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Brought to you by: Apple Investigating Small Number of Possible iPhone 8 Plus Battery Failures Following the launch of the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus nearly two weeks ago, we've started seeing a few reports from users who have experienced swelling of the batteries in their devices, with the resulting pressure causing them to burst open. This past weekend we reported on three such incidents, which Apple said it was aware of and looking into, and since then we've seen a few more reports. The number of reported incidents is still small, and it's not unusual to see battery issues in a very small percentage of units, but it's something we'll be keeping our eyes on.   Read Full Article Sponsored Stories [Time-limited Giveaway] Backup iPhone Data With MacX MediaTrans Before Upgrading to New iOS & iPhone Before upgrading to the new iPhone 8/X or iOS 11, the first thing you'll need to do is back up your current iPhone to avoid any data loss or to free up space for more pictures, videos, photos, games, etc. MacX MediaTrans is designed for this purpose. It is a well-known iPhone manager to transfer photos, music, videos, audiobooks, podcasts, ringtones, iBooks, and more among iPhone, iPad, and Mac. For a limited time, you can get a full licensed copy of it for free. An alternative to iTunes, MacX MediaTrans offers two-way sync, providing the best way to back up iPhone data. 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The first is a Disk Utility bug that could reveal passwords for encrypted disk volumes created using the new Apple File System in macOS High Sierra, while the second potentially allowed malicious third-party apps to access password information stored in the user's keychain without requiring authorization. Separately, Apple this week released watchOS 4.0.1 for cellular models of the Apple Watch Series 3, addressing a bug discovered by early reviewers that resulted in loss of connectivity when the device attempted to connect to certain Wi-Fi networks in public places.   Read Full Article Over Half of Prospective iPhone X Buyers Surveyed Plan to Choose 256GB Storage With many customers holding out for the iPhone X, one consideration for those users is how much storage they'll need. Apple is offering only two capacities of its upcoming phone at 64 and 256 GB, leaving customers without a middle 128 GB option that many preferred. According to a recent survey from RBC Capital Markets, 57 percent of prospective iPhone X buyers are planning to opt for 256 GB of storage. That number bodes well for Apple's bottom line, but is causing quite a bit of sticker shock for customers who will see their new iPhones cost $1149 in the U.S. and even more elsewhere around the world.   Read Full Article Tim Cook Shares Tribute to Steve Jobs on Sixth Anniversary of His Death It's hard to believe, but today marks the sixth anniversary of Steve Jobs' death, and as usual Tim Cook noted the occasion with a tweet remembering Jobs. Saying he is "still with us, still inspiring us," Cook quoted Jobs' call to "make something wonderful, and put it out there." Apple has of course more permanently honored Jobs by naming the theater at the company's new Apple Park campus after him. The Steve Jobs Theater debuted last month for the iPhone X event, with the presentation opening to a never-before-heard recording of Jobs in a company meeting.   Read Full Article Apple Employees Testing Apple Pay Cash Internally in iOS 11.1 Back in June at WWDC, one of the iOS 11 features Apple outlined was Apple Pay Cash, a peer-to-peer payments system that will allow users to send payments to others via iMessage, with funds going to a linked Apple Pay Cash debit card where they can be spent or transferred. Apple Pay Cash wasn't ready for iOS 11.0, with Apple saying only that it will be coming "this fall," but we've heard that Apple employees have begun testing it among themselves using the new iOS 11.1 beta. We don't know for sure that the public launch of Apple Pay Cash will come with iOS 11.1, but it certainly looks like we're getting closer to a launch.   Read Full Article Samsung Expected to Earn $4B More Making iPhone X Parts Than Galaxy S8 Parts Samsung has long been a key supplier for the iPhone, even as Apple and Samsung have been fierce rivals in the smartphone market. In light of that sometimes tense relationship, there's been considerable attention given to a recent analysis showing that Samsung will earn $4 billion more from supplying iPhone X parts to Apple than it will from parts for its own Galaxy S8 phone. According to the analysis, Samsung will make approximately $110 on each of 130 million iPhone X devices sold though mid-2019, with the OLED display being the largest contributor to that figure but other components like flash memory playing a role. That compares to approximately $202 in earnings from components in each Galaxy S8, but which is predicted to have lower total sales of around 50 million units.   Read Full Article

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