Apple issues advisory on keeping iPhone 12, MagSafe accessories away from medical devices

Apple has issued an advisory for users with medical devices such as pacemakers, asking them to use their new iPhone 12 phones and its MagSafe accessories at a safe distance as these could potentially cause some interference. In a support page, Apple has said that “these magnets and electromagnetic fields” in the new devices “might interfere with medical devices.” According to Apple, users should keep in mind that even older iPhones comes with magnets, though the newer iPhone 12 series has an array of magnets at the back, which support the new MagSafe charger and accessories. Apple adds that the new iPhone 12 series “is not expected to pose a greater risk of...