A magnet to load them all up: To the top functions with iPhone 12 and 12 mini as well as iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max belongs to the new charging standard MagSafe, which thanks to magnetic alignment of the charging puck can transmit up to 15 watts. In addition, the magnets built into the new iPhones should be able to be used for other applications – such as special covers that are clicked on magnetically or credit card cases that hold magnetically and are even offered by Apple itself.

The iPhone 12 is falling off First tests of the technology by US media now show, however, that Apple’s idea of ​​an entire MagSafe ecosystem does not always hold (in the truest sense of the word) what the group does, at least for first-party products Promises.

The well-known tech YouTuber MKBHD has demonstrated this in his iPhone – 12 – preview. It is enough to shake the MagSafe charging puck a little harder for the iPhone to come off – bad when MagSafe is used in the car, for example. “A few potholes are enough”, says MKBHD.

Credit card case does not stick Even less “Durable” seems to be Apple’s official iPhone leather wallet with MagSafe, which is intended to serve as a wallet replacement and holds two or three credit cards. It apparently replaces the popular iPhone folio case that Apple has – at least so far – deleted without replacement for the new iPhone generation. In the video MKBHD (see picture above) demonstrates that the case can fall off when you try to put the iPhone and the case in a slightly narrower trouser pocket. With a credit card holder that is supposed to serve as a wallet replacement, users shouldn’t like that at all.

It remains to be seen whether third-party products from providers such as Belkin or Mophi