It has nothing to do with the headphone jack. It's only for the lightning port. It's equally relevant to all phones if one desires to utilize one of these cables. I for one think they are kind of neat.
On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 4:30 PM Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > I guess for anybody who still has an iPhone SE or 6S/6S Plus this may make > some sort of sense since these phones still have a 3.5mm headset port. For > the iPhone 7 you would have to unplug this thing each time you want to use > a wired headset and for the iPhone 8 and up it makes little sense since you > can charge them wirelessly anyways on a charging pad or stand and while I > haven’t looked up pricing for these magnetic cables I assume a basic > wireless charging pad from Amazon is about the same or at least not a lot > more. > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > *From:* viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> *On Behalf Of > *Arlene > *Sent:* Friday, June 28, 2019 9:08 AM > *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: Question about magnetic cables > > > > It's like being able to charge your phone magnetically. There's a very > small part of the cable that plugs into the phone and it barely sticks out > of the phone. The other part of the cable plugs into your power source, and > the other end of the cable plugs onto the other part you plugged into the > phone. This saves the wear on the phone jack. For more information and to > purchase these cables a good source is Accessible Electronics. > > > > Wayne > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> > > *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com > > *Sent:* Thursday, June 27, 2019 10:00 PM > > *Subject:* RE: Question about magnetic cables > > > > I fail to see what advantage a magnetic Lightning cable would have over a > regular Lightning cable. > > > > > > *From:* viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> *On Behalf Of > *Dave Jones > *Sent:* Thursday, June 27, 2019 5:48 PM > *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: Question about magnetic cables > > > > There are indeed magnetic lightning cables available that work quite well > and are safe to use. > > > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 3:27 PM Deb Cook Lewis <deblewi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I believe, Denise, you bought the micro USB magnetic cables we > discussed on another list. The Iphone takes a lightning cable so no, > it absolutely won't work. And it wouldn't be a good idea because that > cable already fits tightly. Where some peple like them is with the > micro USB ports that sometimes are pretty fragile. > > On 6/27/19, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> wrote: > > Which magnetic cables would that be? > > The only Apple device I’ve heard of using Magnetic charging cables is the > > Mac computers. > > > > Magnets should be kept away from phones. Though, I doubt the magnets are > > that strong. > > > > > > Richard > > > > > > Check out my web site at: www.turner42.com<http://www.turner42.com> > > “The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of > > flying. There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. 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