iPhone 6 Plus’ OIS Found To Be Affected By Magnetic Accessories

There are some addons and accessories for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus that involve the use of metal and magnets, such as camera lens attachments for example. While these are convenient solutions for iPhone users who want to be able to quickly attach and detach lenses, it seems that it could cause potential problems for the phone.

There have been a smattering of user reports that claims that the use of metal or magnet accessories with the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus could cause interference with the optical image stabilization feature as well as affecting the performance of the NFC feature in the handset. It seems that Apple has noticed this too and has reportedly told accessory makers in its MFi program to avoid the use of these materials.

Prior to this Apple had similarly warned accessory makers about the use of magnets as it could potentially affect the compass feature, a feature which is admittedly not used as much as the camera, or in the case of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, NFC which is used to facilitate Apple Pay. If you’d like to see the interference in action, check out the video above.

Reviewer Blunty noticed that whenever he attached the magnetic lens attachment to this phone, the optical image stabilizer went awry due to the magnetic interference. Solution? Well unless Apple finds a way to shield their components from magnets and other metallic components that could cause interference, we guess you should avoid such accessories for now.