iphone ruins the magnetic strip on credit cards

Does your case have a magnet? If so.....the magnet could be the culprit.

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I don't know if it's true or not.....but I have always heard that leather wallets can demagnetize a credit card. In my leather wallets, I have always made sure to have a business card or the like behind my credit card to keep my magnetic strip away from the leather. I know some banks issue a sleeve with their credit cards. You might check with your bank to see if they have a credit card sleeve.

I have a thin leather wallet and a Griffin Elan slip-in leather case with no magnet. I have kept both directly next to each other in my pocket for month. I have had no problems with my cards.

Kevin

Close - what I remember reading is that eel-skin wallets can cause problems with magnetic strips on credit-cards. I believe the "Straight Dope" message board website has an article on this, of which I am entirely too lazy to retrieve.

They tested that in mythbusters and it was proven false.

GSM phones should not be anywhere near your creditcard.
I have broken 3 cards last year because i put my phone in the same pocket at my wallet.

This goes for all GSM phones.

I've kept my credit cards in a leather wallet for years without problem.

I work in the hotel business...we always tell people not to put their room keys (plastic card keys with the magnetic strip) near their cell phones because the phone will demagnetize the strip. When someone's key isn't working, 9 times out of 10 they had it in the same pocket with their phone...

-SB