Thanks to another user AnnDroid from this forum I have been made aware of issues people face with both the original Note and the Note 2 when it comes to leather cases (lets call them pouches from now on) that use magnets to keep your phone secured inside the pouch together with either a flap covering the whole top of the phone or a strap just to keep it in place and keep it from falling out.
Personally I am very interested in this particular pouch.
PDair Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Leather Case - Horizontal Pouch Type (Black)
The issue that people face usually involves the type of case that requires the phone to be permanently mounted inside the case. Now, when using the S pen, the area on the screen behind which the magnet of the case is located seems to not respond to the S pen as can been seen in the post found by AnnDroid:
!!!DO NOT USE!!! a magnetic buckle case - xda-developers
In my case, the phone will not be permanently mounted, instead it just sits in the pouch until I use it. Never the less, I was still concerned about potential damage long exposure of the magnet will cause on the phone, so I talked to Samsung support. I had the chat log....but I hit copy and paste one too many times so now it's gone...anyways, the general idea was that Samsung is aware of the potential dangers of magnets in pouches and cases, but they found in their testing that magnets do not cause any damage to the device. This goes for pouches like the one I am interested in. As long as the screen is towards the belt side of the pouch, the phone shouldn't be affected since it's as far away from the magnet as it can possibly be. Not sure how many people actually place their phone into a pouch with the screen side out, that doesn't make too much sense to begin with.
According to the person I talked to, the general consensus was that they are not concerned about permanent magnet damage, at least that's how I understood it. I then asked if their warranty would cover any issues potentially brought about by magnets, and she said that as long as there is no water or physical damage, it was covered.
So take this all with a grain of salt, but I am going to roll the dice and probably buy that leather pouch I linked too above.
Just figured I'd get this out there so everyone is aware of the potential problem magnets might cause, especially in cases where the phone is permanently mounted into the case and thus is in use while being close to the magnet.
Thanks for reading...have a nice day.
Personally I am very interested in this particular pouch.
PDair Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Leather Case - Horizontal Pouch Type (Black)
The issue that people face usually involves the type of case that requires the phone to be permanently mounted inside the case. Now, when using the S pen, the area on the screen behind which the magnet of the case is located seems to not respond to the S pen as can been seen in the post found by AnnDroid:
!!!DO NOT USE!!! a magnetic buckle case - xda-developers
In my case, the phone will not be permanently mounted, instead it just sits in the pouch until I use it. Never the less, I was still concerned about potential damage long exposure of the magnet will cause on the phone, so I talked to Samsung support. I had the chat log....but I hit copy and paste one too many times so now it's gone...anyways, the general idea was that Samsung is aware of the potential dangers of magnets in pouches and cases, but they found in their testing that magnets do not cause any damage to the device. This goes for pouches like the one I am interested in. As long as the screen is towards the belt side of the pouch, the phone shouldn't be affected since it's as far away from the magnet as it can possibly be. Not sure how many people actually place their phone into a pouch with the screen side out, that doesn't make too much sense to begin with.
According to the person I talked to, the general consensus was that they are not concerned about permanent magnet damage, at least that's how I understood it. I then asked if their warranty would cover any issues potentially brought about by magnets, and she said that as long as there is no water or physical damage, it was covered.
So take this all with a grain of salt, but I am going to roll the dice and probably buy that leather pouch I linked too above.
Just figured I'd get this out there so everyone is aware of the potential problem magnets might cause, especially in cases where the phone is permanently mounted into the case and thus is in use while being close to the magnet.
Thanks for reading...have a nice day.
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