Are magnetic cases safe to use with iPhone?

Personally, I wouldn't put anything with an SSD drive in a magnetic case

I used a Sena case with a magnetic latch, for quite a while (well untill my Vaja case turned up), never had any problems.

I've been wondering the same thing. I like the magnetic latch cases, but not sure if they will interfere with the iPhone.

Interestingly, I went to my local Apple Store and had a chat with the employee about it. He wasn't sure either, but he did say that none of the iPhone cases that they sell have magnetic latches, which may be on purpose...an unofficial way of making a statement. For example the C.E.O. Premier case made by Marware available in-store has a velcro latch, but if you want the latch magnetic you have to order it from Marware's web site.

Why? flash memory isn't magnetic memory. It is NAND flash usually. A type of logic gate.

For the 1st week I had my IPHONE 3G I used the case that I had used for my Verizon RAZR2 with no apparent problems. I then went to a horizontal type case with velcro.

Rich Dunklee
NR2D

I received my SENA magnet-flipper case (croc-black) on Friday, Aug 22 and have had absolutely no issues... also need to mention I was concerned with my 3G over heating keeping it in a case now and again, no issues there... in fact, after removing it from the SENA after two days of being on, my 3G was cool at touch.

I did experience a GPS search issue the day after putting it in the SENA, and three days after updating to r2.0.2 and originally thought the "magnets" interfered with my signal reception as some reported.. but when I took my 3G out of the case and experienced the same search and location issues (not to mention APPLE validating GPS map issues on 2.0.2 today), I am convinced the "magnet's" on the SENA case do not create problems. The magnets on the SENA case are quite small; powerful, as in you can't shake the case and the flap fall's away... and they are inconspicuous to the eye.