Are Magnetic Flap Cases Hindering your iPhones?

Dave Marsh · 07-10-2007, 02:43 PM

After reading several hundred posts last night about new iPhone cases, I noted that a couple of posts reported they had to replace their iPhones because they believed the magnetic flap on their cases had killed their iPhones. I found this concerning, since I've used a belt holster with a magnetic flap for my Motorola e815 for years with no negative effects, and hoped to do so again with my new iPhone case. In fact, I've recently ordered a new iPhone case from Prima that uses a magnetic flap. I like the flap because it's idiot proof and always closes securely.

So, I'd like to hear from iPhone user's experiences with their new cases with magnetic flaps, to see whether last night's user's experience was anecdotal, or a more wide-spread issue.

So, are magnetic flap cases hindering your iPhones, causing it to misbehave in weird ways, or not?

Thanks for listening...

robhon · 07-10-2007, 03:12 PM

I wish people would listen to me on this issue. I have EXTENSIVE experience with this matter. The magnet will NOT affect your iPhone. The case you bought will be perfectly fine.

The factory I work with to make cases does exclusively this type of work and have been doing it for many years. They have thousands of case designs they've produced for mobile phones and ipods. MOST of their cases have magnets and they have NEVER had a problem.

Literally millions of cases have been produced in this factory and they have never had a problem.

You have to have a SUPER strong industrial magnet to have any kind of affect on electronic devices.

Dave Marsh · 07-10-2007, 03:37 PM

I want to thank you for your quick reply. I only posted the query because at least one poster over the weekend was adamant that a magnetic case flap had destroyed both his initial iPhone, then its replacement. His iPhone was displaying some error message about his system being damaged.

Since I only saw a couple of postings from users with cases with magnetic flaps, I wanted to follow-up on this issue to nail it down. While I've had no problems with my Motorola e815 in a case with a magnetic flap, that phone is twice as thick as my new iPhone.

I'm hoping to get enough "It works fine with my new case with a magnetic flap" replies with this query to put this issue to rest.

Thanks again...