User Claims iPhone 8 Plus Split Open While Being Charged

The iPhone 8 Plus officially went on sale last weekend. Hot on the heels of its arrival, a couple of users are claiming to be getting defective units of the handset. One user in Taiwan claimed that the phone split open across the edges while charging. The user clarifies that the original Lightning cable and charging adapter were being used at the time. The corresponding images indicate that the battery had swollen up resulting in the frame splitting open. Continue reading →

Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus Launch in 28+ More Markets Today

A week after launching the U.S., the U.K., and few other key markets of the world, Apple today launched the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus in India and 28 other markets.  Continue reading →

FM Radio Cannot Be Activated Even on Older iPhones

Yesterday, Apple responded to FCC over demand for FM radio to be activated on iPhones. Apple stated that iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 models do not have FM radio chips nor do they have antennas designed to support FM signals, so it wasn't possible to magically activate FM radio in these products. Continue reading →

Apple Pay Cash To Launch in Late October

When Apple announced iOS 11 at WWDC, it also unveiled Apple Pay Cash — a peer-to-peer payment service residing inside iMessage. However, when the final version of iOS 11 was released ot the public earlier this month, Apple Pay Cash was nowhere to be found. Even in the recently released first beta of iOS 11.1, Apple Pay Cash continues to be missing.  Continue reading →

iOS 11 Jailbreak Status: Will We Finally Get a Jailbreak?

Apple released iOS 11 on September 19, a week after the September 12 iPhone 8 launch event and the release of iOS 11 GM. While iOS 11 includes hundreds of new features and improvements such as the all-new customizable Control Center, unified Lock screen and Notification Center, all-new dock for iPad and lots more, jailbreakers will still want jailbreak iOS 11 when it is released. Continue reading →

Apple Responds to FCC Over Demand for FM Radio Activation in Phones

Earlier today, a report surfaced that Apple was gaining more pressure from the likes of the FCC in the United States to enable the FM radio in its smartphones, to help with safety efforts following major national disasters. Continue reading →

Google Drive Updated to Work With Apple’s Files App

Recently, it was discovered that Google Drive iOS app users were having issues opening some file types, including Microsoft Word (.docx) documents. Continue reading →