I HAVE a pacemaker. when messaging, calling, emailing, searching internet, which device is safer to use, iphone 13 pro, ipad mini, or macbook sir/. i

good grief Jack, what are you basing that reply on? these products can apparently be really dangerous to people with pacemakers, as apple has stated themselves - i linked here from that page - can you please explain why you gave such a blanket response saying they are all safe?

i was looking for a phone that was safe for my father to use with his pacemaker and after getting some initial responses like yours from the sales people that they were safe, the manager at the apple store finally looked it up and showed me that they weren’t - the new magnets in the iphone 12 and 13 models specifically that work with magsafe chargers - i had to immediately return the model12 and back down to a model 11 with regular Qi chargers for my dad - please tell me what information you based your reply on in responding to santa098?

hi santa, i don’t know where anyone got information that they were all safe, but my research and answers from apple directly was that they weren’t and can cause interference that can be dangerous. So to your question, for my dad with a pacemaker, the new magnet built into the back of the phone on the iphone 12 & 13 to work with magsafe chargers posed the biggest problem, especially since a lot of people keep the phone in their front chest pocket. So we backed down to the last model without the magsafe magnet and got him a new iphone 11 with the regular Qi wireless charging pads - it will still charge wirelessly, just without the stronger new magnets built into the back of the phones.

They had advice to watch the magnets on the ipads that connect the keyboards and covers, to keep everything 6” away at all times or 12” away while charging - t’s hard to be aware of while using a phone held to your ear, or a charger right next to the couch or bed, or falling asleep on it using an ipad or phone in bed - but good to do the research, get a safer product, and be careful.

apple lists their products with magnetic devices that can interfere with pacemakers and ICD’s in the related article: About potential magnetic interference with medical devices - Apple Support

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All devices are safe to use.

Jack