering and (probably) precision manufacturing some magnetic shield is exactly the kind of thing Apple would do. From [0]: According to Apple's site, "the leather wallet is shielded so it’s safe for credit cards." That shield protects both Low Coercivity (LoCo) and High Coercivity (HiCo) cards — which is a fancy way of saying how resistant something is from being demagnetized. So, LoCo cards are considered things like hotel keys and gift cards while credit cards fall under HiCo. [0] https://mashable.com/article/apple-magsafe-iphone-wallet-demagnetize-cards https://mashable.com/article/apple-magsafe-iphone-wallet-dem...
- TaylorAlexander 4y ago
  Sorry if I wasn’t clear, but I’m saying that it’s easy when handling the small removable wallet to accidentally touch the non-shielded side of the wallet. Both my Popwallet and the Apple wallet have essentially the same design. A shielded pouch for credit cards, and a magnetic backing that attaches to the phone. The magnetic back cannot be shielded on the side that attaches to the phone, or it wouldn’t attach to the phone. The problem is not insufficient shielding on the inside of the wallet, the problem is the way apple designed the system. Apple designed a small removable wallet with magnets on one exterior face of the thing. When handling the magnetic wallet I’ve found myself accidentally touching my card to the unshielded side of the wallet. I think the way apple designed it, their solution is “don’t do that”, but it’s very easy to do.
  - scrumbledober 4y ago
    You're holding it wrong.
  - RC_ITR 4y ago
    >but it’s very easy to do. Let a thousand blossoms bloom, I guess.

I’ve had an Apple Wallet since they came out and never had any cards lose their magnetic strip. Same with my wife.

by wil421 4y ago

I’ve had an Apple Wallet since they came out and never had any cards lose their magnetic strip. Same with my wife.

Yeah, OP clarified he was using another brands wallet lol. Weird to dunk on Apple implying they underengineer their products. Engineering and (probably) precision manufacturing some magnetic shield is exactly the kind of thing Apple would do. From [0]: According to Apple's site, "the leather wallet is shielded so it’s safe for credit cards." That shield protects both Low Coercivity (LoCo) and High Coercivity (HiCo) cards — which is a fancy way of saying how resistant something is from being demagnetized. So, LoCo cards are considered things like hotel keys and gift cards while credit cards fall under HiCo. [0] https://mashable.com/article/apple-magsafe-iphone-wallet-demagnetize-cards https://mashable.com/article/apple-magsafe-iphone-wallet-dem...

TaylorAlexander 4y ago
Sorry if I wasn’t clear, but I’m saying that it’s easy when handling the small removable wallet to accidentally touch the non-shielded side of the wallet. Both my Popwallet and the Apple wallet have essentially the same design. A shielded pouch for credit cards, and a magnetic backing that attaches to the phone. The magnetic back cannot be shielded on the side that attaches to the phone, or it wouldn’t attach to the phone. The problem is not insufficient shielding on the inside of the wallet, the problem is the way apple designed the system. Apple designed a small removable wallet with magnets on one exterior face of the thing. When handling the magnetic wallet I’ve found myself accidentally touching my card to the unshielded side of the wallet. I think the way apple designed it, their solution is “don’t do that”, but it’s very easy to do.
- scrumbledober 4y ago
  You're holding it wrong.
- RC_ITR 4y ago
  >but it’s very easy to do. Let a thousand blossoms bloom, I guess.