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Apple investigate claims iPhone 8 ‘bursts open while charging’

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Apple customers have posted images of their new iPhone 8 Plus featuring ‘burst screens’ Users have posted images of their new iPhone 8 Plus devices, costing around £800, showing the handset split open. DISGRUNTLED iPhone 8 users have posted snaps of their new handsets which have “burst open” while charging. One social media user posted an astonishing picture of his new £800 iPhone 8 Plus which had split along the side – days after buying the expensive gadget. The owner said the device cracked open when it was charging, according to Taiwanese media. The phone had been in use for only five days and was charged with an Apple charger and cable, reports  The Independent . And a customer in Japan also reported a similar issue with his iPhone 8 Plus which he claims was delivered split open. He also posted snaps of the allegedly faulty device on Twitter. Apple confirmed to The Independent that it was looking into the two reports and that the tech com...

Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change

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It may sound impossible to imagine an iPhone without a home button. But in some ways, Apple has been preparing users for this eventuality for years. When  Apple  unveils its new high-end  iPhone  on  Sept. 12 , it's widely expected to do away with the most iconic part of its handset: the home button. If the rumors are true, the all-screen design of the so-called  iPhone 8  means no room for a bottom bezel, and thus no room for a physical home button (and its Touch ID fingerprint sensor). It will be the biggest design change to hit the iPhone in its  10-plus year history  -- a radical change to the most basic usage element that has existed on the phone since day one. A glyph that appears in the HomePod firmware could be the rumored iPhone 8. Or maybe it  won't  be that shocking a change at all.  In fact, Apple has been nudging millions of iPhone owners with changes to homescreen navigation for the past several years. There are...