I was under the impression anyone with an implanted life saving device was told not to put magnets or even electronics near their device, and even told not to put traditional mobile phones in their upper jacket pocket as a precaution. It’s easy to shit on Apple about their phone not displaying a big warning, but this seems like a failing of the medical providers.
If I had a device that I depend on for living and it shuts down in a magnetic field, I’d like to know that up front.
Heart.org have been telling people for years not to use their jacket top pocket or even hold the phone to the ear on the same side of the body that the implanted device is at, just because of minimal risk from interference. Along with spending minimal time at anti theft gates at stores, and avoiding magnets being in that area. It’s not a case of Apple needing to warn people, it’s a case of people need to pay attention to the warnings.
Your absolutely right, all advice is to not use the breast pocket for anything really other than like pens. People like to blame apple for things but even phones with large speakers, vibration motors or cases with magnets can pose an issue. I assure you anyone who has one of these life saving devices knows the risks associated with the device.
Thiiissss. So much this. They probably had the mechanism certified in 2000 before neodymium magnets were this prevalent and it would cost hundreds of thousands to recertify and potentially billions if they admit fault and have to provide replacements for all the people who currently have their “product”.
That’ll never happen, instead a few dozen people will end up in the hospital each year. Which I guess is fine? I mean it makes sense. It’s just that we could have done better from the start. C’est la vie
Just have to jump in here to show the current tracking of my Titan - yep, it’s still not here.
It’s been in Leipzig for full three weeks, and was prioritized after my third (!) call (no. 1 + 2 just told me that this delay was normal, because they just had “too much to do”), on the same day I received the payment request, payed all fees and one day later, the package was at least relatively close to me. Greven is about 45 min. per car from my home, and it’s the place where all DHL packages in this region are distributed. So I was happily hoping to get my Titan in the next few days. Checked again today, aaaaaand…
Oh - okay, that wasn’t clear to me, but it makes a lot more sense that way! Thanks
And there is hope again, currently it should (really) be in Greven, went there last night via Cologne - so if everythings going well, I might get it today
Was the same with my tracking. It said cleared in Cologne then about one hour later it departed at Leipzig. It arrived in Cologne one hour later, and was very quick redirected to Saarbrücken, after that the Titan was delivered on the same day, so I really hope for your Titan delivery today. but this whole story with DHL Express is really annoying… What did they so long with the Titan at Leipzig? Very strange…
It’s looking good - got an info that it is currently in the courier’s van, so, if he doesn’t lose it while driving here…
Like I said, I phoned them three times, and the first two times they told me it was because of “repercussions of christmas business (!!!)”, “Brexit” and “Corona” - so basically, all available circumstances that might or might not have an effect on my package
Funny enough, I ordered something in the UK a week or so ago, and it arrived in a few days - while being affected by brexit a lot more
They might not have been referring to the virus though. Even though Corona is quite light, drink enough of it and you’ll stop delivering Titans to expecting consignees too
OMG… First week - Christmas… Second week - Brexit … Third week - another delay because of Corona… This makes sense…
For me it looks a little bit more like they didn’t know how much money they want from you… Had a similar problem a few months ago with something I bought in the US. They had the opinion that the item was more valuable than declared, which was not the case there! Sometimes it looks like they are holding parcels to get more money from them…
That’s such a pain cause yours and mine were sent like a day or two apart, and mine blazed through leipzig and got to sweden in a second. Although the package I sent to Amal for the conversion took 23 (!!) days to get to him
To be honest, I’m slightly annoyed but not thaaaaat impatient yet, since I still have no possibility to get it installed… so, all fine^^ Just looking forward to finally having it here, currently without any use case
That’s maybe the best explanation - didn’t think of it that way, but it totally makes sense now!
but this whole story with DHL Express is really annoying… What did they so long with the Titan at Leipzig? Very strange…
