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Keep the iPhone 12 away from Implanted Medical Devices

A study recently re­ported that the mag­nets in an iPhone 12 deactivated a Medtronic implantable cardioverter defibrillator. That’s possible because im­planted medical devices like defibrillators and pacemak­ers have magnet-activated switches. Apple acknowledg­es this risk but says:Though all iPhone 12 mod­els contain more magnets than prior iPhone models, they’re not expected to pose a greater risk…

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