From the same guys that brought you the critically acclaimed will-it-blend and the liquid-nitrogen-and-sledgehammer combo iPhone 6 torture test comes another hit video: The iPhone 6 Plus meets bullet shot from 50-caliber rifle.
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The new BlackBerry Passport has received some notably snarky, even sneering reviews in the United States media. The Wall Street Journal plastered a square of American cheese on top of its display to demonstrate its size. Mashable branded the square build and relatively thin keypad design downright bizarre. But interestingly enough, BlackBerry’s share price ticked up another 2.5% the device’s launch day and it has now doubled from the dark days of December 2013.
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Apple just released a brand new software update for its mobile device lineup. If you install it on an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus, it will break your phone. That’s right, Apple’s meticulous quality control team allowed iOS 8.0.1 to be released with some of the worst bugs we’ve ever seen; after installing the update on an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus, your phone will no longer be able to connect to cellular networks and Touch ID will not work anymore.
Luckily, there’s a relatively easy fix.
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The biggest controversy surrounding the launch of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus isn’t their size, their software or their displays — it’s their unfortunate tendency to bend under pressure. The Internet went into an uproar this week when early adopters began complaining that their phones had begun to warp after sitting in their pockets over the weekend. Everything came to a head when a “bend test” video showed the iPhone 6 Plus being bent by hand.
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You may want to hold off on upgrading to the just-released iOS 8.0.1. Both 9to5Mac and MacRumors are reporting the “multiple” users have encountered some serious bugs with the newest update, including both “no cell service and broken Touch ID.” On iPhone user cited by 9to5Mac said that his phone was “basically useless” after installing the update, which means that you should definitely be wary about installing it yourself until we learn more about possible causes for these bugs.
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The Apple Watch was Apple’s “one more thing” announcement during its iPhone 6 event, but the company still left many questions about the device unanswered. One of them is the device’s actual release date, as Apple simply said during the keynote that the device is coming in early 2015. Meanwhile, The Information has learned from sources familiar with the matter that Apple employees and partners were expecting “until recently” to see the Watch in stores this year.
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Well that was fast… Apple just released iOS 8 to the public last week and on Wednesday, just one week since the new software’s initial release, Apple has issued its first update. iOS 8.0.1 is available immediately on all compatible iPhone, iPad and iPod touch models as an over the air (OTA) update or as a download through iTunes.
Apple’s full change log can be seen below.
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The iPhone 6, and especially the iPhone 6 Plus, failed an unexpected durability test – the new phones can apparently bend to some degree when inside pants pockets – and a video showing this surprising result going viral on YouTube. Even so, the bent iPhone 6 units did not break and were still fully functional. However, while there are many reasons to praise Apple’s smartphone design over competitors, the fact that a brand new, expensive, iPhone made of metal can bend in such circumstances, as many male smartphone users are likely carrying their handsets in their pants pockets, and still work after that isn’t really one of them.
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GoPro cameras allow people to record high-quality video in ways that were never before possible, and some of the most incredible examples of GoPro footage we’ve seen thus far has involved extreme sports and other dangerous situations. Danger isn’t always necessary to wow us when it comes to GoPro videos, however, and a new video posted to YouTube on Monday by GoPro is a perfect example.
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My thoughts on large phones have been known since the beginning, and that’s why I wanted to review the iPhone 6 Plus instead of the iPhone 6. If there’s a device that could get me to reconsider how I view 5-inch plus-sized devices, it would be the iPhone 6 Plus. It’s the same phone as the iPhone 6, just a little bit larger. I spent almost a week with one and here is what I think.
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