Apple advises those with pacemakers and defibrillators to keep the iPhones and MagSafe accessories more than 6 inches away from the devices and more than 12 inches away when the iPhone 12 is wirelessly charging.
(Photo by Walid Berrazeg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) If you have a pacemaker, you may want to be careful around the iPhone 12. On Saturday, Apple published a support document that says its newest iPhone models and MagSafe accessories “might interfere” with medical devices. The reason? The products contain more magnets than the average Apple hardware. “Medical devices such as implanted pacemakers and defibrillators might contain sensors that respond to magnets and radios when in close contact,” Apple wrote, without elaborating.
